TIME's Best Pictures of the Week: April 11 – April 18, 2014

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Apr. 13, 2014. North Korean spectators watch from the stands of Kim Il Sung Stadium as runners line up a the start of the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon in Pyongyang, North Korea. The annual race was open to foreign tourists for the first time this year. (David Guttenfelder—AP)





Apr. 14, 2014. Flowers, candles and beads are seen on an improvised wall made of pavement stones at the Maidan, or Independence Square, in Kiev, Ukraine. (Peter Klaunzer—EPA)





Apr. 13, 2014. A bevy of swans take part in a parade in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. As a traditional event, the parade celebrates the coming of spring every year. (Zou Zheng—Xinhua Press/Corbis)





Apr. 11, 2014. People walk in front of presidential campaign posters in Bissau. Guinea-Bissau, one of the world's poorest countries, will go the polls on Sunday in a long-delayed legislative and presidential election intended to draw a line under a 2012 military coup. (Joe Penney—Reuters)





Apr. 14, 2014. People dance with umbrellas during a celebration for the New Year of the Dai minority in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province. Last Sunday marked the beginning of the 1,376th New Year, according to the ethnic Dai minority calendar. (Wong Campion—Reuters)





Apr. 15, 2014. (L-R) Former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Tom Grilk, Executive Director, Boston Athletic Association stand together during the flag raising ceremony commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings. (Jared Wickerham—Getty Images)





Apr. 14, 2014. Children sleep on a mattress in the open sky in Managua as tremors have not stopped in Nicaragua since April 10 when a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the country's Pacific region. (Into Ocon—AFP/Getty Images)





Apr. 12, 2014.Guests of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a cherry blossom viewing party hosted by Abe at Tokyo's Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. (Dominic Nahr—Magnum for TIME)





Apr. 14, 2014. The door through which Oscar Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp used as evidence in court in Pretoria, South Africa. Oscar Pistorius stands accused of the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on February 14, 2013. This is Pistorius' official trial, the result of which will determine the paralympian athlete's fate. (Antoine de Ras—Independent Newspapers/Gallo Images/Getty Images)





April 13, 2014. Greek Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday in the Church of The Holy Sepulchre. (Omer Messinger—Nur Photo/Sipa USA)

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Apr. 12, 2014. A woman leads away her newly acquired donkeys through the grounds of the "Feria de Ramos," or Palm Fair in El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, The annual three day livestock fair takes place every Palm Sunday weekend and is a Holy Week, or Easter tradition. (Juan Karita—AP)





Apr. 14, 2014. North Korean women in colorful traditional dresses are surrounded by flower blossoms known as "Kimilsungia" as they wait to guide guests at a flower exhibition in Pyongyang, North Korea. (David Guttenfelder—AP)





Apr. 16, 2014. A helicopter carrying Congress party president Sonia Gandhi arrives at an election rally in Karimnagar, about 165 kilometers (103 miles) from Hyderabad, India. The multiphase voting across the country runs until May 12. (Mahesh Kumar A.—AP)





Apr. 12, 2014. Demonstrators clash with police during an anti-austerity demonstration in Rome. Thousands of protesters, from all over the country, marched against Troika austerity measures and to express their anger at governments plans to reform job market to deal with the economic crisis and its housing rights policies. (Giuseppe Ciccia—Ciccia/Demotix/Corbis)





Apr. 16, 2014. Umbrellas of Zogolopoulos in Thessaloniki, Greece. (Alexandros Michailidis—Demotix)





Apr. 16, 2014. North Koreans are reflected in a glass case containing a pistol as they each wait for their turn at a firing range at the Meari Shooting Gallery in Pyongyang. Employees at the firing range said the pistol on display had been used by North Korean leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un when each toured the facility in the past. (David Guttenfelder—AP)





Apr. 13, 2014. Costaleros, traditionally known as "paso", take part in the procession of "La Borriquita" brotherhood during Holy Week in Cordoba, southern Spain, Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors. (Javier Barbanchi—Reuters)





Apr. 13, 2014. Firefighters work to put out a fire in Valparaiso city, northwest of Santiago. At least 12 people were killed and 2,000 houses destroyed over the weekend by a fire that devastated parts of the Chilean port city of Valparaiso, as authorities evacuated thousands and sent in aircraft to battle the blaze. (Eliseo Fernandez—Reuters)





Apr. 14, 2014. A woman covers her face with a scarf as she crosses a street amid strong wind in Shenyang, Liaoning province. A blue alert for gale was issued in Shenyang on Monday, Xinhua News Agency reported. (Reuters)





