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Week in pictures: From Holi to Yemen air strikes

A photo roundup of some of last week’s events, including a suicide attack in Kabul and protests in Mexico.

Israeli soldiers stand in front of a Palestinian in a wheelchair during a protest against Jewish settlement near Tubas, in the occupied West Bank. [Mohamad Torokman]
Israeli soldiers stand in front of a Palestinian in a wheelchair during a protest near Tubas, in the occupied West Bank. [Mohamad Torokman/Reuters]
Published On 2 Mar 2018

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A Hindu devotee, smeared in coloured powder, takes a rest on a road during a procession for Holi celebrations in Kolkata, India. [Rupak De Chowdhuri]
A Hindu devotee, smeared in coloured powder, takes a rest on a road during a procession for Holi celebrations in Kolkata, India. [Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters]
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A dog in the civil security brigade jumps through a burning hoop during exercises to mark World Civil Defense day outside Algiers. [Anis Belghoul/AP Photo]
A dog in the civil security brigade jumps through a burning hoop during exercises to mark World Civil Defence day outside Algiers, Algeria. [Anis Belghoul/AP Photo]
Policemen react after a protester threw a stone from Notre Dame Cathedral compound in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. [Goran Tomasevic]
Police and protesters clash outside the Notre Dame Cathedral compound in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. [Goran Tomasevic/Reuters]
A woman takes part in a demonstration demanding justice for the female victims of violence in Mexico, in Mexico City, Mexico February 25, 2018. The words read: "And if I disappear today, what would th
A woman takes part in a demonstration demanding justice for the female victims of violence in Mexico. The words read: 'And if I disappear today, what would they say about me tomorrow?' [Edgard Garrido/Reuters]
Residents walk through the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. A large explosion in the eastern part of the Afghan capital on Friday morning killed at least one and wounding others. [Masso
Residents walk through the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. A large explosion in the eastern part of the Afghan capital on Friday morning killed at least one person and wounding several others. [Massoud Hossaini/AP Photo]
A wounded Congolese soldier from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) is carried by another soldier in the forest after the army took control of a ADF rebel camp, near the town
A wounded Congolese soldier from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) is carried by another soldier after the army took control of a ADF rebel camp, near the town of Kimbau. [Goran Tomasevic/Reuters]
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A view shows an empty classroom at the school in Dapchi in the northeastern state of Yobe, where dozens of schoolgirls went missing after an attack on the village by Boko Haram, Nigeria.  [Afolabi Sot
A view shows an empty Nigerian classroom at the school in Dapchi in the northeastern state of Yobe, where dozens of schoolgirls went missing after an attack on the village by Boko Haram. [Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters]
An injured boy cries as he flees an area where air strikes hit a house in Saada, Yemen. REUTERS/Naif Rahma
An injured boy cries as he flees an area where air strikes hit a house in Saada, Yemen. [Naif Rahma/Reuters]