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Our World in Pictures: Week 11 of 2022

Here is an incomplete, yet surprising, heartbreaking and moving gallery of images of this week’s events around the world.
Maverick Life Editors
By Maverick Life Editors
19 Mar
The situation in Ukraine after the Russian invasion Ukrainian refugees wave goodbye as they prepare to depart to Poland at the railway station in Lviv, western Ukraine, 15 March 2022. EPA-EFE/MYKOLA TYS

epaselect epa09826233 A woman watches a recorded feed of the Russian Channel One's evening news broadcast TV show in which an employee enters Ostankino on-air TV studio with a poster reading ''No War. Stop the war. Don't believe the propaganda. You are being lied to here" in Moscow, Russia, 15 March 2022. The on-air protest was staged on 14 March by Marina Ovsyannikova, who worked as an editor. She was taken to the Ostankino police department. A protocol was drawn up against an employee of Channel One under the article on military censorship for discrediting the Russian armed forces. On 24 February Russian troops had entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'special military operation', resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, a huge flow of refugees, and multiple sanctions against Russia. EPA-EFE/DSK
A woman watches a recorded feed of the Russian Channel One's evening news broadcast TV show in which an employee enters Ostankino on-air TV studio with a poster reading ''No War. Stop the war. Don't believe the propaganda. You are being lied to here" in Moscow, Russia, 15 March 2022. The on-air protest was staged on 14 March by Marina Ovsyannikova, who worked as an editor. She was taken to the Ostankino police department. EPA-EFE/DSK
epa09828924 Footage of the war in Ukraine is displayed as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the US Congress by video to plead for support as his country is besieged by Russian forces, at the Capitol in Washington, USA, 16 March 2022. EPA-EFE/SCOTT APPLEWHITE / POOL
Footage of the war in Ukraine is displayed as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the US Congress by video to plead for support as his country is besieged by Russian forces, at the Capitol in Washington, USA, 16 March 2022. EPA-EFE/SCOTT APPLEWHITE / POOL
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 16: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the U.S. Congress by video to plead for support as his country is besieged by Russian forces at the U.S. Capitol on March 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. Zelenskyy addressed Congress as Ukraine continues to defend itself from an ongoing Russian invasion. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite-Pool/Getty Images)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the U.S. Congress by video to plead for support as his country is besieged by Russian forces at the U.S. Capitol on March 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. Zelenskyy addressed Congress as Ukraine continues to defend itself from an ongoing Russian invasion. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite-Pool/Getty Images)
FRANKFURT, GERMANY - MARCH 13: People protesting against the ongoing war in Ukraine gather on March 13, 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany. Protesters are taking to the streets in major cities across Germany today to voice their anger over the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, which began February 24 and is leading to a growing humanitarian crisis. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)
People protesting against the ongoing war in Ukraine gather on March 13, 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)
VYSNE NEMECKE, SLOVAKIA - MARCH 15: A refugee mother rocks her baby as she rests in a tent at the Vysne Nemecke border crossing on March 15, 2022 in Vysne Nemecke, Slovakia. Approximately 3 million people have fled Ukraine into neighbouring countries since Russia launched a large-scale invasion of the country on February 24. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A refugee mother rocks her baby as she rests in a tent at the Vysne Nemecke border crossing on March 15, 2022 in Vysne Nemecke, Slovakia. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
epa09827538 Refugees from Mariupol sit in a bus crossing the Ukraine-Russia border at the border crossing point Veselo-Voznesenka in the Rostov region, Russia, 15 March 2022. Civilians were able to leave the city, on 15 March, thanks to humanitarian corridors organised by the Russian military, with housing and food have been prepared in Russia for those who fled from Mariupol. On 24 February Russian troops had entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'special military operation', resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, a huge flow of refugees, and multiple sanctions against Russia. EPA-EFE/ARKADY BUDNITSKY
Refugees from Mariupol sit in a bus crossing the Ukraine-Russia border at the border crossing point Veselo-Voznesenka in the Rostov region, Russia, 15 March 2022.  EPA-EFE/ARKADY BUDNITSKY
epa09827541 An old woman evacuated from Mariupol holds a cat on a bus on the Ukraine-Russia border at the border crossing point Veselo-Voznesenka in the Rostov region, Russia, 15 March 2022. Civilians were able to leave the city, on 15 March, thanks to humanitarian corridors organised by the Russian military, with housing and food have been prepared in Russia for those who fled from Mariupol. On 24 February Russian troops had entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'special military operation', resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, a huge flow of refugees, and multiple sanctions against Russia. EPA-EFE/ARKADY BUDNITSKY
An old woman evacuated from Mariupol holds a cat on a bus on the Ukraine-Russia border at the border crossing point Veselo-Voznesenka in the Rostov region, Russia, 15 March 2022.  EPA-EFE/ARKADY BUDNITSKY
The mother of Oleh Yaschyshyn (center) cries during the funeral service for Oleh Yaschyshyn, Sergiy Melnyk, Rostyslav Romanchuk and Kyrylo Vyshyvany in the Lychakivske cemetery on March 15 in Lviv. The men died in an airstrike on the nearby International Center for Peacekeeping and Security at the Yavoriv military complex. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images)
