From tornadoes and floods across the US to the canonization of two popes, to preparations for the Kentucky Derby and witches on a train, TIME presents the best photos of the week.
Apr. 29, 2014. Debris from Mayflower RV is pictured strewn around in Mayflower, Arkansas. A storm system that killed more than 20 people continued its march across a large swath of the U.S. Southeast on Tuesday, packing baseball-sized hail, damaging winds and the threat of more tornados, meteorologists said. Carlo Allegri—ReutersApr. 25, 2014. Afghan villagers sit under a net in a field on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif as they try to catch quail for fighting purposes. Quail fighting, a centuries old tradition, was banned under the rule of the Taliban at the end of of the last decade but has since seen a resurgence as the activity is tolerated. Farshad Usyan—AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 28, 2014. Egyptian women overcome by emotion fall to the ground after a judge sentenced to death more than 680 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in the southern city of Minya.Ahmed Gomaa—APApr. 28, 2014. Afghans play on a trampoline along Qargha Lake, on the outskirts of Kabul.Mohammad Ismail—ReutersApr. 28, 2014. An Indian boy looks for scrap metal amid charred debris after a fire at a slum in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.Tsering Topgyal—APApr. 27, 2014. Villagers and supporters listen to a speech by BJP leader Narendra Modi at a rally in Sidhuali near Lucknow, India. India is in the midst of a nine phase election that began on April 7 and ends May 12.Kevin Frayer—Getty ImagesApr. 27, 2014. A Free Syrian Army fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, during heavy clashes in the old city of Aleppo.Jalal Al-Mamo—ReutersApr. 28, 2014. Riot police stand guard at an illegal mining operation in Huepetuhe district in Peru's Madre de Dios region in Peru.Rodrigo Abd—APApr. 26, 2014. A large screen for public display shows Pope John Paul II after sunset outside St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.Vadim Ghirda—APApr. 25, 2014. Sculptures of angels by artist Alfredo Ceschiatti hang inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Brasilia, Brazil. Designed by Brazil's late architect Oscar Niemeyer, the Cathedral was inaugurated in 1970.Eraldo Peres—APApril 29, 2014. A View from a small aircraft onto a yellow rape field and a green corn field in the German state of Brandenburg near Muencheberg, Germany, Patrick Pleul—Zuma PressApril 25, 2014. Sumaira Wani, wife of Zia-Ul-Haq mourns by the body of her husband during his funeral in Hirpora, north of Srinagar, India. Dar Yasin—AP Apr. 25, 2014. Black condolence ribbons attached along with messages for victims of the Sewol ferry sinking at Olympic Memorial Museum in Ansan, South Korea, Woohae Cho—The New York Times/ReduxApril 26, 2014. Pro-Russian masked men stand watch inside the Mariupol town hall in east Ukraine. Baz Ratner—ReutersApr. 26, 2014. A soccer field is seen under the water during a high tide in Beberibe near Fortaleza, Brazil, one of the host cities of the 2014 soccer World Cup.Felipe Dana—APApril 26, 2014. Priests sing and dance in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Pilgrims and faithful gathered in Rome to attend Sunday's ceremony at the Vatican where Pope Francis will elevate in a solemn ceremony John XXIII and John Paul II to sainthood. Emilio Morenatti—APApr. 27, 2014. Pope Francis declared John Paul II and John XXIII saints on Sunday morning, under grey skies, a crowd estimated at 250,000 in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square and streets nearby erupted in applause.Lorenzo Moscia—Archivolatino/ReduxApr. 27, 2014. Faithful attentively listen to Pope Francis as he declares Polish-born Pope John Paul II a saint in a Vatican ceremony. Thousands of people gathered to watch the live ceremony in front of God's Mercy sanctuary in Krakow, Poland.Czarek Sokolowski—APApr. 