Week in pictures: 1 - 7 April 2023

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Former US president Donald Trump arrives for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City. Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records, relating to a hush money payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels. It means he becomes the first former US president to be charged with a criminal offence.

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Commuters walk past a partially finished statue of Hindu god Lord Hanuman at a workshop in Kolkata, India, part of preparations for the Hanuman Jayanti festival.

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A protester holds a shattered window to his forehead, as students in Nashville, US, walked out of schools and gathered at the Tennessee State Capitol to demand stricter gun laws. It follows the deaths of three children and three adults who were killed in a shooting by an ex-student at the Covenant School in Nashville on 28 March.

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Darya Trepova, a suspect in the killing of Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, is escorted inside Basmanny District Court for her remand hearing in Moscow, Russia. Tatarsky - a vocal supporter of the war in Ukraine - was killed on 2 April in an explosion at a cafe in St Petersburg. More than 30 people were injured.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky pays his respects at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, during his first official visit to Poland since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. During his visit, Poland's President Andrzej Duda pledged to send Poland's remaining fleet of MiG-29 jets to Ukraine "if there is still such a need".

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Schoolgirls prepare to take part in celebrations for Senegal's 63rd Independence Day in the capital, Dakar.

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Lightning strikes One World Trade Center in New York. The dramatic storm, on 1 April, lit up the Hudson river and Jersey City on the opposite bank.

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People walk through the Diamond Hill Cemetery in Hong Kong as they honour their ancestors during the annual Tomb Sweeping Day, known locally in Hong Kong as Ching Ming or Qingming festival.

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Pope Francis presides over the Chrism Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on Maundy Thursday. The Pope was admitted to Gemelli Hospital in Rome on 29 March with breathing difficulties and treated for bronchitis. He was discharged after three days.

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Newborn spring lambs on Nethermorton Farm at Moreton Morrell College in Warwickshire, England.