Mother of Oleh Yaschyshyn (center) cries during the funeral service for Oleh Yaschyshyn, Sergiy Melnyk, Rostyslav Romanchuk and Kyrylo Vyshyvany in Lychakivske cemetery on March 15, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images)
epa09826875 A woman stands by the debris of a building damaged by shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, 15 March 2022. On 24 February Russian troops had entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'special military operation', resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, a huge flow of refugees, and multiple sanctions against Russia. EPA-EFE/MIGUEL A. LOPES
A woman stands by the debris of a building damaged by shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, 15 March 2022. EPA-EFE/MIGUEL A. LOPES
epa09826974 A Romanian choreography instructor woman (L - foreground) directs the ballet dancers of the Bucharest National Opera and their refugee guests for a rehearsal session in Bucharest, Romania, 15 March 2022. The Bucharest National Opera joined the efforts to help artists who were victims of the war Russian-Ukrainian conflict, receiving seven refugee ballet dancers from Ukraine to Romania, who also began their study program. Refugee artists study with the ballet dancers and ballet masters of the Bucharest Opera, thus ensuring their professional continuity. The dancers from Ukraine have already been cast in two of the performances of the Bucharest Opera: 'Giselle', by Adolphe Charles Adam and 'Raymonda', by Alexander Glazunov. The ballet dancers participate at rehearsals for these two works. EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
A Romanian choreography instructor woman (L - foreground) directs the ballet dancers of the Bucharest National Opera and their refugee guests for a rehearsal session in Bucharest, Romania, 15 March 2022. The Bucharest National Opera joined the efforts to help artists who were victims of the war Russian-Ukrainian conflict, receiving seven refugee ballet dancers from Ukraine to Romania, who also began their study program.  EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT 
epa09827239 A destroyed building after shelling in downtown Kharkiv, Ukraine, 15 March 2022. Shelling in the Kharkiv region has damaged infrastructure and the industry. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February prompting the country's president to declare martial law and triggering a series of announcements by Western countries to impose severe economic sanctions on Russia. EPA-EFE/VASILIY ZHLOBSKY
A destroyed building after shelling in downtown Kharkiv, Ukraine, 15 March 2022. EPA-EFE/VASILIY ZHLOBSKY
KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 15: Ukrainian soldier Yaroslav stands over the coffin of his father, a member of the Ukrainian military who was killed in recent fighting on the outskirts of Kyiv during his funeral service on March 15, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russian forces continue to attempt to encircle the Ukrainian capital, although they have faced stiff resistance and logistical challenges since launching a large-scale invasion of Ukraine last month. Russian troops are advancing from the northwest and northeast of the city. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldier Yaroslav stands over the coffin of his father, a member of the Ukrainian military who was killed in recent fighting on the outskirts of Kyiv during his funeral service on March 15, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
epa09829274 Sleeping places prepared for refugees from different places of Ukraine at one of a theatre of Western Ukrainian city of Lviv, 16 March 2022. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February prompting the country's president to declare martial law and triggering a series of announcements by Western countries to impose severe economic sanctions on Russia. EPA-EFE/MYKOLA TYS
Sleeping places prepared for refugees from different places of Ukraine at one of a theatre of Western Ukrainian city of Lviv, 16 March 2022. EPA-EFE/MYKOLA TYS
epa09829647 Children from Mariupol play in the temporary accommodation center for refugees on the basis of the 'Zvezda' boarding house in the Neklinovsky district of the Rostov region, Russia, 16 March 2022. The recreation center accommodates 350 people and 150 children for whom meals and medical care are organised. On 24 February Russian troops had entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'special military operation', resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, a huge flow of refugees, and multiple sanctions against Russia. EPA-EFE/ARKADY BUDNITSKY
Children from Mariupol play in the temporary accommodation center for refugees on the basis of the 'Zvezda' boarding house in the Neklinovsky district of the Rostov region, Russia, 16 March 2022. EPA-EFE/ARKADY BUDNITSKY
epa09829030 A truck with Coca-Cola products on the street in front of the monument to Vladimir Lenin in Moscow, Russia, 16 March 2022. Coca-Cola announced the suspension of activities in Russia. On 24 February Russian troops had entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'special military operation', resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, a huge flow of refugees, and multiple sanctions against Russia. EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV
A truck with Coca-Cola products on the street in front of the monument to Vladimir Lenin in Moscow, Russia, 16 March 2022. Coca-Cola announced the suspension of activities in Russia.  EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV
epa09813213 A displaced Yemeni woman sit outside a makeshift shelter at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen, 09 March 2022. The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is likely to further increase food prices in war-ravaged Yemen, which relies on wheat exports from both Russia and Ukraine, pushing millions into hunger as humanitarian funding dries up. Yemen has been pushed the brink of famine as a result of the prolonged war between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government forces since March 2015, leaving 80 percent of the country's 30 million-population in dire need of food assistance, including over 4.2 million displaced people. EPA-EFE/YAHYA ARHAB
A displaced Yemeni woman sits outside a makeshift shelter at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen, 09 March 2022. The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is likely to further increase food prices in war-ravaged Yemen, which relies on wheat exports from both Russia and Ukraine, pushing millions into hunger as humanitarian funding dries up.  EPA-EFE/YAHYA ARHAB
epa09829008 A handout photo made available by the Saudi Royal Court showing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) receiving British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) ahead of a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 16 March 2022. Johnson is visiting Saudi Arabia and the UAE for talks that are expected to focus on energy supplies following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. EPA-EFE/BANDAR ALJALOUD HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A handout photo made available by the Saudi Royal Court showing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) receiving British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) ahead of a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 16 March 2022. EPA-EFE/BANDAR ALJALOUD 
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - MARCH 16: Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives for a media interview at the Emirates Palace hotel on March 16, 2022 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Boris Johnson’s visit to the Middle East comes amid rocketing oil prices due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He is hoping to persuade both Saudi Arabia and the UAE to increase their oil production and help bring down prices. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - Pool/Getty Images)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives for a media interview at the Emirates Palace hotel on March 16, 2022 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Boris Johnson’s visit to the Middle East comes amid rocketing oil prices due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - Pool/Getty Images)
epa09830619 Thai Buddhist monks and a devotee pray to mark Buddhist Sabbath day at Wat Pho, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, in Bangkok, Thailand, 17 March 2022. Thailand has logged more than 25,000 daily COVID-19 cases. However, the Public Health Ministry announced a transition plan to declare COVID-19 as an endemic disease by 01 July 2022. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Thai Buddhist monks and a devotee pray to mark Buddhist Sabbath day at Wat Pho, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, in Bangkok, Thailand, 17 March 2022.  EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
epa09830111 Staff members collect fallen books at a library in Koriyama, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, 17 March 2022. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake, shortly followed by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit northeastern Japan late 16 March provoking electricity shortage and a shinkansen bullet train derailment. The Japan Meteorological Agency?s tsunami alert in the Pacific coast of the area was lifted early on 17 March. EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/ NO ARCHIVES NO ARCHIVES NO ARCHIVES
Staff members collect fallen books at a library in Koriyama, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, 17 March 2022. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake, shortly followed by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit northeastern Japan late 16 March provoking electricity shortage and a Shinkansen bullet train derailment. The Japan Meteorological Agency's tsunami alert in the Pacific coast of the area was lifted early on 17 March. EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS
epa09830092 The Tohoku shinkansen bullet train remains on the track after it derailed due to a strong earthquake in Shiroishi, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, 17 March 2022. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake, shortly followed by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit northeastern Japan late 16 March provoking electricity shortage and a shinkansen bullet train derailment. The Japan Meteorological Agency?s tsunami alert in the Pacific coast of the area was lifted early on 17 March. EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/ NO ARCHIVES NO ARCHIVES NO ARCHIVES
The Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train remains on the track after it derailed due to a strong earthquake in Shiroishi, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, 17 March 2022.  EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS
epa09830091 The Tohoku shinkansen bullet train remains on the track after it derailed due to a strong earthquake in Shiroishi, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, 17 March 2022. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake, shortly followed by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit northeastern Japan late 16 March provoking electricity shortage and a shinkansen bullet train derailment. The Japan Meteorological Agency?s tsunami alert in the Pacific coast of the area was lifted early on 17 March. EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/ NO ARCHIVES NO ARCHIVES
The Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train remains on the track after it derailed due to a strong earthquake in Shiroishi, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, 17 March 2022. EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS 
PASADENA, MARYLAND - MARCH 16: In an aerial view, the Ever Forward container ship is shown in the Chesapeake Bay after it ran aground near Baltimore March 16, 2022 in Pasadena, Maryland. The container ship is operated by the Evergreen Marine Corporation, a transportation company that also owns the Ever Given cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal last year. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
In an aerial view, the Ever Forward container ship is shown in the Chesapeake Bay after it ran aground near Baltimore March 16, 2022 in Pasadena, Maryland. The container ship is operated by the Evergreen Marine Corporation, a transportation company that also owns the Ever Given cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal last year. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) DM/ ML

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