Photos this week: April 3-10, 2025 - CNN

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Trucks and shipping containers are seen at a port in Nanjing, China, on Tuesday, April 8. AFP/Getty Images
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Florida forward Alex Condon celebrates next to Houston’s Milos Uzan seconds after the Gators won a thrilling NCAA Tournament final on Monday, April 7. Florida rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit to win 65-63. It is the third national title for the Gators, who won back-to-back championships in 2006 and 2007. Brynn Anderson/AP

The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, April 8. It was carrying a three-man crew to the International Space Station. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Farm employees harvest coffee beans in Bragança Paulista, Brazil, on Friday, April 4. Andre Penner/AP

Mothers cry over the coffins of their 15-year-old children Danylo Nikittskyi, left, and Alina Kutsenko during a funeral ceremony in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on Monday, April 7. A Russian missile attack in Kryvyi Rih killed at least 19 people, including nine children. It was one of the deadliest strikes this year in the conflict. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

UConn head coach Geno Auriemma hugs Huskies star Paige Bueckers as she comes off the floor late in the NCAA Tournament final on Sunday, April 6. UConn crushed South Carolina 82-59 to win the school’s 12th national title in women’s college basketball. No other school has more titles. John Raoux/AP

Rescue workers search for survivors at the Jet Set nightclub after its roof collapsed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Tuesday, April 8. More than 200 people were killed. Eddy Vittini/AP

President Donald Trump reads a newspaper as he arrives at the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida, on Saturday, April 5. Trump spent the weekend golfing after unveiling his sweeping new tariffs. Alex Brandon/AP

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a helicopter crash on the Hudson River, near lower Manhattan in New York, on Thursday, April 10. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Ksenia Karelina walks with her fiancé Chris van Heerden as she arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on Thursday, April 10. Karelina, a Russian-American woman serving a 12-year prison sentence for treason in Russia, was released as part of a prisoner exchange that saw her swapped for an accused smuggler held in the US. Alex Brandon/AP

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Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin dives to the ice in celebration after he broke Wayne Gretzky’s record to become the NHL’s all-time leading goalscorer on Sunday, April 6. Ovechkin scored the record-breaking goal — the 895th goal of his career — during a road game against the New York Islanders. Sarah Stier/Getty Images

Jason Isaacs, Sam Nivola, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook, Charlotte Le Bon, Nicholas Duvernay, Jon Gries, Tayme Thapthimthong, Aimee Lou Wood and Leslie Bibb attend the season finale event for the third season of HBO's "The White Lotus," in Westlake Village, California, on Sunday, April 6. HBO is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, which also owns CNN. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO/Getty Images

Mike Pistillo Jr., center, and other traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, April 3. Global markets were severely rattled by President Donald Trump’s historic tariff announcement. Seth Wenig/AP

Racing pigeons are released during the Up North Combine race in Wetherby, England, on Saturday, April 5. Lee Smith/Reuters

CNN’s Anderson Cooper, center, moderates a town-hall event with US Sen. Bernie Sanders in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, April 9. During the event, Sanders delivered a wholesale rejection of President Donald Trump’s escalating trade wars and combative approach to foreign policy. Rebecca Wright/CNN

A worker checks thread reels on a carpet-weaving machine at a factory on the outskirts of Jammu, India, on Tuesday, April 8. Channi Anand/AP

A Palestinian girl struggles as she and others try to get donated food at a distribution center in Beit Lahia, Gaza, on Monday, April 7. Jehad Alshrafi/AP

People participate in a reforestation project on the Italian island of Lio Piccolo on Saturday, April 5. The island is being replanted with 16,000 new trees to protect the salt marsh ecosystem that is fundamental to the natural health of the Venetian Lagoon. Simone Padovani/Getty Images

Golf legend Jack Nicklaus reacts as he takes part in the ceremonial tee shots before the Masters tournament on Thursday, April 10. Nicklaus won the Masters six times during his illustrious career. Brian Snyder/Reuters

A kingfisher ignores the “no fishing” sign after catching food at Teddesley Park in Staffordshire, England, on Saturday, April 5. Stuart Brock/Anadolu/Getty Images

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Saili Gruver of the WGRUV Dance Company performs “Letter of Reflections” at The Lesedi theater in Johannesburg on Wednesday, April 9. Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Georgia state representatives toss papers in the air at the Capitol in Atlanta on Friday, April 4. It was the final day of the legislative session. Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP

A man sitting inside a vehicle takes a photo of a wild elephant that strayed out of the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary in Guwahati, India, on Wednesday, April 9. Anupam Nath/AP

A man from the Sateré-Mawé indigenous group is seen in a protest camp in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday, April 7. Those in the Terra Livre (Free Land) camp are protesting for land rights. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

Pope Francis, in a wheelchair, makes a surprise public appearance at the end of Mass in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, April 6. The 88-year-old pontiff spent five weeks in the hospital in February and March. Vatican Media/AP

The Minnesota Twins' Carlos Correa swings at a pitch during a home game against the Houston Astros on Thursday, April 3. Abbie Parr/AP

Palestinians at the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City grieve over the bodies of relatives who were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Thursday, April 3. Israel resumed its offensive on Gaza last month, shattering a two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas. Israel launched its war on Hamas in October 2023, following the militant group’s surprise attack on southern Israel. Jehad Alshrafi/AP

People in Milan, Italy, visit "Making the Invisible Visible," a Google Design Studio installation co-created by artist Lachlan Turczan, on Monday, April 7. Antonio Calanni/AP

A woman wears elaborate headwear for Ladies Day at the Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England, on Friday, April 4. Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

People watch a CNN Town Hall, featuring Republican Reps. Mike Lawler and Ryan Mackenzie and Democratic Reps. Jahana Hayes and Derek Tran, moderated by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Kaitlan Collins in Washington, DC, on Thursday, April 10. Rebecca Wright/CNN

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Smoke billows behind Paris’ Sacre Coeur Basilica as a major fire broke out in the nearby 17th arrondissement on Monday, April 7. Idhir Baha/AFP/Getty Images

Shane Lowry, left, and Rory McIlroy celebrate a putt by McIlroy’s daughter, Poppy, during the Masters’ annual Par 3 Contest on Wednesday, April 9. Ben Jared/PGA Tour/Getty Images

People ride an inflatable boat in front of a flooded home in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Monday, April 7. Floodwaters inundated communities across a broad swath of the central United States on Sunday and Monday, the result of days of rain. William DeShazer/The New York Times/Redux

Britain’s King Charles III plays a carrot with the London Vegetable Orchestra during a reception in Windsor, England, recognizing those involved in community music across the United Kingdom. Aaron Chown/WPA Pool/Getty Images

The New York Mets' Luisangel Acuña is introduced before a Major League Baseball game on Friday, April 4. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

A member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces looks for drones in the country’s Donetsk region on Monday, April 7. Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters

A Buddhist statue is pictured inside an earthquake-damaged pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Thursday, April 3. Myanmar was hit by a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake last month. Thousands were killed. Reuters

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić reacts while watching a tribute video dedicated to him before an NBA game in Dallas on Wednesday, April 9. It was his first game back in Dallas since the Mavericks traded him to the Lakers in February. Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images/Reuters

Protesters form a human banner on Ocean Beach during a protest in San Francisco on Saturday, April 5. Scores of people across all 50 states took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The “Hands Off!” protests were organized by a pro-democracy movement in response to what they call a “hostile takeover” and an attack on American rights and freedoms. Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images

A man displays freshly collected Damask roses at a farm in Taif, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, April 9. See last week in 34 photos. Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images