From Earth Day to the devastating Colombia mudslides, a look at the week gone by

A woman with long hair poses for pictures in Weihai, Shandong province in China on April 22,. (REUTERS)

Updated on: Apr 23, 2017 6:20 PM IST

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A woman with long hair poses for pictures in Weihai, Shandong province in China on April 22,. (REUTERS)

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A Nepalese activist stands wrapped in a plastic sheet with a rope tied around her neck to mark of protest against air pollution on Earth Day in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 22, 2017. (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

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Guns are fired during the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery Royal 41-gun salute to mark the 91st birthday of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, at Hyde Park in central London on April 21, 2017. (Stefan Wermuth/REUTERS)

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A Filipino soldier looks out from a boat in Philippine occupied Thitu island of disputed South China Sea on April 21, 2017. (Erik De Castro/REUTERS)

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A horse stands under a solarium inside the horse rehabilitation centre in the village of Hrobice, Czech Republic on April 21, 2017. (David W Cerny/REUTERS)

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Besiktas' supporters light flares before the UEFA Europa League second leg quarter final football match between Besiktas and Lyon (OL) on April 20, 2017. (Ozan Kose/AFP)

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A Long March 7 rocket carrying the Tianzhou 1 cargo spacecraft blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang in southern China's Hainan Province on April 20, 2017. China has launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft Thursday on a mission to dock with the country's space station. (Yang Guanyu/Xinhua/AP)

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Masked police stand on top of their vehicle on the Champs Elysees Avenue after a policemen was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting incident in Paris, France on April 20, 2017. (Christian Hartmann/REUTERS)

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A rescue member finds a toy house in a destroyed area after mudslides caused by heavy rains leading several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and rocks into buildings and roads, in Manizales, Colombia on April 20, 2017. (Santiago Osorio/REUTERS)

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Men perform for tips on the subway platform in Manhattan on April 20, 2017. (Shannon Stapleton/REUTERS)

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A demonstrator knees in front of riot police during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on April 20, 2017. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/REUTERS)

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U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a directive ordering an investigation into the impact of foreign steel on the American economy after signing it in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on April 20, 2017. (Aaron P. Bernstein/REUTERS)

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A man walks through a cloud of dust whipped up by wind at the construction site near newly erected office skyscrapers in Beijing on April 20, 2017. (Thomas Peter/REUTERS)

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Photographers take pictures as the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft carrying the crew of Jack Fischer of the U.S. and Fyodor Yurchikhin of Russia, as it blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on April 20, 2017. (Shamil Zhumatov/REUTERS)

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A demonstrator throws back a tear gas grenade while clashing with riot police during the so-called "mother of all marches" against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela on April 19, 2017. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/REUTERS)

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People and rescue agencies look for bodies in a destroyed area after mudslides in Colombia on April 19, 2017. (Santiago Osorio/REUTERS)

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Models struggle against strong wind before the rehearsal of Christian Dior's Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2017 live show to celebrate Dior's new flagship store at the rooftop of Ginza Six mall in Tokyo on April 19, 2017. (Toru Hanai/REUTERS)

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A woman poses for a photographer in a buttercup flower field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel on April 18, 2017. (Amir Cohen/REUTERS)

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General view after mudslides in Manizales, Caldas department in Colombia on April 19, 2017. (AFP)

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A machine works its way through the snow, clearing the road crossing the mountain Sognefjellet in Norway on April 18, 2017. (REUTERS)

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School children hold an image of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe during the country's 37th Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on April 18, 2017. (Jekesai Njikizana/AFP)

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Pedestrians cross the Millenium Bridge in central London on April 17, 2017. (Stefan Wermuth/REUTERS)

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Members of the Bolivarian Militia take part in a parade in the framework of the seventh anniversary of the force, in front of the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on April 17, 2017. Venezuela's defence minister on Monday declared the army's loyalty to Maduro, who ordered troops into the streets ahead of a major protest by opponents trying to oust him. Venezuela is bracing for what Maduro's opponents vow will be the "mother of all protests" Wednesday, after two weeks of violent demos against moves by the leftist leader and his allies to tighten their grip on power. (Federico Parra/AFP)

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Spanish matador Roman attempts to kill a Pedraza de Yeltes bull during the Easter feria on April 17, 2017 in Arles, southern France. (Bertrand Langlois/AFP)

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Soap bubbles float past St Paul's Cathedral in central London, Britain April 17, 2017. (Stefan Wermuth/REUTERS)

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Residents view the first iceberg of the season as it passes the South Shore, also known as "Iceberg Alley", near Ferryland Newfoundland, Canada on April 16, 2017. (Greg Locke/REUTERS)

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Head of a legendary ethnic Miao goddess statue is lifted at the construction site of the statue, in Jianhe County, Guizhou Province on April 15, 2017. (REUTERS)

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Migrants try to stay afloat after falling off their rubber dinghy during a rescue operation by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship in the central Mediterranean in international waters some 15 nautical miles off the coast of Zawiya in Libya on April 14, 2017. All 134 sub-Saharan migrants survived and were rescued by MOAS. (Darrin Zammit/REUTERS)