A young woman stands in an opening of a hedgerow of a genocide "reconciliation village" April 6, 2014 in Mybo, Rwanda. Organized by the Prison Fellowship Rwanda in 2004, this village of 285 is where those who served time in prison for genocide now live side-by-side with people who survived the killer's 1994 rampage. One of five communities like this in Rwanda, Mbyo residents share agriculture and handicraft cooperatives and say that working together has helped with reconciliation, easing their apprehension and fostering new friendships. Rwanda is preparing to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the country's 1994 genocide, when more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and moderate Hutus were slaughtered over a 100 day period.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images
From the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide to the world’s largest elections in India, to UConn’s NCAA victory and millions of tulips in bloom in Amsterdam, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
Apr. 6, 2014. A young woman stands in an opening of a hedgerow of a genocide "reconciliation village" in Mybo, Rwanda. Organized by the Prison Fellowship Rwanda in 2004, this village of 285 is where those who served time in prison for genocide now live side-by-side with people who survived the 1994 rampage. Chip Somodevilla—Getty ImagesApr. 8, 2014. The American War cemetery of Colleville sur Mer in Normandy, France. The cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach, one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion, and contains the remains of 9,387 American servicemen.David Vincent—APApr. 8, 2014. A fast response craft from Australian Defense Vessel Ocean Shield tows Able Seaman Clearance Diver Michael Arnold as he searches the ocean for debris in the search zone in the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Australian Defense Force/ReutersApr. 4, 2014. The Shukhov broadcasting tower shot from the ground in Moscow, Russia. The Shukhov Tower, one of the symbols of Soviet constructivists architecture, known as Russiaís Eiffel tower, is now under threat of demolition. Pavel Golovkin—APApr. 7, 2014. Alex Poythress #22 of the Kentucky Wildcats walks off the court after losing to the Connecticut Huskies 60-54 in the NCAA Men's Final Four Championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.Ronald Martinez—Getty ImagesApr. 4, 2014.
France's newly appointed Prime minister Manuel Valls (L) speaks with French President Francois Hollande before the first cabinet meeting of his government, at the Elysee Palace in Paris.Fred Dufour—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 5, 2014. People fight with pillows at the University's Square on World Pillow Fight Day 2014 in Bucharest.Daniel Mihailescu—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 7, 2014. This picture taken with an underwater camera shows competitors taking part in a training session on on the eve of the French Swimming championships in Chartres.Damien Meyer—AFP/Getty Images Apr. 7, 2014. Connecticut Huskies guard Ryan Boatright celebrates as the Connecticut Huskies beat the Kentucky Wildcats 60-54 in the NCAA Final Four championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.Ron Jenkins—MCT /LandovApr. 8, 2014. Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, left, throws the ceremonial first pitch next to Batman before an opening day baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Francisco.Jeff Chiu—APApr. 5, 2014. A Hindu devotee rides his bicycle through a dust storm at the Sangam after taking a holy dip at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad.Sanjay Kanojia—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 7, 2014.
Catherine (L), the Duchess of Cambridge, receives a "hongi", a traditional Maori greeting, by a Maori elder during a welcoming at Government House in Wellington. Britain's Prince William, Kate and their son Prince George are on a three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia.Marty Melville—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 6, 2014. People visit with loved ones through the U.S.-Mexico border fence at Friendship Park in San Ysidro, CA. Many deported families and friends visit each other, mainly on weekends, at the park after being separated by immigration officials.Sandy Huffaker & Sandy Huffaker—CorbisApr. 8, 2014. Israeli President Shimon Peres (C) talks to school children holding Chinese and Israeli national flags during a welcoming ceremony hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping (not in picture) inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.Diego Azubel—EPAApr. 5, 2014. A navy soldier patrols on a soccer field during an operation to occupy the Mare slum complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More than 2,000 Brazilian Army soldiers moved into the Mare slum complex early Saturday in a bid to improve security and drive out the heavily armed drug gangs that have ruled the sprawling slum for decades.Felipe Dana—APApr. 4, 2014. A Parkour team practicing in Al-Waha, close to Al-Sodania, that had been bombed in the last war on Gaza.Mohammed Shurrab—Pacific/SIPAApr. 5, 2014. Family photos of victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide hang inside the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in Kigali, Rwanda. Rwanda is preparing to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the country's 1994 genocide, when more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and moderate Hutus were slaughtered over a 100 day period. Chip Somodevilla—Getty ImagesApr. 5, 2014. An Afghan woman looks through a window as she waits for her turn to vote at a polling station in Mazar-i-sharif. Voting was peaceful during the first few hours of Afghanistan's presidential election on Saturday, with only isolated attacks on polling stations as the country embarked on the first democratic transfer of power since the fall of a Taliban regime in 2001. Zohra Bensemra—ReutersApr. 5, 2014.
