April 3, 2013. A Palestinian demonstrator looks on during clashes with the Israeli army in Hebron. Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza were observing a general strike, with prisoners refusing food to mourn the death of a fellow inmate in an Israeli jail.Marco Longari—AFP/Getty Images
From deadly clashes in the West Bank and flooding in Buenos Aires to March Madness and the highest altitude performance in the world, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
March 31, 2013. Local performers from the Naxi, Yi and Bai ethnic minorities performing the cultural production 'Impression Lijiang' beneath the 5596 m peak of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang, China's Yunnan province. Created by internationally acclaimed Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, and performed at 3310 m above sea level the daily performance of song, dance, horse riding and story telling is the highest altitude production in the world.Diego Azubel—EPAMarch 31, 2013. An Afghan police man offers evening prayers on a hill overlooking Kabul.Ahmad Jamshid—APApril 1, 2013. Pakistani children, who were displaced with their families by 2010 floods from Pakistan's Sindh province, play on a trampoline without paying, after the owner of the trampoline left the place due to a heavy rainfall, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad.Muhammed Muheisen—APApril 1, 2013. A man throws water on a woman as part of traditional Easter celebrations in Holloko, 100 km (62 miles) east of Budapest.Bernadett Szabo—ReutersMarch 31, 2013. A boy is carried in a polystyrene box as thousands of city slum dwellers take an Easter Sunday dip on the polluted Manila Bay to beat the scorching heat. The city government bars swimming in the bay due to health hazards, but authorities are often helpless in implementing the ordinance. Noel Celis—AFP/Getty ImagesApril 3, 2013. A Palestinian demonstrator looks on during clashes with the Israeli army in Hebron. Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza were observing a general strike, with prisoners refusing food to mourn the death of a fellow inmate in an Israeli jail. Marco Longari—AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 29, 2013. A rocket booster carrying the 'Soyuz TMA-08M' spacecraft with US NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Russian Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin aboard leaves a flame trail after lift off from the Cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The launch will send Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) Sergei Ilnitsky—EPAApril 1, 2013. People sleep on charpoy beds along a road, near a railway station in Karachi. Charpoy bed guesthouses are only setup at night from 9pm to 7am for the homeless, passengers and drivers, charging about 40 Pakistani rupees ($0.40) per night. Akhtar Soomro—ReutersApril 1, 2013. Afghan Children play Ghursai, a traditional boy's game played in the countryside in Jalalabad. Children hold one foot in one hand and then try to knock down the other opponent. Noorullah Shirzada—AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 29, 2013. A member of the U.S. Freestyle Aerial practices for the U.S. National Championship at Heavenly Resort in South Lake Tahoe, California.Ezra Shaw—Getty ImagesMarch 29, 2013. Faithful carry a statue of Jesus during the Good Friday procession in Ayacucho, Peru.Rodrigo Abd—APMarch 29, 2013. Actors reenact the final hours of Jesus Christ during the annual Good Friday event in Mexico City's main plaza, the Zocalo.Alexandre Meneghini—APMarch 29, 2013. A statue of Jesus Christ on the cross is seen on the ground before a Good Friday procession in San Antonio de Escazu, near San Jose, Costa Rica. Juan Carlos Ulate—ReutersMarch 29, 2013. Central African Seleka rebels speak to an injured Seleka rebel at a community hospital in Bangui. Hospitals in the coup-hit capital of the Central African Republic overflowed with injured people and tens of thousands faced hunger as the humanitarian situation in the country worsened just days after rebels seized power. Sia Kambou—AFP/Getty ImagesApril 3, 2013. The US Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment casket team folds the US national flag over the casket during the burial service for US Army 1st Lieutenant John E. Terpning, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Michael Reynolds—EPAMarch 29, 2013. Members of the Fire Department try to control a forest fire in Panama City, capital of Panama.Mauricio Valenzuela—Zuma PressMarch 30, 2013. A Christian pilgrim touches a pillar of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City. Bernat Armangue—APMarch 30, 2013. Spectators watch as participants dance and throw colored chalk during the Holi Festival of Colors at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah. Jim Urquhard—ReutersMarch 31, 2013. A general view at the 'Video Look Book' event presented by Moscow Art Industrial Institu Models prepare backstage at the Mari Axel show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia Fall/Winter 2013/2014 at Manege on in Moscow.Ian Gavan—Getty ImagesMarch 31, 2013. Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino calls to the referees to stop the game as Cardinals guard Kevin Ware lays on the court with a broken leg in the first half against the Duke Blue Devils during their Midwest Regional NCAA men's basketball game in Indianapolis.Jeff Haynes—ReutersMarch 31, 2013. Riot police officers patrol the area after dispersing a group of protesters who support defeated presidential candidate and outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga face off against riot police in the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya, a day after the country's Supreme Court upheld Odinga's rival Uhuru Kenyatta's vicotry in the presidential election.Dai Kurokawa—EPAMarch 31, 2013. Nuns walk during the Sunday Easter mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City.Sebastian Scheiner—APMarch 31, 2013. A child receives communion at Regina Mundi church in Soweto. Regina Mundi church is situated near to former South African president, Nelson Mandela's old residence and is known for its involvement during the struggle against apartheid. Mandela is spending his fourth day in hospital after making "steady progress" for a recurring lung infection. Carl de Souza—AFP/Getty ImagesMarch 31, 2013. Worshippers dressed as angels participate in the Easter Sunday procession in the historic city of Ouro Preto in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Pilar Olivares—ReutersApril 2, 2013.