Apr. 13, 2014. A resident whose home was destroyed by a major fire pours water on ashes amid the destruction in Valparaiso. Devastated Chileans surveyed damage to their homes in Valparaiso on Monday as a massive fire that burned poor neighborhoods of the coastal city over the weekend began to die down. (Lucas Ninno—Reuters)

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Apr. 15, 2014. An actor takes part in a re-enactment of the "Via Crucis" (Way of the Cross), which commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, during the Orthodox Holy Week celebrations in Bucharest. Romania's Christian Orthodox majority will celebrate Easter on April 20 together with Catholic believers. (Bogdan Cristel—Reuters)





Apr. 15, 2014. A penitent takes part in the procession of the "Silencio y la Santa Cruz" brotherhood during Holy Week in Oviedo, northern Spain. Hundreds of processions take place round-the-clock during Holy Week in Spain, drawing thousands of visitors. (Eloy Alonso—Reuters)





Apr. 16, 2014. Pope Francis is reflected in the sunglasses of a faithful as he leaves on the Popemobile after his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican. (Stefano Rellandini—Reuters)





Apr. 16, 2014. A woman pastes cow dung cakes on a wall for drying in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. (Jitendra Prakash—Reuters)





Apr. 15, 2014. A cross is seen after the theater play "Jesus Christ Superstar" at Sarita Colonia prison yard, ahead of Holy Week celebrations, in Lima. The play was held to encourage the inmates in their rehabilitation process, according to the prison's press release. (Enrique Castro-Mendivil—Reuters)





Apr. 16, 2014. Running shoes left at the makeshift memorial following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings are displayed in an exhibit titled "Dear Boston: Messages from the Marathon Memorial" at the Boston Public Library in Boston, Massachusetts. (Brian Snyder—Reuters)





Apr. 13, 2014. A pilgrim with palm tree leafs follows the Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Israel. Palm Sunday for Roman Catholic devotees symbolically marks the biblical account of the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, signaling the start of the Holy Week before Easter. (Oliver Weiken—EPA)





Apr. 16, 2014. A scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) beats its wings while flying through its aviary at the Zurich Zoo, in Zurich, Switzerland. (Stefen Schmidt—EPA)





Apr. 12, 2014. On the second day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival a sold-out crowd partied in windy dusty weather. Isis Alize of Las Vegas dances in the high winds that turned Coachella into a dust bowl on Saturday. (Sean M. Haffey—Zumapress)





Apr. 15, 2014. A view of Ibrox Stadium, United Kingdom. (Lee Smith—Zumapress)

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Apr. 11, 2014. The sun shines through the early morning fog behind a group of trees near Frankfurt/Oder, Germany. (Patrick Pleul—DPA /Landov)





Apr. 14, 2014. Rain drops cover the window of the front passenger seat of a car near Lieschenruh, Germany. (Uwe Zucchi—DPA /Landov)





Apr. 16, 2014. A Palestinian youth practices parkour skills in Gaza, Palestinian Territory. Parkour is a holistic training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training. (Ahmed Deeb—Barcroft Media /Landov)





Apr. 11, 2014. Jimmy Walker of the United States walks out of the bunker on the 10th hole during the second round of the 2014 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Andrew Redington—Getty Images)





Apr. 12, 2014. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the #17 Nationwide Ford, pits during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. (Jonathan Ferrey—Getty Images)





Apr. 14, 2014. A blooming tulip is surrounded by hail after a hail shower at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. (Matej Divizna—Getty Images)





Apr. 15, 2014. Burmese teenagers and children celebrate the Burmese New Year water festival, called Thingyan, near the Mandalay palace in Mandalay, Burma. Thingyan is a Buddhist festival celebrated during the four days leading up to the New Year. (Lauren DeCicca—Getty Images)





Apr. 16, 2014. Candle lights at the tombs during Holy Week celebrations, known as 'Semana Santa' in Larantuka, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Easter celebrations in Larantuka started in the 16th century, when Portuguese missionaries entered and acculturated the local people. (Ulet Ifansasti—Getty Images)





Apr. 16, 2014. Pitcher Bartolo Colon #40 of the New York Mets throws in the bullpen before the MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. (Christian Petersen—Getty Images)





Apr. 13, 2014. An elderly North Korean man enters Kim Il Sung Stadium at the last stretch of his run during the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon in Pyongyang, North Korea. The annual race, which includes a full marathon, a half marathon, and a 10-kilometer run, was open to foreign tourists for the first time this year. (David Guttenfelder—AP)

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Apr. 16, 2014. Bosnian technical worker Zlatan Music inspects the personal belongings of victims whose bodies were exhumed from the Tomasica mass grave at the Sejkovaca identification center, near the Bosnian town of Sanski Most, 260 kilometers (162 miles) northwest of Sarajevo. (Amel Emric—AP)






