Week in pictures: 19 - 25 March 2022 - BBC News

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A Ukrainian army chaplain walks through debris outside the destroyed Retroville shopping mall in a residential district on 21 March 2022, after a Russian attack on Kyiv
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A Ukrainian army chaplain walks through debris outside Kyiv's Retroville shopping complex, destroyed in a Russian attack. As the war enters its second month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked people around the world to take to the streets in a show of support for Ukraine.

Ukrainian refugees wait on a bus after crossing the Ukrainian-Romanian border in Siret, northern Romania, on 19 March 2022
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Ukrainian refugees wait on a bus after crossing the border in Siret, northern Romania. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 10 million Ukrainians have now fled their homes because of the Russian invasion, more than half a million of them to Romania.

A woman works on a pillow case with a print depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in Ceska Skalice, Czech Republic, on 23 March 2022
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A woman works on a pillow case with a print depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in Ceska Skalice, Czech Republic. Designer Tomas Brinek is producing the pillow casess to raise money for people suffering as a result of the war.

US President Joe Biden (front row, third from right) and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (front row, second from right) pose for a photograph with Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (front row, centre) and other leaders ahead of a summit at Nato Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on 24 March 2022
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US President Joe Biden (front row, third from right) and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (front row, second from right) pose for a photograph with Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (front row, centre) and other leaders ahead of a summit at Nato headquarters in Brussels. The EU and the G7 group also held unprecedented emergency summits in Brussels, showing unity and support for Ukraine, with leaders pledging military and humanitarian assistance.

The Dean of Ripon, the Very Rev John Dobson, lights a candle to mark the second anniversary of the first national coronavirus lockdown in the UK, at Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire, on 22 March 2022
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The Dean of Ripon, the Very Rev John Dobson, lights a candle at Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire, to mark the second anniversary of the first national coronavirus lockdown in the UK. On Wednesday, a minute's silence was held at midday, as part of a series of events organised by charity Marie Curie to mark a National Day of Reflection. According to government figures that day, the number of deaths in the UK within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test had reached 164,123.

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge meet the Jamaica national bobsleigh team in Trench Town, Kingston, Jamaica, on 22 March 2022
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet the Jamaica national bobsleigh team during a visit to Trench Town, in the country's capital, Kingston, on day four of the Platinum Jubilee royal tour of the Caribbean.

A Christie's auction house staff member displays a giant diamond, nicknamed The Rock, in Dubai on 25 March 2022
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A member of staff at Christie's auction house displays a giant diamond, nicknamed The Rock, in Dubai, ahead of an auction where it is expected to fetch up to ￡22m. The 228.31-carat pear-shaped diamond was mined and polished in South Africa more than two decades ago and is the largest white diamond ever to go on sale at auction.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (right) and her husband, Richard, attend a press conference at Portcullis House, London, on 21 March 2022
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe takes centre stage alongside her husband, Richard, at a press conference hosted by Labour MP Tulip Siddiq in London. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe spent six years in detention in Iran on spying charges. At the press conference, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe took issue with the credit her husband gave ministers for her release, saying: "I have seen five foreign secretaries change over the course of six years. How many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come home?"

People search through the remains of destroyed homes following a tornado in Arabi, St Bernard, in the outskirts of New Orleans, Louisiana, US, on 24 March 2022
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People search through the remains of destroyed homes following a tornado in the Arabi neighbourhood of St Bernard, on the outskirts of New Orleans, in the southern United States. At least one person died after the large tornado tore through the city, hitting suburbs that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Clock curator Su Fullwood adjusts the hands on a French mantel clock, dating from around 1750, in the ballroom at Goodwood House in Chichester, West Sussex, on 24 March 2022
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Clock curator Su Fullwood adjusts the hands on a French mantel clock, dating from about 1750, in the ballroom at Goodwood House in Chichester, West Sussex, in preparation for the clocks changing to British Summer Time on Sunday, 27 March.