Photos of the week - March 26-April 1, 2016
The most compelling images from the week's news, March 26-April 1, 2015.
Here, a cast member in the role of Jesus performs a scene from the "Via Crucis" during Holy Week in the Cantabrian town of Castro Urdiales, northern Spain.
By CBSNews.com Senior Photo Editor Radhika Chalasani
Greece - Migrants
A child jumps in the air and into a blanket at a makeshift camp of the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village of Idomeni on March 27, 2016, where thousands of refugees and migrants are stranded by the Balkan border blockade.
Dozens of hopeful refugees, some carrying babies, rushed to Greece's overwhelmed Idomeni camp on the sealed border with Macedonia on March 27, 2016 following rumors that the frontier would be forced open.
Wisconsin - Ted Cruz
Republican Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz laughs at a poster while speaking to guests at a town hall event, "Women for Cruz" Coalition Rollout, with wife Heidi, mother Eleanor Cruz, and former Republican candidate Carly Fiorina in Madison, Wisconsin, March 30, 2016.
The Wisconsin primary is April 5th.
Palmyra destruction
On March 31, 2016, a photographer holds his picture of the Temple of Bel taken on March 14, 2014 in front of the remains of the historic temple after it was destroyed by Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in September 2015 in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.
Syrian troops backed by Russian forces recaptured Palmyra on March 27, 2016, after a fierce offensive to rescue the city from jihadists who view the UNESCO-listed site's magnificent ruins as idolatrous.
Belgium - Fanny Clain
Fanny Clain, a 20-year-old French Mormon sister missionary, gives an interview to Reuters at a hospital in Antwerp, Belgium, after being injured in the bomb attacks at Zaventem International airport in Brussels while on her way to Cleveland, Ohio, where she was to complete her missionary assignment, on March 28, 2016.
Mongolia - Camel race
Contestants ride during a camel race at "Temeenii bayar," the Camel Festival, in Dalanzadgad, Umnugobi aimag, Mongolia, March 7, 2016.
On the steppes of the Gobi Desert, the crowd urges on Bactrian camels laden down with all that's needed to build and live in a traditional Mongolian tent.
Guinness World Records classes the 15 km (9.3 miles) race that's part of the two-day festival as the largest camel race in the world, drawing 1,108 participants. The winning camel romped home in 35 minutes and 12 seconds, according to the records website.
Thailand - Mai Khao Beach
Tourists take pictures at Mai Khao Beach, as a plane approaches the Phuket International Airport in Phuket, Thailand on March 17, 2016.
Blast victim's funeral
Pakistani Christians mourn as they attend a funeral for a blast victim of the March 27 suicide bombing in Lahore on March 28, 2016.
Pakistan's army launched raids and arrested suspects after a Taliban suicide bomber targeting Christians over Easter killed 72 people including many children in a park crowded with families.
Michelle and Barack Obama
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama perform a reading of the children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" for children gathered for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 28, 2016.
High-rise fire
Fire engulfs a tower at a residential cluster in Ajman, in the United Arab Emirates on March 28, 2016.
The fire erupted at a building in the Ajman One residential cluster of 12 towers and spread to at least one other tower.
"Dead city"
A boy carries empty bottles as he walks past empty stalls during a "dead city" strike called by five defeated opposition candidates to protest the re-election of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, in Brazzaville on March 29, 2016.
Siberia - Polar bears
A couple of polar bears, Felix (L), a nine-year-old, and Aurora, a six-year-old, walk inside their enclosure at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, March 29, 2016.
Zoo keepers have allowed the bears to live together hoping that they will mate. Both bears were rescued by people in the Arctic Ocean, and were brought to the Krasnoyarsk zoo. A weak orphaned cub, Felix was delivered to the zoo from a scientific polar station on Wrangel Island in May 2006. Aurora and her sister, Victoria, were found without their mother along a coast of Russia's Taymyr Peninsula in May 2010, according to zoo representatives.
Thailand - Battle over custody
American Gordon Lake (L) and his Spanish husband Manuel Valero (R) play with their daughter Carmen after a hearing at The Central Juvenile and Family Court in Bangkok on March 30, 2016.
The same-sex couple battling a local Thai surrogate for custody over their infant daughter said on March 30 their lives had been "destroyed" by the 14-month legal war that has prevented their family from returning home. Manuel Valero, from Spain, and his American husband Gordon Lake were blocked from leaving Thailand with their daughter Carmen after the surrogate refused to sign necessary paperwork following the birth last January.
Istanbul - Journalist on trial
Turkish opposition Cumhuriyet daily's editor-in-chief Can Dundar (C) arrives at the Istanbul courthouse for his trial on April 1, 2016.
