Week in pictures 1 March 2025
ROME:
The statue of John Paul II is reflected in the sunglasses of a woman who was praying outside the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Thursday, February 27. Pope Francis is being treated at the hospital (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON:
French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump shake hands in the White House Oval Office on Tuesday, February 25. Macron tried to inject a dose of reality into Trump’s ambitions to end the war in Ukraine, insisting they sought the same outcome of peace (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux)
CRANS-MONTANA:
US skier Jared Goldberg competes in a World Cup downhill event in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Saturday, February 22 (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)
COPENAGHEN:
A replica of Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture is moved into the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen on Tuesday, February 25 (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images)
KYIV:
Visitors stand near a makeshift memorial for Ukrainian and foreign fighters at Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, February 23 (Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Images)
ISMAILIA:
A Bedouin in Ismailia, Egypt, prepares his camel Wednesday, February 26, for an upcoming Camel Racing Festival (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
MIRAMAR:
Migrants bound for the Colombian border board a boat at the Caribbean coastal village of Miramar, Panama, on Thursday, February 27. A growing number of Latin American migrants who have given up hope of reaching the United States are returning to their home countries in South America through a sea route in Panama (Matias Delacroix/AP)
BERLIN:
Police officers remove protesters blocking the route of a far-right demonstration in Berlin on Saturday, February 22, a day before the German election (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
CHASIV YAR:
Ukrainian service members fire rockets at Russian troops near the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar on Sunday, February 23. Monday marked the three-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukrainian Armed Forces/Reuters)
GUWAHATI:
Ukrainian servicemen fire a rocket launcher at Russian army positions near Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on Saturday, February 15. It has been nearly three years exactly since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022 (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade/AP)
ROME: The statue of John Paul II is reflected in the sunglasses of a woman who was praying outside the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Thursday, February 27. Pope Francis is being treated at the hospital (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON: French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump shake hands in the White House Oval Office on Tuesday, February 25. Macron tried to inject a dose of reality into Trump’s ambitions to end the war in Ukraine, insisting they sought the same outcome of peace (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux)
CRANS-MONTANA: US skier Jared Goldberg competes in a World Cup downhill event in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Saturday, February 22 (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)
COPENAGHEN: A replica of Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture is moved into the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen on Tuesday, February 25 (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images)
KYIV: Visitors stand near a makeshift memorial for Ukrainian and foreign fighters at Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, February 23 (Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Images)
ISMAILIA: A Bedouin in Ismailia, Egypt, prepares his camel Wednesday, February 26, for an upcoming Camel Racing Festival (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
MIRAMAR: Migrants bound for the Colombian border board a boat at the Caribbean coastal village of Miramar, Panama, on Thursday, February 27. A growing number of Latin American migrants who have given up hope of reaching the United States are returning to their home countries in South America through a sea route in Panama (Matias Delacroix/AP)
BERLIN: Police officers remove protesters blocking the route of a far-right demonstration in Berlin on Saturday, February 22, a day before the German election (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
CHASIV YAR: Ukrainian service members fire rockets at Russian troops near the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar on Sunday, February 23. Monday marked the three-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukrainian Armed Forces/Reuters)
GUWAHATI: People perform Jhumur, an Indian folk dance, as they take part in a dress rehearsal Sunday, February 23, for the Jhumur festival in Guwahati, India (Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images)