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The Week in Photos

March 24, 2015: Mogadishu, Somalia

Photo by Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty

Somalis play football as the sun sets in Mogadishu on March 24, 2015.

March 26, 2015: New Delhi, India

Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters

India’s fans watch a live TV broadcast of their Cricket World Cup semifinal match against Australia inside a barber shop in New Delhi on March 26, 2015.

March 23, 2015: Jerusalem, Israel

Photo by Baz Ratner/Reuters

The body of Yaakob Sassoon, one of the seven children from the Orthodox Jewish family killed in a fire in New York, is carried to burial in Jerusalem on March 23, 2015. The seven children died early on Saturday when flames ripped through their Brooklyn home in one of New York City’s deadliest fires in years, officials said.

March 22, 2015: Idlib, Syria

Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters

A rebel fighter carries his weapon as he walks along orchards near the front line of Idlib, Syria, on March 22, 2015.

March 25, 2015: Bello, Colombia

Photo by Fredy Builes/Reuters

A National Army of Colombia soldier, who was wounded by a mine, swims at a pool in Bello, Colombia, on March 25, 2015.

March 22, 2015: Siem Riep, Cambodia

Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama boards aircraft at Siem Reap International Airport in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on March 22, 2015.

March 25, 2015: Jobar, Syria

Photo by Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images

A female Syrian soldier from the Republican Guard commando battalion fires a rocket-propelled grenade during clashes with rebels in Damascus, Syria, on March 25, 2015. The female battalion, which was created nearly a year ago, consists of 800 female soldiers positioned in the suburbs of the Syrian capital where they monitor and secure the front lines with snipers, rockets, and machine guns.

March 26, 2015: East Village, New York City

Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images

New York City Fire Department personnel work to extinguish a fire after an explosion on 2nd Avenue in Manhattan’s East Village on March 26, 2015.

March 25, 2015: Seyne, France

Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Night falls on the alps near the area where a Germanwings flight crashed on March 25, 2015, in Seyne, France.