Afghan women queue outside a school to vote in presidential elections in the northwestern city of Herat. Afghan voters went to the polls to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai, braving Taliban threats in a landmark election held as US-led forces wind down their long intervention in the country.Aref Karimi—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 5, 2014. A voter prepares to fill out her ballot at a school in Kabul, Afghanistan. Voting hours for the country's general election were extended nationwide due to longer-than-expected lines, and though widespread fears of the Taliban kept roughly one in eight polling centers closed, no heavy attacks had taken place.Bryan Denton—The New York TimesApr. 6, 2014. Emergency responders help evacuate a Syrian boy from a residential building reportedly hit by an explosives-filled barrel dropped by a government forces helicopter in the Shaar neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.Khaled Khatib—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 6, 2014.
Female members of the Palestinian presidential guard take part in a training session in the West Bank city of Jericho.Ahmad Gharabli—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 6, 2014. Female members of the Palestinian presidential guard take part in a training session in the West Bank city of Jericho. Ahmad Gharabli —AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 6, 2014. Indian cricket fans celebrate as Virat Kohli plays a shot in the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup final match between India and Sri Lanka while watching on a television set at a roadside shop in Allahabad, India.Rajesh Kumar Singh—APApr. 6, 2014. Amira Arafa, who was injured Saturday during clashes in Aswan, recovers in a relative's house, as her own was damaged in fighting in the southern city of Aswan, Egypt. Mohamed Ali Eddin—APApr. 6, 2014. Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drives during the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir, south of Manama.Caren Firouz—ReutersApr. 6, 2014. A woman enjoys the atmosphere at the Holi Festival of Colours in Barcelona, Spain. The festival is fashioned after the Hindu spring festival Holi, which is mainly celebrated in the north and east of India.Manu Fernandez—APApr. 7, 2014. A man sunbathes on the beach in the Dadonghai district of Sanya, Hainan Province, China. Brent Lewin—Bloomberg/Getty ImagesApr. 7, 2014. Connecticut center Amida Brimah celebrates after winning the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game 60-54, against Kentucky.Charlie Neibergall—APApr. 7, 2014. A swimmer trains during a session in Chartres, on the eve of the first day of the French swimming championships. Charly Triballeau—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 7, 2014. The pack climb the Okorro hill in Lazkao during the first stage of the Tour of the Basque Country, a 153.4km ride around Ordizia, northern Spain. Former two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) won the first stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. Rafa Rivas—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 6, 2014. Rwandan children listen and pray during a Sunday morning service at the Saint-Famille Catholic church, the scene of many killings during the 1994 genocide, in the capital Kigali, Rwanda. Ben Curtis—APApr. 7, 2014. Bizimana Emmanuel, who was born two years before the genocide, is consoled by an unidentified woman while attending a public ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, at Amahoro stadium in Kigali, Rwanda.Ben Curtis—APApr. 7, 2014. The sky threatens rain as tens of thousands of people gather to commemorate the 20th anniversary the 1994 genocide at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda. Chip Somodevilla—Getty ImagesApr. 7, 2014. Ushers carry a screaming and emotionally distraught woman out of Amahoro Stadium during the 20th anniversary commemoration of the 1994 genocide in Kigali, Rwanda.Chip Somodevilla—Getty ImagesApr. 7, 2014. Oscar Pistorius reacts during his trial at the high court in Pretoria. South African Paralympic and Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius is expected to take the stand for the first time on Monday in a bid to prove his innocence against charges he murdered his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Deaan Vivier—ReutersApr. 7, 2014. A farm worker walks through a wheat field during a crop harvest in Panipat, Haryana, India.Bloomberg—Bloomberg/Getty ImagesApr. 8, 2014 In this long exposure image, the 'Matabe-e zakura', cherry blossom which is believed to be more than 300 years old, is in full bloom in Uda, Nara, Japan.The Asahi Shimbun—Getty Imag Apr. 7, 2014. A moon and lights designed to depict the night sky hang above the audience in the Big Top tent, during Mr Fips' Wonder Circus' show in Huntingdon, England. Mary Turner—Getty ImagesApr. 7, 2014. Visitors watch the16-weeks-old polar bear twins Nobby and Nola cuddle with their mother Giovanna in their enclosure in the zoo in Munich Hellabrunn, southern Germany. Christof Stache—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 8, 2014. A Malaysian girl takes part in a candle-light vigil to mark the one-month anniversary of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight at the Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur.Manan Vatsyayana—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 7, 2014. Indian children play at Krishna nagar village on the outskirts of Allahabad, India. India started the world's largest election Monday where the country's 814 million electorate will vote in stages over the next five weeks.Rajesh Kumar Singh—APApr. 8, 2014. Hector Gaitan, 110, kisses his wife Nora Campo inside his home, at an abandoned station of the Nicaraguan Railway Company, the country's defunct railway, located on the outskirts of Managua.Oswaldo Rivas—ReutersApr. 