25 March 2022 1 Min Read
The week in pictures
Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, Nato leaders hold crisis talks, Elon Musk opens Tesla's Gigafactory in Germany, Nauryz celebrations in Kazakhstan and Turkey, and more
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March 21 — A participant attends a festival marking Nauryz, an ancient holiday celebrating the northern hemisphere’s spring equinox, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Monday. Nauryz is one of the most important holidays in the Kazakh calendar.
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March 22 — Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the company’s new Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, on Tuesday. He handed over the plant’s first 30 vehicles to customers during a ceremony attended by Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
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March 21-24 — A man carries belongings past apartments that were destroyed by Russian rockets in a northern district of Kharkiv as the attack on Ukraine continues.
- Picture: REUTERS/THOMAS PETER
- Ola (who did n0t want to use last name) carries her baby Alisa as she arrives at the main train station in Lviv, Ukraine, to escape Russia's invasion of the country. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/JOE RAEDLE
- Pro-Russian troops drive armoured vehicles past local residents in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol. Picture: REUTERS/ ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKOS
- A man pushes a cart after receiving humanitarian aid in a damaged store of wholesaler Metro in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 24 2022. Picture: REUTERS/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO
- Members of the Ukrainian military carry the casket of Fedorchyk Ihor Vododymyrovych out of the Church of the Most Holy Apostles Peter and Paul during his funeral in Lviv, Ukraine. Vododymyrovych was killed in action against Russian forces in the city of Nova Kakhovka. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/JOE RAEDLE
- A resident extinguishes a fire after a bombing destroyed a family home in a northern district of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 24 2022. Picture: REUTERS/THOMAS PETER
- People take part in a demonstration in support of Ukraine, in Sofia, Bulgaria, March 24 2022. Picture: REUTERS/STOYAN NENOV
- Natalia, 32, her son Micha, 9, and his grandmother Evdokia, 68, stand in front of a damaged building after a Russian military strike hit their neighbourhood in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on March 24 2022. Picture: REUTERS/NACHO DOCE
- Pro-Russian troops drive armoured vehicles past local residents in the course of the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol. Picture: REUTERS/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO
- People stand in a long queue during the distribution of humanitarian aid near a damaged block of flats in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, March 24 2022. Picture: ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO/REUTERS
- Smoke billows from a fire on what Ukrainian ministry of defence says is a Russian ship, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, at the port of Berdiansk, Ukraine, March 24 2022. Picture: KIRILLOVKA.KS.UA/REUTRS
- Locals clean up debris from the cultural centre destroyed in shelling earlier in March in the village of Byshiv outside Kyiv, Ukraine, March 24 2022. Picture: MARKO DJURICA/REUTERS
- A resident walks near a family home that was destroyed in a bombing in a northern district of Kharkiv as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine, March 24 2022. Picture: THOMAS PETER/REUTERS
- A Ukrainian service member holds a next generation light anti-tank weapon at a position on the front line in the north Kyiv region, Ukraine. March 24 2022. Picture: GLEB GARANICH/ REUTERS
March 21 — Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, visit the Caracol Mayan archaeological site in the Chiquibul forest during their Platinum Jubilee Royal Tour to the Caribbean, in Chiquibul, Belize.
March 21 — A woman poses next to a bonfire during a gathering to celebrate Nauryz, in Diyarbakir, Turkey.
March 23 — A man repairs power lines while surrounded by destroyed homes in the aftermath of a tornado in the Arabi neighbourhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, the US.
March 23 — Men gather around a garbage truck to sort and sell its contents in Lujan, Argentina. Argentina plans to reconvert the site into a recycling and waste treatment centre, raising concerns about a loss of income for hundreds of families who make their living there.
March 24 — Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Joe Biden, German chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pose for a G7 leaders’ picture during a Nato summit on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
- Picture: GETTY IMAGES/HENRY NICHOLLS
- From left, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, France President Emmanuel Macron and Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a Nato summit on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/HENRY NICHOLLS
- Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, US President Joe Biden, Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz before a G7 meeting on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on March 24 2022. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/HENRY NICHOLLS
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the G7 meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on March 24, 2022. Picture: REUTERS/DOUG MILLS/
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, France's President Emmanuel Macron and US President Joe Biden arrive for a G7 meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on March 24 2022. Picture: REUTERS/HENRY NICHOLLS
- Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister, shakes hands with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz flanked by US President Joe Biden ahead of a G7 summit in Brussels, on March 24 2022. Picture: REUTERS/MICHAEL KAPPELER
March 24 — Bodyguards surround former South Korean president Park Geun-hye as an unidentified man throws a glass bottle at her in front of her home in Daegu, South Korea, after she was released from prison.