Photos this week: April 17-24, 2025 - CNN

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Pope Francis’ coffin sits inside St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23. Stefano Spaziani/Mondadori Portfolio/Vatican Pool/Getty Images
The week in 32 photos

Seagulls fight in a pond in Dublin on Saturday, April 19. Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

An explosion is seen during an Israeli strike on a tent camp sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Saturday, April 19. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the war in Gaza in the face of growing opposition to Israel’s ongoing military campaign. Hatem Khaled/Reuters

Oleksandr, a former Ukrainian prisoner of war, embraces his mother, Olha, after a prisoner swap with Russia on Saturday, April 19. The war is now in its fourth year. Alina Smutko/Reuters

A meteor streaks through the sky over the Dimitrios shipwreck near Gythio, Greece, on Saturday, April 19. The shipwreck, on Valtaki beach, has been there since 1981. Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is carried to a medical tent shortly after he and two Russian cosmonauts landed near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, April 20. They were returning after a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station. It was Pettit’s fourth time in space. See some of Pettit’s best photos. Bill Ingalls/NASA

A woman and her dog wear matching outfits during the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in New York on Sunday, April 20. Andres Kudacki/AP

Firefighters rest after battling a fire in a residential area of Manila, Philippines, on Wednesday, April 23. Lisa Marie David/Reuters

Sherlyn, 4, hugs her mother, Maria Pomaquiza, at a naturalization ceremony in Lexington, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, April 22. Pomaquiza, who is originally from Ecuador, was sworn in as a US citizen. Brian Snyder/Reuters

People gather in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square after the death of Pope Francis was announced on Monday, April 22. See how people around the world have reacted to the pope’s death. Toby Hancock/CNN

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Boxer Sam Eggington is punched by Lee Cutler during their welterweight bout in Birmingham, England, on Sunday, April 20. Eggington went on to win by decision. Andrew Couldridge/Reuters

A bus hangs off an overpass after colliding with a vehicle in Santiago, Chile, on Saturday, April 19. Javier Torres/AP

A migrant worker drinks water while harvesting wheat on the outskirts of Chandigarh, India, on Tuesday, April 22. AFP/Getty Images

Pope Francis delivers his traditional “Urbi et Orbi” blessing from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday, April 20. He died two days later. Stefano Costantino/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

A demonstrator wearing a shirt that reads “Eat the Rich” is detained by police during a protest in Washington, DC, on Saturday, April 19. Protesters across the country rallied against President Donald Trump and his administration on Saturday, condemning what they describe as Trump’s executive overreach. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

Wild bluebells, which bloom around mid-April, surround trees in Halle, Belgium, on Tuesday, April 22. Yves Herman/Reuters

Police officers in Kyiv, Ukraine, help an injured woman leave her house, which was damaged by a Russian airstrike on Thursday, April 24. Moscow sent 70 missiles and 145 drones toward Ukraine, mainly targeting Kyiv. At least 12 people died in the strikes, according to Ukraine’s emergency services, and more people may be trapped under rubble. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown dunks during his team’s Game 1 playoff victory over Orlando on Sunday, April 20. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

The coffin of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday, April 23. Emilio Morenatti/AP

Clouds are reflected in the water of the Walchensee lake in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Tuesday, April 22. Matthias Schrader/AP

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A person holds a sign with the names of people who have been detained or deported by US immigration officials as a protest takes place in New York on Saturday, April 19. Adam Gray/Getty Images

A nomadic shepherd leads a herd of goats in the snow-capped Changthang Plateau in Ladakh, India, on Saturday, April 19. Mohd Arhaan Archer/AFP/Getty Images

A person takes part in the Lagos Fanti Carnival in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday, April 20. Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters

Kenyan runner Sharon Lokedi crosses the finish line to win the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 21. She smashed the course record, finishing in 2:17:22. It was more than two and a half minutes faster than the previous record. CJ Gunther/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

In this long-exposure photo, people walk with candles around a church during an Orthodox Easter service in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday, April 20. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP

A team member of the “Unbreakable” football club kicks a ball during a training session in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday, April 21. The club was founded a month ago by Ukrainian veterans and civilians with amputated limbs. Ivan Samoilov/AFP/Getty Images

US Sen. Chris Van Hollen, right, meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia at a hotel restaurant in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Thursday, April 17. Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, is still

People walk around St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Tuesday, April 22. Andreea Alexandru/AP

Paramedics and police personnel help an injured tourist after an attack in the disputed Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, April 22. Gunmen killed at least 26 people and injured a dozen others. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images

Children and their parents participate in the traditional White House Easter Egg Roll in Washington, DC, on Monday, April 21. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Boys attend class at a high school in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, April 22. Sanaullah Seiam/AFP/Getty Images

Arafat al-Qafarna, a Palestinian displaced by Israeli attacks in Gaza, plays with a pigeon at the large conference hall of the Islamic University, which has been turned into a temporary shelter in Gaza City, on Sunday, April 20. See last week in 30 photos. Mahmoud Abu Hamda/Anadolu/Getty Images