9, 2014. Indonesian Baduy tribe women wait for their turn to cast their ballots during the parliamentary elections at a polling station in Kanekes village, Lebak, Banten province, Indonesia, Polls opened on 09 April in Indonesia's parliamentary elections amid expectations of an opposition victory. Mast Irham—EPAApr. 8, 2014. An Indian artist dressed as the Hindu goddess Kali participates in a procession to celebrate the Ram Navami festival in Allahabad. Hindu devotees celebrate the festival of Ram Navami, the birth anniversary of Lord Rama, across India, which also marks the end of the nine-day long fasting and Navaratri festival.Sanjay Kanojia—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 9, 2014. Foreigners get sprayed with water from elephants to preview the upcoming Songkran Festival celebration, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival at the ancient world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand.Rungroj Yongrit—EPAApr. 8, 2014. A Tai Yai boy prays during a ceremony in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. Poy Sang Long is a Buddhist novice ordination ceremony of the Shan people or Tai Yai.Taylor Weidman—Getty ImagesArp. 9, 2014. President Barack Obama (2-L) first lady Michelle Obama (L) pay their last respects to three soldiers during a memorial service at Fort Hood military base near Killeen, Texas.Larry W. Smith—EPAApr. 9, 2014. Detained Somali men are lined up as police officers are reflected in a window at the Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, More than 1,000 Somalis are being held by Kenyan police in a soccer stadium, according to reports. The refugees were arrested in a week-long sweep through Nairobi's Eastleigh neighborhood. Dai Kurokawa—EPAApr. 9, 2014. A man enters an underground shelter in Idlib countryside. Residents dug underground shelters to hide in during shelling from forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.Khalil Ashawi—ReutersApr. 9, 2014. Rebel fighters carry the body of a fellow fighter who was killed during what they said was an offensive against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the al-Amriyeh neighbourhood of Syria's northwestern city of Aleppo.Ammar Abdullah—ReutersApril 9, 2014. Assistants use burning incense and cigarettes to drive away bees from the face of She Ping, a 34-year-old beekeeper, during an attempt to cover his body with bees, in Chongqing municipality, China.China Daily/ReutersApr. 9, 2014, Alex Hribal, the suspect in the multiple stabbings at the Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pa., is escorted by police to a district magistrate to be arraigned on Wednesday in Export, Pa.Keith Srakocic—APApr. 9, 2014. A Seleka fighter drives in a vehicle in the town of Bria.Goran Tomasevic—Reuters Apr. 9, 2014.
Afghan shoppers look for brooms at a roadside shop in Herat. Leading candidates in Afghanistan's presidential election voiced concerns that voting was tainted by fraud after millions defied Taliban threats and turned out to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai.Aref Karimi—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 9, 2014. Aerial view of flower fields near the Keukenhof park, also known as the Garden of Europe, in Lisse Keukenhof. Employing some 30 gardeners, it is considered to be the world's largest flower garden displaying millions of flowers every year.Yves Herman—ReutersApr. 10, 2014. Female voters wait for their identities to be verified before being allowed to vote in Ujina, in the Indian state of Haryana. Indians voted in the crucial third phase of national elections Thursday, with millions going to the polls in the heartland states that are essential to the main opposition Hindu nationalist party's bid to end the 10-year rule of Congress party. Saurabh Das—APApr. 10, 2014. Municipal workers from Asian republics are seen through a fence with pictures of the Red Square during their work on landscaping around the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.Yuri Kochetkov—EPAApr. 10, 2014. France's Camille Muffat on her way to win the women's 100m freestyle final during the French Swimming championships in Chartres. Damein Meyer—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 10, 2014. Chicken eggs are colored for Easter at Baumeister Frischei egg and chicken farm in Breckerfeld, Germany. The farm is among the biggest egg producers in the region, producing 120,000 chicken eggs daily to meet demand for its brightly-colored eggs two weeks before Easter. Sascha Schuermann—Getty ImagesApr. 10, 2014. Spectators make their way down the first fairway at sunrise for the first round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga.Matt Slocum—APApr. 10, 2014. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and youths stand next to a fire during a protest in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood. 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.Ronen Zvulun—ReutersApr. 10, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with All-Russia People's Front activists during their meeting in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.Mikhail Klimentyev / Ria Novosti—EPAApril 11, 2014. Squatters take cover from stun grenades and tear gas during an eviction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Silvia Izquierdo—APApril 11, 2014. Dayana Chasi Saavedra, 3, looks through the window after news that their eviction was not going to be carried out, in Madrid, Spain. Susana Vera—ReutersApril 7, 2014. People sunbathe and watch boats on an artificial lake as they enjoy the warm weather during a sunny spring day at Madrid's Retiro park in Spain.Susana Vera—ReutersApr. 9, 2014. An undated photo released by the Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of North Korea's ruling Workers Party, shows a wax statue of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il set up at the International Friendship Exhibition, a museum complex near Mount Myohyang, north of Pyongyang, North Korea. Rodong Sinmun—EPA
