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Week in pictures: From India’s drought to Syria carnage
Nepal marked the anniversary of the devastating quake while Ukraine remembered victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Residents push a bicycle loaded with water containers through a field in Western India's Latur district. About 330 million people, almost a quarter of the country's population, are facing the worst drought in four decades. [Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]
Published On 29 Apr 2016
29 Apr 2016
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Nepalese people light candles in the shape of the Dharahara Tower, which was destroyed in last year's devastating earthquake in Basantapur Durbar Square, in the capital, Kathmandu. Nepalese held memorial services on April 25 to mark the anniversary of the disaster that killed nearly 9,000 people and left millions homeless. [Niranjan Shrestha/AP}
A man lays flowers to commemorate victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, during a ceremony at a memorial in the town of Slavutych, Ukraine, on April 26, 2016, to mark the 0th anniversary of the nuclear disaster. Some 50,000 residents living near the nuclear site were evacuated after the disaster, never to return. [Efrem Lukatsky/AP]
French riot police officers detain a protester during a demonstration against the French labour law proposals in Lyon. There were nationwide protests and strikes. [Robert Pratta/Reuters]
Family members and supporters of 43 missing college students carry pictures of the students as they march in Mexico City to demand the case remains open. [Rebecca Blackwell/AP]
A family sits in a pick-up vehicle as they leave the town of Tuz Khurmato because of clashes between Kurdish forces and Shia militias in Iraq. [Goran Tomasevic/Reuters]
A man yells 'I did it!' after signing a petition to initiate a recall referendum against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in San Cristobal. Maduro's approval rating has plummeted amid spiralling triple-digit inflation, a deep recession and widespread shortages and blackouts. [Fernando Llano/AP]
A Trump supporter clashes with protesters outside a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Costa Mesa, California [Chris Carlson/AP]
A civil defence member carries a child who was pulled from the rubble of a building destroyed in air strikes carried out by the Syrian regime. More than 200 people have died during fierce fighting this week. [Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters]