Photos of the week: Glitch in the Guard and the Notre Dame Fire

A cascading Russian Presidential Regiment during a change of guard ceremony and fire at the 800-year old Notre Dame Cathedral in France --photos of the week from across the world.

Updated on: Apr 20, 2019 5:10 PM IST

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Members of the Presidential Regiment take part in the Changing of the Guard ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (Maxim Shemetov / REUTERS)

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An elderly lady reacts as a baby goat she displays chews on her scarf at the Pet Expo 2019, a pet show in Bucharest, Romania. (Andreea Alexandru / AP)

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A Nepalese man smears ‘sindoor’ or vermillion powder, to a boy during Sindoor Jatra festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Devotees mark the festival by playing traditional drums, singing, dancing and carrying chariot of various deities around town while throwing sindoor to welcome the advent of spring and the New Year. (Niranjan Shrestha / AP)

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Iranian boxer Sadaf Khadem in action against French boxer Anne Chauvin during an official boxing bout in Royan, France. (Stephane Mahe / REUTERS)

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Novice nuns walk in line to receive food from people during the Songkran Festival at the Sathira-Dhammasathan Buddhist meditation centre in Bangkok, Thailand. (Athit Perawongmetha / REUTERS)

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An Iraqi member of the Civil Defense shows a human skull from an unearthed mass grave of Kurds in west of the city of Samawa, Iraq. (Essam al-Sudani / REUTERS)

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Penitents of La Paz (The Peace) brotherhood make their way to a church before taking part in a procession during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain. (Marcelo del Pozo / REUTERS)

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Tiger Woods of the US celebrates on the 18th hole after winning the 2019 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Brian Snyder / REUTERS)

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Sparks fill the air as Paris Fire brigade members spray water to extinguish flames as the Notre Dame Cathedral burns in Paris, France. (Philippe Wojazer / REUTERS)

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Venezuelan Hildemaro Ortiz relaxes inside of an abandoned bus in the border city of Pacaraima, Brazil. (Pilar Olivares / REUTERS)

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Western lowland gorilla Fatou eats a hard-boiled Easter Egg during a media event at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany. (Fabrizio Bensch / REUTERS)

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Trees are lit by a flame in the Yarakta Oil Field, owned by Irkutsk Oil Company (INK), in Irkutsk Region, Russia. (Vasily Fedosenko / REUTERS)

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Horsemen play Kokpar, a traditional game between two teams competing to throw a dummy of a goat into a scoring circle, during the first Asian Equestrian Championship near Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Pavel Mikheyev / REUTERS)

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White House Advisor Ivanka Trump dances as she meets women entrepreneurs, at the demonstration cocoa farm in Adzope, Ivory Coast. (Luc Gnago / REUTERS)

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The wife and children of Palestinian prisoner Ayman Ghareeb, who is held in an Israeli jail, look out of a bus window on their way to visit him in the jail, as Palestinians mark Prisoners’ Day, in Tubas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (Raneen Sawafta / REUTERS)

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A gaucho rides an untamed horse during Creole week celebrations in Montevideo, Uruguay. (Andres Stapff / REUTERS)

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Filipino penitents bearing crosses on their backs lie on the street as they perform a ritual on Maundy Thursday in Mabalacat City, Pampanga province, Philippines. (Eloisa Lopez / REUTERS)

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Swayambhunath Stupa, a UNESCO world heritage site, is seen through the window of a monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS)

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The Stratolaunch plane seen flying above the California desert, during the first test flight of the US company’s gigantic aircraft whose wingspan is almost half that of an Airbus A380. (Stratolaunch Systems Corp / AFP)

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A boy prepares the church ahead of a palm Sunday mass at Lady of Grace Parish Catholic Church in Barrio Manasse, Buzi District, Sofala Province, Mozambique. (Zinyange Auntony / AFP)

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Names of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls are displayed with their desk during the 5th Year Commemoration of the abduction of the 276 Chibok Schoolgirls by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014 from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria. (Kola Sulaimon / AFP)

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Sumo wrestlers take part in a “honozumo,” a ceremonial sumo exhibition, on the grounds of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. (Charly Triballeau / AFP)

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A 3D print of heart with human tissue seen at the University of Tel Aviv, Israel. Scientists in Israel have unveiled a 3D print of a heart with human tissue and vessels, calling it a first and a “major medical breakthrough” that advances possibilities for transplants. (Jack Guez / AFP)

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A man speaks on a mobile phone while walking out of an underground passage on a sunny day in Moscow, Russia. (Kirill Kurdyavtsev / AFP)

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Iraqi Yazidi women sit outside the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk about 430 kilometres northwest of the capital Baghdad, during a ceremony marking the Yazidi New Year. (Safin Hamed / AFP)

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Farmers dry ginkgo leaves used to make ginkgo biloba tea at a tea field in Linyi in China’s eastern Shandong province. (AFP)

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A youth plays on a swing at a playground in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. (Farshad Usyan / AFP)

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The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, as it launches from Pad-0A, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Ben Ingalls / NASA / AFP)

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A bride and groom jump over a skipping rope as they pose during a wedding photo shoot at a park in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Ed Jones / AFP)

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A model presents a creation by Pakistani designer Zaheer Abbas on the first day of the ‘Hum Showcase’ Fashion Week in Karachi, Pakistan. (Asif Hassan / AFP)