27, 2014. An Israeli officer looks at a jacket with a Star of David arm band, in a model of the headquarters bunker of the Jewish Combat Organization (ZOB) Mila 18 in the Warsaw Ghetto at the museum "From Holocaust to Revival" in Kibbutz Yad Mordechai near the costal town of Ashkelon, Israel.Tsafrir Abayov—APApr. 27, 2014. Holocaust survivor Moshe Roth, 81, a writer and painter born in Nancy, France, relaxes after smoking medical marijuana in the Hadarim Nursing home in Kibbutz Naan, near Rehovot, Israel.Abir Sultan—EPAApr. 27, 2014. The cremated remains of Park Yaeji, a 16-year-old victim of the sunken Sewol ferry accident, sit with those belonging to her cousin and other friends at the Seoho Memorial Park in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Woohae Cho—The New York Times/ReduxApril 27, 2014. Eom Ji-young, center, mother of Park Yae-ji, a 16-year-old victim of the sunken Sewol ferry accident, collapses in grief as her daughter's remains enter the kiln at a crematorium in Suwon, South Korea, Woohae Cho—The New York Times/ReduxApr. 27, 2014. An Orthodox priest walks past a portrait of a man on a grave, as he conducts a service in a cemetery near the village of Zimogorie, on the outskirts of Luhansk, eastern Ukraine.Vasily Fedosenko—ReutersApr. 28, 2014. An Egyptian woman overcome by emotion weeps after a judge sentenced to death more than 680 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president over acts of violence and the murder of policemen in the latest mass trial in the southern city of Minya, Egypt.Ahmed Gomaa—APApr. 28, 2014. Life vests and rafts from the sunken Sewol ferry sit at Paeng Mok Harbor in Jindo, South Korea. Jean Chung—The New York Times Apr. 28, 2014. A wooden statue named "Christ showing his wounds" (1520) is displayed as part of the exhibition "Louvre Abu Dhabi. Birth of a museum", at the Louvre museum, in Paris.Thibault Camus—APApr. 28, 2014. A woman lies on the road dying from a gunshot wound to the head close to the village of Dekoua after the armed peacekeeping convoy from the African Union operation in CAR (MISCA) she was travelling in came under attack by anti Balaka militiamen.Siegfried Modola—ReutersApr. 28, 2014. A pro-Russia militia member standing guard outside a seized government building allows a child to partially hold his gun, in Konstantinovka, Ukraine, Sergey Ponomarev—The New York Times/ReduxApr. 28, 2014. Uprooted trees are pictured after a tornado hit Vilonia, Arkansas.Carlo Allegri—ReutersApr. 28, 2014. Exercise rider Abel Flores takes Kentucky Derby hopeful Tapiture for a morning workout in the rain at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.Garry Jones—APApr. 29, 2014. A crucifix hangs from the fence of Corpus Christi Catholic College after teacher Anne Maguire was fatally stabbed in Leeds, northern England.Darren Staples—ReutersApr. 29, 2014. The cloudy sky is reflected in the calm waters of Gross Schauen Lake at Koellnitz fishery in Gross Schauen near Storkow, Germany. The remnants of an old jetty protrude from the water. Patrick Pleul—EPAApr. 29, 2014. Ballet dancers perform as they celebrate International Dance Day, in New Delhi.Adnan Abidi—ReutersApr. 29, 2014. The tail section of Air Force One is pictured on the tarmac at Elmendorf Air Force Base outside Anchorage, Alaska, as U.S. President Barack Obama stayed onboard during a refuel stop on his return to the United States from Asia.Larry Downing—ReutersApr. 29, 2014. An aerial view shows a boat making its way on the Scharmuetzelsee near Bad Sarow, eastern Germany.Patrick Pleul —AFP/Getty ImagesApr. 29, 2014. A girl sits backstage after getting ready for her dance recital to celebrate International Dance Day, in New Delhi, India.Adnan Abidi—ReutersApr. 29, 2014. Dancers perform an Indian folk dance to celebrate International Dance Day, in New Delhi.Adnan Abidi—ReutersApr. 30, 2014. A bird jumps on the barricades near Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine.Sergei Grits—APApr. 