Photos of the week
The most compelling images from the week's news, April 4-10, 2015.
A racehorse begins to lose consciousness following an anesthetic at Veliefendi equine hospital in Istanbul April 6, 2015. A state-of-the-art hospital for hundreds of horses is run by the Jockey Club of Turkey at Istanbul's Veliefendi race course.
Austria - spring snow
A tree is covered with snow on a sunny spring day in the western Austrian village of Absam, April 7, 2015.
Obama and easter bunny
President Obama speaks from the Truman Balcony as a person dressed as the Easter Bunny stands behind him during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC., April 6, 2015.
The 137-year-old tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn that was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878.
Vatican - Pope Francis
Pope Francis (C) prays during the celebration of the Lord's Passion in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 3, 2015.
Australia - Prince Harry
Britain's Prince Harry reacts as he shakes hands with members of the public displaying a sign reading "Red Heads Rule" after visiting the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia, April 6, 2015.
South Korea - Sewol anniversary
A relative of a victim of the sinking of the Sewol ferry holds a portrait at a rally to call for an independent inquiry into the accident and to urge the government to salvage the sunken ferry as soon as possible, in central Seoul, South Korea, April 5, 2015.
More than 300 people, most of them students and teachers from the Danwon High School, are dead or missing and presumed dead after the April 16 disaster last year.
Walter Scott killed
North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager (R) is seen shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back as he runs away, in this still image from video, in North Charleston, South Carolina, April 4, 2015.
Slager was charged with murder and fired April 7 after the video was made public showing him shooting Scott eight times.
Auckland - Blood Moon
A blood red moon lights up the sky during a total lunar eclipse on April 4, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. The shortest total lunar eclipse, or "blood moon," of the century will last just a few minutes.
Kentucky - Rand Paul
Rand Paul participates in an interview with Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity (R) after he announced his candidacy for president during an event in Louisville, Kentucky, April 7, 2015.
Earlier in the day, Paul announced his 2016 presidential bid in a post on his website.
Russia - sunbathing
A woman enjoys the sun on the bank of the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about 13 Celsius (55.4 degrees Fahrenheit), in the Taiga district outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, April 6, 2015.
Tornado in Fairdale, Ill.
First responders search wreckage on Illinois Highway 72 after a tornado came through Fairdale earlier in the day, April 9, 2015.
At least two people were killed and Fairdale was completely destroyed.
California - empty pool
ZL Construction workers Alex Hernandez (R) and Raul Buenrostro (L) begin demolition of a swimming pool at an apartment complex in Hayward, California, April 8, 2015.
As California enters its fourth year of severe drought, some California residents are opting to have their home swimming pools removed as they face a mandatory 25 percent reduction in water use.
Kyodo/Reuters
Local residents try to save melon-headed dolphins stranded on the coast in Hokota, northeast of Tokyo, April 10, 2015.
Rescuers were only able to save a few of the approximately 150 dolphins that beached themselves and became.
Los Angeles - protest
A girl runs past coffins to commemorate the more than 617 people they say have been killed by law enforcement in Los Angeles County since 2000 in Los Angeles, April 7, 2015.
Chile - floods
Feet of a child covered in mud are seen on a street which was hit by the floods at Los Loros town, April 7, 2015.
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding that battered Chile last week has risen to 29, with another 150 still missing, according to authorities.
Masters - Padraig Harrington
Padraig Harrington of Ireland reacts after missing a hole-in-one on the 9th tee with fellow countryman Shane Lowry (L) during the par 3 event held ahead of the 2015 Masters at Augusta National Golf Course in Augusta, Georgia April 8, 2015
Kosovo war anniversary
People mourn next to a coffin as the remains of 25 Kosovo Albanians killed during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war, found in the village of Rudnica, are reburied during a ceremony in Rezalle, April 5, 2015.
Spain - bullfighting
Spanish bullfighter Julian Lopez "El Juli" adjusts his montera (bullfighter's hat) before starting a bullfight at the Malagueta bullring in Malaga, southern Spain, April 4, 2015.
Moscow - Red Square
A worker passes behind a transparent fence bearing an image of Red Square at a construction site outside the Kremlin in Moscow on April 7, 2015.
Mexico - slain police officers
Relatives of slain state police officers react during a homage in Tlaquepaque, on the outskirts of Guadalajara, April 8, 2015.
Fifteen state police officers were killed in an ambush by suspected gang members in western Mexico.
Yemen - airstrike
A boy holds a blood-stained garment at the site of an air strike on a house, in Bait Rejal village west of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, April 7, 2015.
The strike killed three women and three children from one family according to local media.
Canada - trapped in ice
A freighter trapped in ice is shown in this aerial photo near Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior northwest of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, April 7, 2015.
The biggest ice cover on the Great Lakes in decades is backing up shipments of everything from Canadian grain to U.S. iron and steel in one of North America's most important economic regions.
Kenya - al-Shabab attack
A relative is assisted by Kenya Red Cross staff as she reacts outside the Chiromo Mortuary in Nairobi to the killing of 148 students in Thursday's attack by al-Shabab gunmen at the Garissa University College campus in Garissa, Kenya.
Kenya - al-Shabab attack
Morgue workers drive bodies of suspected Garissa University College attackers at a school compound in Garissa, April 4, 2015.
New York - Harold Ekeh
Harold Ekeh, a senior at Elmont Memorial High School, stands in the foyer of his home as he waits to do an interview, Tuesday, in New York, April 7, 2015.
Ekeh has been accepted to all 13 colleges he applied to, including the eight Ivy League schools. Ekeh, who plans to study medicine, has until May 1 to decide where he'll go.
D.C. - baseball opening day
Michael Taylor of the Washington Nationals bats against the New York Mets in the second inning during Opening Day at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on April 6, 2015.
Nepal - Bisket Jatra festival
Nepalese devotees shout while directing other devotees to pull a wooden chariot on the first day of the Bisket Jatra festival on in Bhaktapur, Nepal, April 10, 2015.
The festival is an eight-day long celebration of the Hindu God Bhairava and his female consort Bhadrakali held each year in Bhaktapur.
London Eye
The London Eye is seen behind branches on a foggy morning in central London April 9, 2015.
Germany - Spix macaw
A 19-day-old Spix macaw is seen in the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots e.V. (ACTP) in Schoeneiche, Germany, April 8, 2015.
New York - Easter parade
Attendees gather in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral along Fifth Avenue during the annual Easter Parade in New York City, April 5, 2015.