Week in pictures: 6-12 April 2019

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

News imageYasuyoshi Chiba/AFP A person holds a candle during a night vigil and prayer at the Amahoro Stadium in KigaliYasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
At a candle-lit vigil in Kigali, Rwanda's president said the country had become "a family once again", while marking the 25th anniversary of the genocide which killed 800,000 people. Rwandans will mourn for 100 days, the time it took for about a tenth of the country's population to be massacred in 1994.
News imageMohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters Rohingya refugees play ChinloneMohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar play Chinlone, their country's favourite sport, at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
News imageHannibal Hanschke/Reuters German Chancellor Angela Merkel kisses British Prime Minister Theresa MayHannibal Hanschke/Reuters
UK Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel embrace in Berlin, after meeting to discuss Brexit.
News imageZurab Kurtsikdze/EPA Bernardin Kingue Matam in actionZurab Kurtsikdze/EPA
Bernardin Kingue Matam of France in action during the men's 67kg category final at the European Weightlifting Championships in Batumi, Georgia.
News imageSimon Dawson/Reuters Participants pose for photographs as they take part in a Hat WalkSimon Dawson/Reuters
Women taking part in London Hat Week pose for pictures.
News imageBrendan McDermid/Reuters Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock ExchangeBrendan McDermid/Reuters
A trader at the New York Stock Exchange peers from behind his screen.
News image Justin Setterfield/Getty Images The crews of Cambridge University celebrate Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
The crews of Cambridge University celebrate after winning the Men's and Women's Boat Races against Oxford University on the River Thames in London.
News imageAnne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP Demonstrators are reflected in a sculpture during yellow vest protest in ParisAnne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP
Demonstrators are reflected in a sculpture during the latest 'yellow vest' protest in Paris. The French President Emmanuel Macron says cutting taxes must be a priority, in response to a national debate that focused on the protesters' grievances over his government's economic policies.

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