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Our World in Pictures: Week 13 of 2022

Here is an incomplete, yet surprising, heartbreaking and moving gallery of images of this week’s events around the world.
Demonstration demanding rights for the LGBT+ community in Caracas A person participates in a demonstration for the rights of the LGBT+ community, in Caracas, Venezuela, 31 March 2022. In Venezuela, there is no 'legislation or public policies that guarantee the rights of LGBTI people' according to the latest Amnesty International report, published this week. EPA-EFE/MIGUEL GUTIERREZ

Guests attend 'A Bridgerton Affair' to celebrate the second season of the Netflix series, Bridgerton, with an exclusive gathering of Johannesburg's elite, the sophisticated tastemakers and beautiful people who make up the city's glitterati, at the Inanda Club on March 26, 2022 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images for Netflix)
Guests attend 'A Bridgerton Affair' to celebrate the second season of the Netflix series, Bridgerton, with an exclusive gathering of Johannesburg's elite, the sophisticated tastemakers and beautiful people who make up the city's glitterati, at the Inanda Club on March 26, 2022 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images for Netflix)
Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi parading as Queen Charlotte, Connie Ferguson and  Ayanda Ncwane at the Bridgerton Affair at Inanda Club on March 26, 2022 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event featured an elite list of highly esteemed special guests from Johannesburg. (Photo by Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu)
Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi parading as Queen Charlotte, Connie Ferguson and Ayanda Ncwane at the Bridgerton Affair at Inanda Club on March 26, 2022 in Johannesburg,  (Photo by Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu)
Two dancers look through the curtain during a rehearsal as Blackpool Tower Circus prepares to reopen following £1 Million renovation on March 28, 2022 in Blackpool, England. Blackpool Council funded the £1 million renovation of the world's oldest permanent circus arena, after a survey found that the ceiling needed urgent repairs. Blackpool Tower Circus, which dates back to 1894, will return for the season on April 02, 2022. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
Two dancers look through the curtain during a rehearsal as Blackpool Tower Circus prepares to reopen following £1 Million renovations on March 28, 2022 in Blackpool, England. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MARCH 27: Mali Morgan of Clwb Cymru competes on the balance beam during day four of the 2022 Gymnastics British Championships at M&S Bank Arena on March 27, 2022 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
Mali Morgan of Clwb Cymru competes on the balance beam during day four of the 2022 Gymnastics British Championships at M&S Bank Arena on March 27, 2022 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
epa09862688 Members of the trans community and non-binary people carry out the activity 'A Transcolective Shout' at the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City, Mexico, 31 March 2022. Mexican groups of trans and non-binary people held the 'Juntrans' (a mix of the words 'together' and 'trans') festival in the Mexican capital to demand safety and respect on Trans Visibility Day. Dozens of activists painted in front of the Monument to the Revolution the phrase 'We resist Juntrans. We exist Juntrans' with the pink, white and light blue colors of the trans flag, as well as orange, white, purple and black, representing people without a binary gender.  EPA-EFE/Isaac Esquivel
Members of the trans community and non-binary people carry out the activity 'A Transcolective Shout' at the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City, Mexico, 31 March 2022. EPA-EFE/Isaac Esquivel
epaselect epa09861637 Chihuahuas pose at a booth at the 'Interpets' international pet fair in Tokyo, Japan, 31 March 2022. Interpets is the leading fair for pet-related products and services in Japan. Amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Interpets hosted 327 exhibitors from 11 countries and regions and welcomed 28,498 visitors and 13,736 pets in 2021. With the easing of travel restrictions, the 2022 edition increased its exhibition space to host 470 exhibitors and services such as pet food, goods, and IT home appliances.  EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON
Chihuahuas pose at a booth at the 'Interpets' international pet fair in Tokyo, Japan, 31 March 2022. Interpets is the leading fair for pet-related products and services in Japan. EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON
BOULDER, CO - MARCH 26: An air tanker drops slurry on the NCAR Fire on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
An air tanker drops slurry on the NCAR Fire on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
BOULDER, CO - MARCH 26:  Amitai Beh, 6, watches the NCAR Fire through binoculars on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December, 2021. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
Amitai Beh, 6, watches the NCAR Fire through binoculars on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
epa09862214 Plume of smoke billows from the site of fire that broke out at Souk al-Mubarakiya market in Kuwait City, Kuwait, 31 March 2022. Kuwaiti fire forces said fire brigades are trying to extinguish the hugs fire that broke out at the market. No reports on casualties or the cause of fire were announced yet.  EPA-EFE/NOUFAL IBRAHIM
Plume of smoke billows from the site of fire that broke out at Souk al-Mubarakiya market in Kuwait City, Kuwait, 31 March 2022. Kuwaiti fire forces said fire brigades are trying to extinguish the hugs fire that broke out at the market. No reports on casualties or the cause of fire were announced yet. EPA-EFE/NOUFAL IBRAHIM
epa09862212 A firefighter tries to extinguish fire that broke out at Souk al-Mubarakiya market in Kuwait City, Kuwait, 31 March 2022. Kuwaiti fire forces said fire brigades are trying to extinguish the hugs fire that broke out at the market. No reports on casualties or the cause of fire were announced yet.  EPA-EFE/NOUFAL IBRAHIM
A firefighter tries to extinguish fire that broke out at Souk al-Mubarakiya market in Kuwait City, Kuwait, 31 March 2022. EPA-EFE/NOUFAL IBRAHIM
LVIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 26: Smoke pours from a fire at an industrial facility after Russian military attack in the area on March 26, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi issued an official statement that the explosion is "burning one of the industrial facilities where fuel is stored." While Lviv and rest of the Western Ukraine have been spared the brunt of Russia's attack on the country, there have been missile strikes at military sites and airports across the region. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Smoke pours from a fire at an industrial facility after Russian military attack in the area on March 26, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
epa09862650 A Ukrainian soldier looks at a destroyed Russian helicopter, with the letter 'Z', the Russian invasion symbol, in the recaptured by the Ukrainian army Mala Rohan village, near Kharkiv, northeast Ukraine, 31 March 2022. Mala Rohan and the area around had recently been recaptured by the Ukrainian army from Russian forces. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, and triggering a series of severe economic sanctions on Russia by Western countries.  EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY
A Ukrainian soldier looks at a destroyed Russian helicopter, with the letter 'Z', the Russian invasion symbol, in the recaptured by the Ukrainian army Mala Rohan village, near Kharkiv, northeast Ukraine, 31 March 2022.  EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY
epa09861936 Relatives react during the funeral ceremony of Ukrainian servicemen who died amid the Russian invasion, in the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Ukraine, 31 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/MYKOLA TYS
Relatives react during the funeral ceremony of Ukrainian servicemen who died amid the Russian invasion, in the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Ukraine, 31 March 2022. EPA-EFE/MYKOLA TYS
epa09862648 A destroyed Russian tank, with the letter ?Z?, the Russian invasion symbol, next to damaged houses in the recaptured by the Ukrainian army Mala Rohan village, near Kharkiv, northeast Ukraine, 31 March 2022. Mala Rohan and the area around had recently been recaptured by the Ukrainian army from Russian forces. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, and triggering a series of severe economic sanctions on Russia by Western countries.  EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY
A destroyed Russian tank, with the letter ?Z?, the Russian invasion symbol, next to damaged houses in the recaptured by the Ukrainian army Mala Rohan village, near Kharkiv, northeast Ukraine, 31 March 2022. EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY
epa09862118 Local citizen Oleksandr Isman (49) creates his Rock Garden in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa, Ukraine, 31 March 2022. becase it pleases and calms him, Isman comes to the beach everyday for his creations. 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/STEPAN FRANKO
Local citizen Oleksandr Isman (49) creates his Rock Garden in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa, Ukraine, 31 March 2022. because it pleases and calms him, Isman comes to the beach every day for his creations. EPA-EFE/STEPAN FRANKO
epa09862119 Local citizen Oleksandr Isman (49) creates his Rock Garden in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa, Ukraine, 31 March 2022. becase it pleases and calms him, Isman comes to the beach everyday for his creations. 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/STEPAN FRANKO
Local citizen Oleksandr Isman (49) creates his Rock Garden in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa, Ukraine, 31 March 2022. EPA-EFE/STEPAN FRANKO
epa09862692 Taliban attend a ceremony to hoist largest flag and emblem of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 31 March 2022. The Taliban on 31 March, replaced the black-red-and-green Afghan national flag atop the historic Wazir Akbar Khan hill in Kabul with their white banner that bears the Islamic proclamation of faith inscribed in black. The issue of replacing the national flag, which had become a symbol of resistance days before the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, had become precarious.  EPA-EFE/STRINGER
Taliban attend a ceremony to hoist the largest flag and emblem of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 31 March 2022. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
epa09862703 Taliban attend a ceremony to hoist largest flag and emblem of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 31 March 2022. The Taliban on 31 March, replaced the black-red-and-green Afghan national flag atop the historic Wazir Akbar Khan hill in Kabul with their white banner that bears the Islamic proclamation of faith inscribed in black. The issue of replacing the national flag, which had become a symbol of resistance days before the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, had become precarious.  EPA-EFE/STRINGER
Taliban attend a ceremony to hoist the largest flag and emblem of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 31 March 2022. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
epa09862707 Taliban attend a ceremony to hoist largest flag and emblem of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 31 March 2022. The Taliban on 31 March, replaced the black-red-and-green Afghan national flag atop the historic Wazir Akbar Khan hill in Kabul with their white banner that bears the Islamic proclamation of faith inscribed in black. The issue of replacing the national flag, which had become a symbol of resistance days before the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, had become precarious.  EPA-EFE/STRINGER
Taliban attend a ceremony to hoist the largest flag and emblem of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 31 March 2022. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 29: The Superyacht Phi, which was seized by UK government, at Canary Wharf on March 29, 2022 in London, England. Transport Minister, Grant Shapps, has detained the superyacht Phi, worth £38 million, as part of UK government sanctions against Russians with links to President Putin since Russia invaded Ukraine. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
The Superyacht Phi, which was seized by UK government, at Canary Wharf on March 29, 2022 in London, England.  (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - MARCH 26: Lanfranco Dettori jockey of Country Grammer wins the Dubai World Cup at the Meydan Racecourse on March 26, 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images)
Lanfranco Dettori jockey of Country Grammer wins the Dubai World Cup at the Meydan Racecourse on March 26, 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images)

A warm thank you to Kim McCarthy from Getty/ Gallo for her help in the selection of these images. DM/ ML

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