A glimpse of events from around the world during the week of April 2 – 8.
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Volunteers help a friend search for personal belongings, following a tornado in Forney, Texas, after multiple twisters tore across the Dallas/Fort Worth area, causing extensive damage.
Published On 8 Apr 20128 Apr 2012
Children walk past a flag carrying the logo of the National League for Democracy outside its headquarters in Yangon. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi(***)s party won almost all the seats it contested in Myanmar elections, becoming the main opposition force in the national parliament.
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A view of the News Operation Centre (NOC) at the Sky News Arabia headquarters in Abu Dhabi. Its British counterpart admitted this week to hacking into emails on two occasions, but defended their actions as editorially justified and in the public interest.
A US Army team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Captain Nicholas J Rozanski, who was killed in Afghanistan while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
A Malian soldier takes position after Mali(***)s junta on Tuesday called a national meeting on the country(***)s future as it seeks a way out of a growing crisis and threatened to prosecute ousted President Amadou Toumani Toure.
A supporter of Pakistani religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawwa stands on a representation of a US flag before it was set on fire during a protest rally in Karachi, Pakistan. Nation-wide protests condemned the United States for putting a $10m bounty on Hafiz Saeed, founder of the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
A photo released by Syrian news agency SANA shows Syrian pro-government demonstrators holding a giant national flag. The government says it has begun to withdraw some tanks and troops from towns and cities ahead of a UN-brokered ceasefire that is supposed to take effect next week.
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Bahraini anti-government protesters help a woman affected by pepper spray used by riot police during a rally in support of jailed opposition human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on a hunger strike that has lasted nearly two months.
A boy in Mexico City carries a cross as he takes part in a procession during Holy Week, which commemorates the last week of the life of Jesus, culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
France(***)s far-right leader and National Front Party candidate for the 2012 presidential elections Marine Le Pen delivers a speech during a meeting in Lyon. The race between candidates continues to heat up as candidates hope to gain momentum before the first round of voting on April 22.
