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Week in pictures: 7 - 13 April 2018

Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.

News imageMark Kolbe/ Getty Images Adam Peaty of England swims with a green turtle.Mark Kolbe/ Getty Images
English swimmer Adam Peaty meets a green turtle at the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, while on a break from participating in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
News imageLeah Millis/ Reuters Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is surrounded by members of the media.Leah Millis/ Reuters
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is surrounded as he arrives to testify before US senators regarding the company's use of user data.
News imageRUNGROJ YONGRIT/ EPA Thai revellers throw water with elephants.RUNGROJ YONGRIT/ EPA
At a park in the city of Ayutthaya, Thai revellers and elephants throw water at each other in the lead-up to the Songkran Festival celebration, the Thai traditional New Year, which is also known as "the Water Festival".
News imageAlessandro Bianchi / Reuters Priests are seen as Pope Francis leads a Holy Mass.Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
Priests are seen as Pope Francis leads a Holy Mass to mark the Feast of Divine Mercy at the Vatican. The day is always celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter.
News imageTRACEY NEARMY/ EPA Diamanto Evripidou of Cyprus performs during the rhythmic gymnastics ribbon final of the XXI Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast, Australia,TRACEY NEARMY/ EPA
Diamanto Evripidou of Cyprus performs during the rhythmic gymnastics ribbon final of the Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast.
News imageNavesh Chitrakar/ Reuters Devotees pull the chariot of the god Bhairab during the Biska Festival.Navesh Chitrakar/ Reuters
Devotees pull the chariot of the god Bhairab during the Biska Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. In the festival, different gods are placed into chariots and dragged into an open square.
News imageMaja Hitij/ Getty Images Two girls watch their training session from the sidelines.Maja Hitij/ Getty Images
Two members of the under-15 team of the Jordanian Football Club Shabab Al Ordon watch their training session. Shabab Al Ordon was the second club in Jordan to have a girls' team in 2004. Now, there are teams for all age groups as well as a football academy raising the next generations of women players.
News imageJessica Kourkounis/ Reuters A protester is escorted out by the the police after breaking through the barriers.Jessica Kourkounis/ Reuters
A protester is escorted out by the the police after breaking through barriers as comedian Bill Cosby arrived for the first day of his sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
News imageDamir Sagolj/ Reuters Women, photographed from the Chinese side of the border, are seen through binoculars.Damir Sagolj/ Reuters
Women, photographed from the Chinese side of the North Korean border, are seen through binoculars fixed on a building. The binoculars allow sightseers in Tumen, China, to look across to Namyang in North Korea.
News imageGoran Tomasevic/ Reuters Internally displaced people wait for food distribution.Goran Tomasevic/ Reuters
Children wait for food distribution at an internally displaced persons camp in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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