A Palestinian teacher speaks in class at a school in Gaza City, where a law banning mixed sex schooling in has entered into force.Mahmud Hams—AFP/Getty ImagesApril 1,2013. A Saudi man smokes his last cigarette before being hanged for the murder of a compatriot just west of the capital Kuwait City. Yasser Al-Zayyat—AFP/Getty ImagesApril 1, 2013. Blood is washed away from the sidewalk after a 24-year-old man was shot and killed on South Eberhart Avenue on the city's South Side in Chicago.Scott Olson—Getty ImagesApril 1, 2013. A Bahraini woman, standing with her daughter, holds up a picture of Abd Al-Ghani Al-Rayes during clashes following his funeral procession in the village of Diraz, west of Manama. Mohammed Al-shaikh—AFP/Getty ImagesApril 1, 2013. Jahangir Alam, officer in-charge of Upashahar police camp, lies on the street after Jamaat-e-Islami activists smashed pieces of bricks on his head during a clash in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. At least four policemen were injured, one critically, and a firearm and a walkie-talkie were snatched from them when Jamaat-e-Islami activists and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir clashed with police in Rajshahi city on Monday morning, local media reported. ReutersApril 2, 2013. An autistic boy and his mother are silhouetted outside a classroom at a therapy center for autism in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Huang Xiaobang—Zuma PressMarch 31, 2013. Members of the Naxi Ancient Music Orchestra perform on stage in Lijiang, China's Yunnan province. According to the orchestra's director, 84 year old Professor Xuanke, Naxi music was born between 1382 and 1383, during the Ming Dynasty when soldiers were sent Yunnan province and subsequently decided to bring their families and lay down their roots. With less than 100 musicians still able to play, and most of them above 60 years of age, the ancient Naxi music faces extinction.Diego Azubel—EPAApril 1, 2013. The reflection of a Palestinian boy drinking an ice cream as he walks through a traditional market is seen in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip.Ali Ali—EPAApril 2, 2013. People carry a coffin during the funeral for victims of a fire at Yaeway cemetery in Yangon Myanmar.Minzayar—ReutersApril 2, 2013. Family members of South African soldiers killed in the Central African Republic (CAR), mourn during the memorial service in Pretoria, South Africa.EPAApril 2, 2013. A man stands at a corner of a street in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain.Marcelo del Pozo—ReutersApril 2, 2013. A model prepares backstage at the Fyodor Golan show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia Fall/Winter 2013/2014 at Manege in Moscow.Ian Gavan—MBFW Russia/Getty imagesApril 2, 2013. Humayunís Tomb is lit up in blue to mark World Autism Day in New Delhi, India, Tuesday.Altaf Qadri—APApril 2, 2013. A devotee lies on hot sand as a form of penance on the first day of the Danda festival at Kulagarh, in Ganjam district, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Bhubaneswar, India. Biswaranjan Rout—APApril 2, 2013. People watch a bus that fell from a viaduct into Avenida Brasil, the largest avenue in Rio de Janeiro.Felipe Dana—APApril 2, 2013. Palestinian drive sheep through a smuggling tunnel between the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.Wissam Nassar—Xinhua/LandovApril 3, 2013. Aerial view of children playing in a flooded road in the outskirts of La Plata, Argentina.Juan Mabromata—AFP/Getty ImagesApril 2, 2013. Indian men search for coins and gold in the polluted waters of the Ganga river at Sangam after the Kumbh Mela festival, in Allahabad.Sanjay Kanojia—AFP/Getty ImagesApril 3, 2013. A woman sleeps next to her newborn baby in a nursery in the Juba Teaching Hospital in Juba, South Sudan.ReutersApril 3, 2013. A door made from metal is seen at a compound in Qarabagh district, north of Kabul.Shah Marai—AFP/Getty ImagesApril 3, 2013. Milwaukee Brewers pitcher John Axford reacts as Colorado Rockies' Michael Cuddyer rounds the bases after his two-run home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Milwaukee. Jeffrey Phelps—APApril 3, 2013. The Marine One helicopter is framed by blooming Magnolia trees as President Barack Obama lifts off from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington as he travels to Denver and San Francisco.Charles Dharapak—APApril 3, 2013. Flames and smoke rise at an oil pipeline after an explosion, 18 km (11 miles) south of the city of Ajdabiyah, Libya.Esam Omran Al-Fetori—ReutersApril 3, 2013. A man looks up at the room of the Islamic school where 13 boys were killed by a fire in the central, multi-ethnic Botataung district of the former capital Yangon.Damir Sagolj—ReutersApril 4, 2013. An Afghan army soldier stands guard in the destroyed courthouse in Farah, western Afghanistan.Hoshang Hashimi—APApril 4, 2013. A leopard trapped in a well looks up to forest officials on the premises of the Kamakhya temple in Gauhati.Anupam Nath — APApril 4, 2013. Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed residential building in Thane, on the outskirts of Mumbai.Vivek Prakash—ReutersApril 4, 2013. A Palestinian protester uses a sling shot to throw a stone during clashes with Israeli soldiers following the funeral of Maysara Abu Hamdeya in the West Bank city of Hebron. Ammar Awad—ReutersApril 4, 2013. Palestinian police escort the body of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh during his funeral in the West Bank city of Hebron. The death of Hamdiyeh a Palestinian prisoner, who died from cancer while serving a life sentence in Israel, sparked demonstrations across the West Bank.Nasser Shiyoukhi—APApril 4, 2013. A relative of Amer Nassar, 17, mourns during his funeral in the West Bank village of Anabta, near Tulkarm.Mohamad Torokaman—ReutersApril 5, 2013. Palestinian children are seen inside their family's house during a power cut in Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Salem—Reuters April 5, 2013. The claws of a chicken are seen at a yard in central Beijing. There have been 14 reported infections from the H7N9 bird flu strain in eastern China including at least four deaths in Shanghai.Jason Lee—Reuters