30, 2014. A member of the Victims' Mortgage Platform (PAH) shouts while being carried away by riot police officers as he tried to block the door of Veronica Carro, 51, to prevent her eviction, in Parla, Spain.Daniel Ochoa de Olza—APApr. 30, 2014. Indian voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station in Singur.Dibyangshu Sarkar—AFP/Getty ImagesApril 30, 2014. The sun rises behind a business that was destroyed by a tornado in Mayflower, Arkansas. Mark Wilson—Getty ImagesApr. 30, 2014. People survey the damage on Scenic Highway after part of the highway collapsed following heavy rains and flash flooding in Pensacola, Florida.Marianna Massey—Getty ImagesApr. 30, 2014. A CCTV camera is positioned in front of a giant poster of a cat in London, England. Oli Scarff—Getty ImagesApr. 30, 2014. Safety netting is seen installed around the inside the Capitol Rotunda, April 30, 2014. Five layers of safety netting where used as part of a $60 million restoration project of the Capitol dome and is the first major renovation since 1960. APApr. 30, 2014. Women dressed up as a witches are silhouetted as they travels on a HSB light railway through the Harz mountains to celebrate the Walpurgisnacht pagan festival in Germany.Thomas Peter—ReutersMay 1, 2014. Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (R) arrives with his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall (C), and her daughter Laura Lopes for the the funeral of her brother, Mark Shand, at Holy Trinity Church in Stourpaine, Dorset, England. Adrian Dennis—AFP/Getty ImagesMay 1, 2014. Members of a music band wear traditional Bavarian dresses as they pose for a group picture in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand—AFP/Getty ImagesMay 1, 2014. A fisherman casts his net into the Mohanadi River near Munduli some 30 kms away from Bhubaneswar, India. Asit Kumar—AFP/Getty ImagesMay 1, 2014.. Zoltan Veres of Hungary performs with his MXS airplane during an air show in Budapest, Hungary.Laszlo Balogh—ReutersMay 1, 2014.
Hungarian pilot and European champion Zoltan Veres flies under the oldest Hungarian bridge, the 'Lanchid' (Chain Bridge) with his 'MXS' type plane on during a Red Bull flying and car show around the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary.Attila Kisbender—AFP/Getty ImagesMay 1, 2014. An African migrant rests on a border fence covered in razor wire during a latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory, between Morocco and Spain's north African enclave of Melilla.Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda—ReutersMay 1, 2014. Russian leftists parade during May Day celebrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Valya Egorshin—NurPhoto/CorbisMay 1, 2014. An Indonesian worker wears a pikachu Japanese character mask during a rally to mark the International Labor Day outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia.Mast Irham—EPA
May 1, 2014.
A woman puts a yellow ribbon with others at a memorial for victims of the 'Sewol' ferry disaster in Seoul, South Korea.Ed Jones—AFP/Getty ImagesMay 1, 2014 . A Pro-Russia activist wearing a riot police helmet is seen during a demonstration in Donetsk, Ukraine.Sandro Maddalena—NurPhoto/CorbisMay 1, 2014. Russian pro separatists attack Ukrainian police during a demonstration in the Donetsk regionof Ukraine.Olya Morvan—Wostok Press/Maxppp/Zuma PressMay 1, 2014. An injured man waits for medical attention after, according to activists, two barrel bombs were thrown by forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad in Hullok neighbourhood of Aleppo. Hosam Katan—ReutersMay 1, 2014. A pro-Russian man leans on a tree with a rifle and rocket launcher near him at a checkpoint near the town of Slaviansk, east Ukraine
Baz Ratner—ReutersMay 1, 2014, A pickup truck remains overturned after flooding collapsed the driveway at this home in the Villa Venyce subdivision, in Gulf Breeze, Fla. John Raoux—APApr. 29, 2014. A long exposure image of embers flying off burnt out trees following the wind driven wildfire ranging in the mountain area near Rancho Cucamonga, Southern California. Stuart Palley—EPA
