Week in pictures: 12 - 18 March 2022

19 March 2022

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.

Image source, FADEL SENNA / AFP

Image caption, An aerial view shows firefighters working in the rubble of a residential building which was hit by the debris from a downed rocket in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Image source, UKRAINIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY/Anadolu Agency

Image caption, The first civilians who were sheltering in a bombed theatre in Mariupol, Ukraine, have emerged from the rubble, says human rights commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova. For almost three weeks, Mariupol has been under constant shelling by Russian forces.

Image source, KAI PFAFFENBACH / Rueters

Image caption, Mourners gather to pay their respects during a funeral service in Lviv, for Maj Ivan Skrypnyk who was killed in a rocket attack against a military base in Yavori, Ukraine.

Image source, STEFAN ROUSSEAU /AFP

Image caption, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives for a media interview at the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi. Mr Johnson has said he raised the issue of human rights when meeting Gulf leaders for talks about ending reliance on Russian oil and gas after the invasion of Ukraine.

Image source, CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP

Image caption, A supermarket littered with merchandise in Shiroishi, Japan, following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake. The powerful quake hit the north-east of the country, leaving at least two people dead and 160 injured.

Image source, NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

Image caption, The American space agency has rolled out its new giant Moon rocket for the first time. The vehicle, known as the Space Launch System, was taken to the pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to conduct a dummy countdown.

Image source, BASTIEN ARBERET / AFP

Image caption, Sand from the Sahara, brought to Europe by Storm Celia, covered the snow in Piau-Engaly ski resort, southern France.

Image source, DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP

Image caption, Youths in coloured powder dress as Lord Krishna and deity Radha to celebrate the Holi festival, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Kolkata, India.

Image source, Leon Neal

Image caption, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori wave after landing at RAF Brize Norton in England. The British-Iranians were released by Iran following years of detention on spying charges.

Image source, Tingshu Wang / REUTERS

Image caption, A man has his swab sample taken at a mobile testing site in Beijing, China, following an outbreak of Covid-19. China has widened its lockdowns - among its biggest since the start of the pandemic.