Apr. 13, 2014. Pro-Russian protesters prepare Molotov cocktails next to a barricade at one of the entrances to Slovyansk, Ukraine. A Ukrainian official said special forces on Sunday evicted gunmen from the Slovyansk Police Headquarters, but local residents and men at barricades denied that Ukrainian forces had even entered the town. (Mauricio Lima—The New York Times)





Apr. 16, 2014. This aerial photo taken at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo shows South Korea Coast Guard members searching for passengers near a South Korean ferry (bottom R) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon. (Yonhap—AFP/Getty Images)





Apr. 16, 2014. Penitents take part in the "Fusionadas" brotherhood procession during the Holy Week in Malaga. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Jorge Guerrero—AFP/Getty Images)





Apr. 15, 2014. People splash water on each other to express best regards on Tuesday, the last day of the 2014 Water-splashing Festival and the 1376 New Year of the Dai ethnic group. (Xinhua—Sipa USA)





Apr. 16, 2014. The 2015 BMW X4 before unveiling during the first press preview day at the 2014 New York International Auto Show at the Jacob Javits Center in New York. The auto show is open to the public April 18-27. (Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images)





Apr. 17, 2014. Tulip flowers are in blossom at the 2014 Qingdao International Horticultural Exposition Park in Qingdao, a coastal city of east China's Shandong Province. (Wang Haibin—Xinhua Press/Corbis)





Apr. 17, 2014. An Ultra-Orthodox Jew watches others covering their heads with prayer shawls as they recite the Priestly Blessing during the high holiday of Passover, in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Abir Sultan—EPA)





Apr. 17, 2014. Runners pull up after finishing The Montaz Restaurant EBF Stallions Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Newmarket racecourse in Newmarket, England. (Alan Crowhurst—Getty Images)





Apr. 17, 2014. Members of the public visit Hadrian's Wall at Sycamore Gap, a wall which was built in AD 122 on the orders of Emperor Hadrian to keep out the Picts from Scotland. A referendum on whether Scotland should be an independent country will take place on September 18, 2014. (Jeff J Mitchell—Getty Images)

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Apr. 17, 2014. A Christian pilgrim kisses a sacred column at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. Christians around the world are marking the Holy Week, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, leading up to his resurrection on Easter. (Gali Tibbon—AFP/Getty Images)





Apr. 15, 2014. Balal, who killed Iranian youth Abdolah Hosseinzadeh in a street fight with a knife in 2007, reacts as he stands in the gallows during his execution ceremony in the northern city of Nowshahr. Samereh Alinejad, the mother of Abdolah Hosseinzadeh spared the life of Balal, her son's convicted murderer, with an… (Arash Khamooshi—AFP/Getty Images)





Apr. 17, 2014. Ukranian soldiers arrived in the city of Kramatorsk to try to set free the aerodrome, but were stopped by pro Russians next to the railways, who asked them to dismantle their weapons and seized their tanks. (Romain Carre—NurPhoto/Sipa USA)





Apr. 17, 2014. A man wearing a traditional turban casts his vote inside a polling station in Ajmer district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan. India kicked off the biggest day of its mammoth general election on Thursday, with a quarter of its 815 million voters set to head to the polls during a week of fresh blows for the… (Ahmad Masood—Reuters)





Apr. 14, 2014. The microsculpture "Taj Mahal" by British microsculpture artist Willard Wigan is on display in the exhibition "Kleine Welten" (Tiny Worlds) in the Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, Germany. (Hitij Maja—DPA/ABACA)





Apr. 18, 2014. Nico Hulkenberg of Germany and Force India prepares to drive during practice ahead of the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. (Mark Thompson—Getty Images)





April 18, 2014. An Afghan youth exercises at Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop overlooking Kabul. Football is a popular sport in the war-torn country, with the Afghan national football team winning last year's South Asian Football Championship. (Wakil Kohsar—AFP/Getty Images)





Apr. 18, 2014. A man walks by a man accused of being a thief by civil servants at the Work Inspection office, as he lays in pain after being attacked by a man with a machete and sticks, in plain view of others, in Bangui, Central African Republic. (Jerome Delay—AP)





Apr. 18, 2014. Christian worshipers carry crosses during a Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa, retracing the route Jesus Christ walked to his crucifixion in Jerusalem. Thousands of pilgrims, tourists and clergy took part in the celebrations. (Oliver Weiken—EPA)





Apr. 18, 2014. A statue of Jesus Christ is covered in a cloth during a Good Friday procession on in Lohr am Main, western Germany. The procession in Lohr am Main is one of the last remaining marches in Germany to depict the complete Easter story, beginning with the Last Supper and ending with the Christ's entombment. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand—AFP/Getty Images)