Photos this week: March 13-20, 2025 - CNN

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Palestinians mourn a dead relative at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, after Israeli strikes in the enclave on Tuesday, March 18. Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu/Getty Images
The week in 34 photos

Part of the Chicago River is dyed green during St. Patrick's Day festivities in Chicago on Saturday, March 15. It is an annual tradition in the city. Erin Hooley/AP

Tim Scott, right, gets a hug from friend Jorden Harris outside Scott's destroyed home in Wayne County, Missouri, on Saturday, March 15. The night before, devastating weather in the Midwest and South unleashed a series of tornadoes that left at least 11 dead in Missouri. Jeff Roberson/AP

A SpaceX capsule carrying three NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut lands off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, on Tuesday, March 18. The crew was returning to Earth from the International Space Station. Two of the astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, had been on the ISS since June. They were only expected to be there for a week, but their spacecraft home encountered issues and their stay in space was extended for months. Keegan Barber/NASA/Getty Images

Hindu priest Sanju jumps out of a fire in Phalen, India, during a ritual known as Holika Dahan on Friday, March 14. Adnan Abidi/Reuters

US President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as he visits the venue in Washington, DC, on Monday, March 17. The Kennedy Center’s newly constituted board elected Trump as its chairman last month. During his visit Monday, Trump said the venue is ripe for an overhaul. Carlos Barria/Reuters

Pope Francis sits inside the chapel of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Sunday, March 16. It was the first released photo of the Pope since his hospitalization a month ago. He is seen wearing a stole, a vestment worn to concelebrate Mass. Concelebration means to be among the priests presiding over the Mass. This would mean he has gone beyond just participating in Mass or receiving the Eucharist as he has been doing in recent weeks. The 88-year-old pontiff has been battling pneumonia in what is his longest hospital stay since his election 12 years ago. Vatican Press Office

Police officers escort alleged Venezuelan gang members, recently deported by the US government, at the Cecot mega-prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The photo was released Sunday, March 16, by the press office of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. US President Donald Trump, on Truth Social, thanked Bukele for accepting the deportees. Hundreds of alleged gang members were deported, with the Trump administration invoking wartime powers to speed up removals despite a court ruling halting the move. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout/Reuters

SIU Edwardsville guard Declan Dillon reaches for the ball during an NCAA Tournament game against Houston on Thursday, March 20. The school from Edwardsville, Illinois, was playing its first-ever game in the tournament. Travis Heying/AP

Water flows down the Morning Glory spillway at Lake Berryesa in Napa, California, on Friday, March 14. The drain is used to control water levels at the Monticello Dam. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

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Rainbow-colored smoke bombs are set off by legislators inside the Hungarian parliament in Budapest on Tuesday, March 18, They were protesting a new anti-LGBTQ+ law that bans Pride events and allows authorities to use facial recognition software to identify those attending the festivities. Boglarka Rodnar/MTI/AP

The Edmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl scores the game-winning goal past the New York Islanders’ Ilya Sorokin during an NHL game in Elmont, New York, on Friday, March 14. The Oilers won 2-1 in overtime. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

Ukrainian servicemen react after they were released by Russia as part of an expected prisoner swap on Wednesday, March 19. There were 175 servicemen exchanged on each side, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Efrem Lukatsky/AP

Elon Musk and his son X Æ A-12 step off Air Force One after arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Monday, March 17. Musk is leading the Department of Government Efficiency. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Kianga, a baby giraffe, stands next to her mother, Kimia, at a zoo in Kronberg, Germany, on Wednesday, March 19. Michael Probst/AP

Actress Rachel Zegler greets children at the world premiere of the new Disney film “Snow White” in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 15. Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images

Children use abandoned refrigerators as rafts on Sunday, March 16, after heavy rain caused flooding in Bandung, Indonesia. Timur Matahari/AFP/Getty Images

A honey bee flies in on a recently bloomed cherry blossom in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, March 19. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Braden Porter and Marina Damme hold hands while riding the Wave Swinger at the Ostrich Festival in Chandler, Arizona, on Friday, March 14. Cheryl Evans/The Republic/USA Today Network/Imagn Images

Police officers carry a protester at Trump Tower in New York on Thursday, March 13. Nearly 100 people were arrested after protesters gathered at Trump Tower to denounce the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. Khalil, a Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student protest movement demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, was arrested and detained by federal agents on March 8. His lawyer said his green card was revoked by the Trump administration. Yuki Iwamura/AP

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Supporters of the German football club Mainz 05 wave flags during a match to celebrate the club’s 120th anniversary on Saturday, March 15. Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham cries during a news conference announcing his retirement on Tuesday, March 18. Graham played 15 seasons with the Eagles and was part of two Super Bowl-winning teams. Matt Rourke/AP

Newcastle players celebrate after winning the League Cup final in London on Sunday, March 16. Newcastle defeated Liverpool 2-1. Scott Heppell/AP

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, hosts Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday, March 13. Maxim Shemetov/Pool/AFP/Getty Images

Palestinians gather for donated food at a distribution center in Beit Lahiya, Gaza, on Sunday, March 16. The Israeli government announced earlier this month that it was shutting down the supply of food and other humanitarian aid into Gaza in a bid to pressure Hamas. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

A passenger jet is silhouetted against the sun as it flies over St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday, March 19. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP

Taliban officials, right, meet in Kabul, Afghanistan, with a group that includes US hostage envoy Adam Boehler, third from left, and former US Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, second from left, in this photo released on Thursday, March 20. George Glezmann, an American citizen who spent more than two years in detention in Afghanistan, was released on Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. The release comes after weeks of negotiations led by Qatari and US mediators. Handout/Dep Spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

A woman has her face smeared with colored powder during Holi celebrations in Chennai, India, on Friday, March 14. Mahesh Kumar A./AP

Crosses are seen outside a church in Nuuk, Greenland, on Friday, March 14. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images

A person in Tokyo takes a photo of an advertisement featuring Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani on Monday, March 17. Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers opened Major League Baseball’s regular season in Tokyo, defeating the Chicago Cubs. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

US President Donald Trump is surrounded by children at the White House on Thursday, March 20, as he signs an executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education. The order instructed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take “all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return education authority to the states.” No president in modern history has tried to close down a Cabinet-level agency. Shutting down the department wholesale would require an act of Congress, which created the agency in 1979. Nathan Howard/Reuters

Dragi Stojanov, left, cries as he holds a photo of his son Tomche during a vigil in Kočani, North Macedonia, on Monday, March 17. Officials in North Macedonia are investigating a fire that tore through a nightclub, killing 59 people and injuring more than 150. Visar Kryeziu/AP

Members of the Calera Baptist Church clean up the church’s tornado-damaged sanctuary in Calera, Alabama, on Sunday, March 16. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images

The Statue of Liberty is reflected by the Staten Island Ferry in New York on Tuesday, March 18. See last week in 34 photos. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters