The Week in Pictures: The death of a prince and full-capacity baseball
Clashes at the Peace Gate, a Wet Monday dousing, Brazil’s Covid surge and more.
Updated April 9, 2021 3:23 PM CDT
London
An ardent royals fan carries a floral tribute outside Buckingham Palace on April 9, 2021, after the Queen announced the death of her beloved husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
— Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
Traditional Easter celebrations in Gyor-Menfocsanak
Hungary
Members of the Hungarian dance and folk art ensemble Marcal throw water at a woman on April 5 as part of traditional "Wet Monday" celebrations on the day after Easter in Gyor-Menfocsanak, Hungary.
— Bernadett Szabo / Reuters
Stephen Mudoga, 12, the son of a farmer, chases away a swarm of locusts on his farm
Kenya
Stephen Mudoga, 12, chases away a swarm of locusts on his family's farm in Elburgon, Kenya, on March 17.
It's the beginning of the planting season in Kenya, but delayed rains have brought a small amount of optimism in the fight against the locusts, which pose an unprecedented risk to agriculture-based livelihoods and food security in the already fragile Horn of Africa region, as without rainfall the swarms will not breed.
— Brian Inganga / AP
President Biden Delivers Remarks At The White House On Tradition Of Easter
The White House
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden appear with the Easter Bunny at the White House on April 5, 2021. The year's traditional Easter Egg Roll was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
— Win McNamee / Getty Images
Walk-Up Vaccination Site In Maryland Spurs Long Lines
Maryland
Some of the hundreds of people without appointments stand in line outside the mass coronavirus vaccination site at Hagerstown Premium Outlets in Hagerstown, Md., on April 7.
The site opened to people without appointments Tuesday and, after waiting in line for hours, only 200 people without appointments were able to get vaccinated.
— Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
Brazil
An elderly Covid-19 patient is carried to an ambulance in Duque de Caxias, in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, on April 7.
Brazil is bearing the brunt of an alarming surge in Covid-19 cases, with fatalities reaching more than 4,000 in a single day on April 6 and hospitals stretched to breaking point.
— Felipe Dana / AP
U.S. Capitol On Lockdown Due To External Security Threat
The Capitol
Law enforcement investigate the scene after a vehicle rammed a barricade at the U.S. Capitol on April 2.
A Capitol Police officer was killed and another injured. The driver was shot after jumping out of the car with a knife and failing to respond to verbal commands and "lunging" at the officers. The suspect was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead a short time later.
— Win McNamee / Getty Images
Sue Howland, Betty Thompson
West Virginia
Sue Howland, right, a member of the Quick Response Team which visits patients who have overdosed to offer help, checks in on Betty Thompson, 65, who struggles with alcohol addiction, at her apartment in Huntington, W.Va., on March 17.
"In a way I feel empty, there's nobody here to talk to," Thompson said. "I drink to escape. I try to get away from feeling."
As the COVID-19 pandemic killed more than a half-million Americans, it also quietly inflamed what was before it one of the country’s greatest public health crises: addiction.
Photo made available April 8.
— David Goldman / AP
France
A winegrower from the Daniel-Etienne Defaix estate lights anti-frost candles in the vineyard near Chablis, Burgundy, France, on April 7 as temperatures fall below freezing during the night.
— Jeff Pachoud / AFP - Getty Images
Italy
A grower walks past apple trees covered with a layer of ice, after being watered to protect from the frost, at an orchard in La Palazzetta, Italy, on April 8.
The ice insulates the fruit so that it remains near 32 degrees Fahrenheit while the air temperature dips lower.
— Piero Cruciatti / AFP - Getty Images |