In pictures: This week around the world

Publish : 29 Apr 2018, 06:36 PMUpdate : 25 May 2018, 11:30 PM

Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world from the previous week (April 22 to 28)

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressing the the gala dinner of Global Womens Leadership Awards in the 2018 Global Summit of Women at the International Conference Centre in Sydney, Australia, after receiving the award on Friday, April 27, 2018 | Focus Bangla

US President Donald Trump welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the White House Oval Office in Washington, US, April 27, 2018 | Reuters

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their visit at East Lake Guest House, in Wuhan, China, April 27, 2018 | Reuters

Protesters gather outside the US Supreme Court, while the court justices consider case regarding presidential powers as it weighs the legality of President Donald Trumps latest travel ban targeting people from Muslim-majority countries, in Washington, DC, US, April 25, 2018 | Reuters

Bill Cosby, left, walks after it was announced a verdict is in at the Montgomery County Courthouse for day fourteen of his sexual assault retrial on April 26, 2018 in Norristown, Pennsylvania | AFP

A Central American migrant, moving in a caravan through Mexico and traveling to request asylum in US looks on as she makes a stop during her travels to Tijuana, at a shelter in San Luis Rio Colorado, in Sonora state, Mexico April 25, 2018 | Reuters

A Japanese woman born in the final year of the 19th century and believed to have been the worldu2019s oldest person died on Saturday, Kyodo news agency said. She was 117rnrnNabi Tajima, born in 1900, holds a bouquet in Japanese southwestern island of Kikaijima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken in 2015 and released by Kyodo | Reuters