Photos of the week
Spain
People throw colored powder during the Holi festival in Barcelona, April 6, 2014.India
A woman shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote at Makum village in Tinsukia district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, April 7, 2014.India
A woman holding her child votes for the general election inside a polling station on the outskirts of Jammu. Around 815 million people have registered to vote in the world's biggest election - a number exceeding the population of Europe and a world record - and results of the mammoth exercise, which concludes on May 12, are due on May 16, April 10, 2014.Central African Republic
Members of the anti-balaka, a Christian militia, patrol outside the village of Zawa, April 8, 2014.Ukraine
Pro-Russian activists clash with police at the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, April 6, 2014.Venezuela
Anti-government protesters kiss during a protest against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas.Two Venezuelans died from gunshot wounds during protests against Maduro, witnesses and local media said, pushing the death toll from almost two months of anti-government protests to 33, March 22, 2014.
New Zealand
Prince George, son of Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, looks at other babies during a Plunket nurse and parents group event at the Government House in Wellington, April 9, 2014.New Zealand
Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge watches her husband Prince William sit in the cockpit of a Sopwith Pup at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre near Blenheim, in New Zealand, April 10, 2014.Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and youths stand next to a fire during a protest in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood. Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protested on Thursday against the jailing of a Jewish seminary student who failed to comply with a recruitment order, April 10, 2014.Cyprus
An illuminated flag of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is recognized only by Turkey, is seen overlooking Nicosia. Greek and Turkish Cypriots have lived estranged for decades, March 12, 2014United States
With the Jefferson Memorial in the background, Steven Paska, 26, right, of Arlington, Va., kneels as he asks Jessica Deegan, 27, his girlfriend of two years, to marry him, near cherry blossom trees in peak bloom along the tidal basin in Washington, April 10, 2014.Palestine
Palestinian Olympic runner Nader Al-Masri stretches near his house in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Masri, who has participated in 40 international contests including the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, was denied a permit by Israeli authorities to travel to the occupied West Bank for the Palestine Marathon, April 10, 2014.Brazil
Brazilian attorney, Nelson Paviotti, parks one of his two Volkswagen Beetles painted with the colors of the national flag in Campinas, Sao Paulo state.Paviotti claims he has worn clothes of only those colors as he promised to do if Brazil won the 1994 World Cup, which it did. He has recently decorated his home specially for the 2014 World Cup that Brazil is hosting, April 9, 2014.
United States
Joost Luiten of the Netherlands hits from the sand trap on the seventh hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 10, 2014.South Africa
Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius walks past June Steenkamp (seated, front L), mother of Reeva Steenkamp, March 24, 2014Central African Republic
A masked female member of the anti-balaka, a Christian militia, holds a machete as she sits in the village of Zawa, April 8, 2014.Spain
Former police inspector Juan Antonio Gonzalez Pacheco, known as "Billy the Kid," leaves Madrid's High Court in Madrid wearing a motorcycle helmet after appearing before a judge at an extradition hearing. Pacheco is wanted in Argentina for alleged torture during the Francisco Franco military regime, April 10, 2014China
She Ping, a 34-year-old beekeeper, is seen during an attempt to cover his body with bees, in Chongqing municipality. He used queen bees to successfully attract more than 460,000 bees, weighing over 99 lbs, within 40 minutes, local media reported, April 9, 2014.