Cumhuriyet daily's editor-in-chief Can Dundar and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul face possible life terms on spying charges over a news report accusing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government of seeking to illicitly deliver arms bound for neighboring Syria.
Nairobi- Dead lion
A ranger of Kenya Wildflife Serive (KWS) shoots a lion after the feline escaped from the Nairobi National Park in Kenya on March 30, 2016.
The lion attacked and injured a motorcyclist.
Dhaka - Nurses' protest
Bangladeshi police use water canons and lathi sticks to try to disperse a protest by nursing staff in Dhaka on March 30, 2016.
Hundreds of nurses blocked an intersection demanding the reversal of a government decision to recruit nursing staff by requiring them to sit for an exam.
Havana - Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones is seen on a giant screen as he performs during a free outdoor concert at Ciudad Deportiva de la Habana sports complex in Havana, March 25, 2016.
Yemen - Rally
Supporters of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh climb pillars of the Unknown Soldier Monument during a rally marking one year of Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa, March 26, 2016.
Venezuela - Police officer injured
Police officers react next to a partner who was run over by a bus during a protest against the increase in the price of public transport in San Cristobal, Venezuela on March 29, 2016.
Burma - Parade
Tanks parade to mark Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Burma, otherwise known as Myanmar, March 27, 2016.
Bangkok - Holi Rangotsav Festival
Revelers take part in the annual Holi Rangotsav Festival organized by Vishwa Hindu Parishad Association at a university in Bangkok, March 27, 2016.
Hungary - Easter
Men throw water on a woman as part of traditional Easter celebrations in Szenna, Hungary, March 28, 2016.
Cyprus - Hijacked Egyptair flight
A man climbs out of the cockpit window of the hijacked Egyptair Airbus A320 at Larnaca Airport in Larnaca, Cyprus, March 29, 2016.
An Egyptian man hijacked the plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo, forcing it to land in Cyprus with a fake suicide belt. Eighty-one passengers and crew were all unharmed.
Gaza City - Pottery workshop
A Palestinian boy Sabri Attalah, 17, works at a pottery workshop in Gaza City March 21, 2016.
Attalah, who works along with his family members at their workshop, earns around 25 Shekels ($6.4) per working day. The boy, who quit school, hoped to be a design engineer.
New York - "Plunge Pawfect Bra"
A dog poses wearing the "Plunge Pawfect Bra" in New York, March 31, 2016.
The age-old tradition of hoaxing on the first day of April was alive and well on Friday in bogus ad campaigns hawking everything from dog brassieres to employment agencies for babies.
Brussels airport
Damage is seen inside the departure terminal following the March 22, 2016 bombings at Zaventem Airport in Brussels in a photo made available on March 29, 2016.
Lima - Alberto Fujimori
Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori leaves the clinic where he was transferred from his prison cell to undergo neurological tests after feeling dizzy and briefly losing the strength in his legs, his doctor said, in Lima, March 31, 2016.
Fujimori is serving a 25-year sentence for serious human rights violations while president of Peru from 1990 to 2000.
India - Collapsed flyover
A man is seen trapped amid the debris of an under-construction flyover after it collapsed in Kolkata, India killing at least 20 people and injuring some 100 others, March 31, 2016.
China Fashion Week
A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Hu Sheguang from Sheguang Hu collection at China Fashion Week in Beijing, March 31, 2016. R
France - Labor protest
French highs school and university students attend a demonstration against the French labor law proposal in Nantes, France, as part of nationwide labor reform protests and strikes, March 31, 2016.
The slogan reads " We have a leftist party who deserves to be punched."
Brazil protest
Inflatable dolls in the shape of ducks are seen in front of the National Congress during a protest against tax increases in Brasilia, Brazil, March 29, 2016.
The campaign "I will not pay the Duck" is organized by the Federation of Industries of Sao Paulo (FIESP) and uses the duck symbol in reference to industries that pay high taxes.
While not quite calling the use of the ducks that are very similar to what he creates as art (with the Xs for eyes) a copyright infringement, the Dutch artist Florentijn has complained about similarities.
Kashmir - Hazratbal shrine
Kashmiri Muslims pray upon seeing a relic believed to be hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed during a festival to mark the death anniversary of Abu Bakr, one of the companions of Prophet Mohammad, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, April 1, 2016.
India - Collapsed flyover
Firefighters and rescue workers search for victims at the site of an under-construction flyover after it collapsed in Kolkata, India killing at least 20 people and injuring some 100 others, March 31, 2016.
South Korea - Caskets handed over
Chinese honor guards carry caskets containing the remains of Chinese soldiers during the handing over ceremony of the remains at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, March 31, 2016.