Closeup: Best Pictures of the Week, March 25 – April 1
Closeup: Best Pictures of the Week, March 25 – April 1
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Like these workers combing through the mud in Miyagi prefecture, Japan continues to struggle more than two weeks after the unprecedented triple disaster left 240,000 people without homes. March 25, 2011.The Asahi Shimbun—Getty Images
Welcome to the first installment of Closeup. This week, Japan grieves for those lost to the tsunami, French aircraft enforce NATO’s no-fly zone over Libya, London protesters rally against government budget cuts, and Israel contemplates whether to build new settlements in East Jerusalem. On a lighter note, the Cricket World Cup reaches its climax, baseball season opens, and Lego imagines the forthcoming royal wedding.
Like these workers combing through the mud in Miyagi prefecture, Japan continues to struggle more than two weeks after the unprecedented triple disaster left 240,000 people without homes. March 25, 2011. The Asahi Shimbun—Getty ImagesDuring a training operation on the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, soldiers are winched down from a hovering Caracal helicopter next to an E2C Hawkeye airborne early warning and control plane. Back on land, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said France and Britain were preparing a “political and diplomatic” solution for Libya. March 25, 2011. Eric Feferberg—AFP/Getty ImagesA pro-Gaddafi supporter wears his allegiance on his face in Tripoli, Libya. After an hours-long seesawing battle, government tanks and rockets managed to send rebel forces into a hasty, panicked retreat. Even hobbled by international air strikes, Gaddafi’s forces have the considerable upper hand in firepower. March 29, 2011. Jerome Delay—APA car belonging to Bedouin who have fled the town of Mizda outside of Tripoli, Libya, after allied planes hit an ammunition depot in the town. March 29, 2011. Christopher Morris—VII for TIMEA security officer (top) is hit by a projectile during clashes between pro-government supporters and protesters in Amman, Jordan. The protesters, calling themselves the Youth of March 24 Movement, using a date-based motif common in the region, were agitating for political reform and the ouster of the Prime Minister. March 25, 2011.Muhammad Hamed—ReutersNew York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez jogs on the field as he passes West Point Cadets holding an American flag before the Yankees' opening day game against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium in New York. March 31, 2011. Mike Segar—ReutersIndians celebrate after their team won the ICC World Cup cricket semifinal match against Pakistan, in Mumbai, India. India upstaged archrival Pakistan by 29 runs in the so-called "mother of all World Cup matches" to progress to the final against Sri Lanka. March 30, 2011.Rafiq Maqbool—APA seagull flies in front of burnt ships in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, after the area was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami. March 31, 2011. Damir Sagolj—ReutersGraduating students hold hands during a ceremony at Rokugou junior high school in Sendai, Japan, an area that was hit hard by the recent earthquake and tsunami. The event was held at a gymnasium, which the students shared with 200 refugees who were sheltering there. March 30, 2011. Asuyoshi Chiba—AFP/Getty ImagesAyumi Matsuura from the International Volunteers of Yamagata (IVY) in Cambodia prays for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, at a pagoda in Phnom Penh. March 27, 2011. Samrang Pring—ReutersA cloth-covered urn at a group funeral for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami at a temple in Minami Sanriku, Japan. March 31, 2011.Dominic Nahr—Magnum for TIMEBulldozers clear a site in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev, just below a section of Israel’s separation barrier. Earlier that day, the Israeli Interior Ministry said it would decide next month whether it will approve plans to build 1,500 apartments in two Jewish enclaves there. March 29, 2011. Bernat Armangue—APProtesters gather in front of a burning barricade on London’s historic Jermyn Street after a protest march over public spending cuts turned violent and several stores were vandalized. More than 200 people were arrested and 84 were injured, including 31 police officers. It was the biggest demonstration in Britain in eight years. March 26, 2011.Dan Kittwood—Getty ImagesA Yemeni boy wears a headband whose Arabic inscription reads “I’m the next martyr” during an anti-government protest in the capital city, Sana‘a. President Ali Abdullah Saleh, under increasing pressure to resign, says he will not cling to power but that the country needs dialogue or it will slide into civil war. March 27, 2011.Ahmad Gharabli—AFP/Getty ImagesA Lego model depicting an imaginary scene from the forthcoming Royal Wedding in Windsor, England. The scene in the front of Buckingham Palace includes models of the wedded couple, HRH Prince William and wife-to-be Kate Middleton. Models of distinguished guests, including the Beckhams, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney, complete the scene. March 30, 2011. Dan Kitwood—Getty ImagesA U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter fires flares as a countermeasure against surface-to-air missiles as it flies over Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. There are 140,000 foreign troops still in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, most of them from the U.S. March 25, 2011. Peter Parks—AFP/Getty ImagesA wounded Canadian soldier lies aboard a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter from Company C, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, MEDEVAC team in southern Kandahar province. March 30, 2011. Peter Parks—AFP/Getty ImagesAfghan National Army (ANA) officers march during a graduation ceremony at the Ghazi Military Training Center in Kabul. Afghanistan's police and army are due to take control of security in the war-torn country in some more peaceful areas in July and across the nation by 2014. March 31, 2011. Shah Marai—AFP/Getty ImagesThe iconic Christ the Redeemer statue stands in darkness after the lights that illuminate it were switched off to observe an hour of voluntary darkness for the global "Earth Hour" campaign in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An estimated 1,000 landmarks' lights were turned off worldwide for 60 minutes at 8:30 p.m. local time, as a symbolic act to raise awareness about climate change and energy use. March 29, 2011.Felipe Dana—AP
