The Week in Pictures: April 4, 2015
Dubai’s epic sandstorm, Iraqi soldiers’ revenge on ISIS, and a new low in the drought-stricken West. A look at the most compelling images of the past seven days.
Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters
Garissa, Kenya
April 3, 2015
A mother, second right, grieves after discovering her son was among those killed when Al Shabaab gunmen rampaged through a university in northeastern Kenya after dawn on Thursday. Nearly 150 died in the group's deadliest attack in the East African country. Four militants were slain by security forces to end the siege just after dusk.
Ben Curtis/AP
Ledhan, India
March 31, 2015
Relatives mourn at the funeral of the victims who died when a hillside collapsed onto a house. Heavy rains and a landslide in the Himalayan region of Kashmir killed 17 people, police said Tuesday, as Indian authorities continued working to rescue stranded villagers, with unseasonal rains raising fears of flash floods in the mountainous north.
Danish Ismail/Reuters
Kano, Nigeria
April 1, 2015
A newspaper seller carries newly delivered copies to his stall. Amid anger over a terror insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives, Nigerians threw out the incumbent and elected 72-year-old former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari in the nation's most hotly contested election ever.
Ben Curtis/AP
Sanaa, Yemen
March 28, 2015
Houthi fighters ride a patrol truck outside Sanaa Airport. Saudi-led air forces struck a convoy of Yemeni Houthi fighters advancing on Aden from the east on Saturday, residents said, and the Saudi navy evacuated diplomats from the southern port city.
Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
Big Water, Utah
March 29, 2015
A bleached "bathtub ring" is visible on Lone Rock at Lake Powell. As severe drought grips parts of the western United States, a below-average flow of water is expected to flow through the Colorado River Basin into two of its biggest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Lake Powell is at 45 percent of capacity and is at risk of seeing its surface elevation fall below 1,075 feet above sea level by September, which would be the lowest level on record. The Colorado River Basin supplies water to 40 million people in seven western states.
Justin Sullivan/Getty
Tikrit, Iraq
April 1, 2015
A member of the Iraqi security forces beats an ISIS insurgent who was captured. Iraqi troops and Shiite paramilitary fighters were battling fighters with the self-proclaimed Islamic State in northern Tikrit, which officials described as the Sunni Muslim militant group's last stronghold in the city.
Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters
Castro del Rio, Spain
April 3, 2015
Penitents take part in the "El Nazareno" during Holy Week near Cordoba. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors.
Javier Barbancho/Reuters
New York City
April 1, 2015
Hillary Clinton and Chirlane McCray, New York City’s first lady, share a laugh while they attend the early-childhood development initiative Talk to Your Baby in Brooklyn.
Pool photo by Kathy Willens
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
April 2, 2015
A man walks during a sandstorm.
Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters
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