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Grafitti, Airstrikes, and Earthquakes: The Week in Photos

From elderly graffiti artists in Portugal to the Amtrak wreckage in Philadelphia, a look at the most compelling images from the past seven days.

Bruno Kelly / Reuters

By William BootMay 17, 2015

galleries/2015/05/17/grafitti-airstrikes-and-earthquakes-the-week-in-photos/150515-WIP-01_k5pfxu — Bujumbura, Burundi
May 13, 2015

A detained protester cries in front of a burning barricade during a protest against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term. A Burundi army general said Wednesday he had sacked Nkurunziza, but was arrested later in the week as the president returned to power.

Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

galleries/2015/05/17/grafitti-airstrikes-and-earthquakes-the-week-in-photos/150515-WIP-02_hoosyr — Tres Unidos, Brazil
May 9, 2015

A Kambeba Indian, Dream Braga (R), 18, and his friend Nelson Varge da Silva, pose for pictures at sunset on the banks of the Negro River in Amazon state. Braga has been shooting fish with a bow and arrow for most of his life. In the Amazonian village where he grew up, that was what kids did for food and fun. He participated in the Indigenous Archery Project, which recruits Amazon native children to compete with modern archery equipment and try for a place on the national team, with the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as their ultimate goal. After training with Olympic coaches for three months, he has now been promoted to Brazil's national team.

Bruno Kelly / Reuters

galleries/2015/05/17/grafitti-airstrikes-and-earthquakes-the-week-in-photos/150515-WIP-03_zi4for — Philadelphia
May 13, 2015

Emergency workers search for bodies inside a derailed Amtrak train. Workers sifted through twisted metal and debris from the wreck, in which eight people were killed and scores were injured.
Lucas Jackson/Reuters

galleries/2015/05/17/grafitti-airstrikes-and-earthquakes-the-week-in-photos/150515-WIP-04_lvyeqy — Baghdad, Iraq
May 14, 2015

Shiite pilgrims carry a mock coffin during a symbolic funeral marking the death anniversary of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim at a shrine in the city's Kadhimiya district. Every year, thousands gather to commemorate the death of al-Kadhim, who was imprisoned for four years and poisoned by then-ruler Harun al-Rashid in 795 AD.
Reuters

galleries/2015/05/17/grafitti-airstrikes-and-earthquakes-the-week-in-photos/150515-WIP-05_qe8blj — Los Angeles
May 14, 2015

Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) watches his shot over Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul (3) in Game 6 of the second round of the NBA playoffs at the Staples Center.

USA Today Sports / Reuters

galleries/2015/05/17/grafitti-airstrikes-and-earthquakes-the-week-in-photos/150515-WIP-06_n9mqls — Kathmandu, Nepal
May 12, 2015

Nepalese military personnel stand on a collapsed building after an earthquake.
Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters

galleries/2015/05/17/grafitti-airstrikes-and-earthquakes-the-week-in-photos/150515-WIP-07_aanulw — Sanaa, Yemen
May 12, 2015

An airstrike hits a military site controlled by the Houthi group in the capital city.

Khaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi/Retuers

galleries/2015/05/17/grafitti-airstrikes-and-earthquakes-the-week-in-photos/150515-WIP-08_oqnt9e — Lisbon, Portugal
May 14, 2015

A woman sprays her design on a wall during a graffiti class offered by LATA 65, an initiative for the elderly in urban art. Since it began in 2012, the group has introduced the world of graffiti to more than 100 senior citizens, giving workshops in different neighborhoods of Lisbon.
Rafael Marchante / Reuters

galleries/2015/05/17/grafitti-airstrikes-and-earthquakes-the-week-in-photos/150515-WIP-09_gsipvz — Manila
May 14, 2015

An arson investigator talks on a two-way radio inside a gutted slipper factory in the city's Valenzuela section. A fire at a factory making rubber slippers left at least 72 dead in the Philippine capital Wednesday.

Erik de Castro / Reuters

galleries/2015/05/17/grafitti-airstrikes-and-earthquakes-the-week-in-photos/150515-WIP-10_ssignq — Christchurch, New Zealand
May 12, 2015

Britain’s Prince Harry meets young members of the public during a walkabout tour of the city’s mall.
Reuters

galleries/2015/05/17/grafitti-airstrikes-and-earthquakes-the-week-in-photos/150515-WIP-11_vtshhu — Off the coast of Sicily
May 14, 2015

A group of 300 sub-Saharan Africans (bottom) sit on board the Italian Finance Police vessel Di Bartolo as their boat (Top) is left to drift. Around 1,100 migrants were rescued about 130 miles from Lampedusa, police say.
Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters

galleries/2015/05/17/grafitti-airstrikes-and-earthquakes-the-week-in-photos/150515-WIP-12_mzbe7k — Chuzhou, China
May 13, 2015

Paramilitary policemen jump during a training session in muddy water at a military base in Anhui province.
Reuters

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