The strongest photos of the past week

Photos that have "captured" in the most brilliant way the most important events that happened last week from one end of the world to the other. The most representative images of the week should have some key ingredients: Colors, passion, tears, effort, survival, joy, and pain. That is, all those that make our life have a meaning. Regardless of the difficulties we face

A picture is worth a thousand words. This is certain and proven. Then you definitely do not need many words for the following photos. In the pictures that follow they are condensed what happened in the world last week.

Here is how his photographers recorded Associated Press the events that happened in the world in the last seven days.

Luhansk, Ukraine: Life under threat of war

Members of the Joint Control and Coordination Center for the Demarcation Line, or JCCC, take pictures of a crater and damage to a house from an artillery shell that fell in Vrubivka, one of at least eight points that hit the village on Friday 18 / 2, according to local officials, in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. US President Joe Biden warns Russia could invade Ukraine in days of recent decades.

A U.S. soldier watches as NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visits Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base near the Black Sea port of Constanta in eastern Romania. Stoltenberg paid an official visit to Romania on Friday and was at a military air base that will house some of the 1.000 US troops deployed in the country as the alliance strengthens its forces on the east side as tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue. .

On the other hand, people in Kiev try to live as normally as possible with some of them celebrating Valentine's Day with their partner.

Petropolis, Brazil: Hope was buried in the mud

A rescuer takes a break on the second day of rescue efforts after deadly landslides in the Brazilian city of Petropolis. Deadly floods and landslides swept away homes and cars, but even as families prepared to bury their dead, it was unclear how many corpses remained trapped in the mud.

California, USA: When Hip Hop Defies the Rules

Meeting of stars at the Half Time Show of the Super Bowl in America. Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dog, Kendrick Lamar and Mary Blige joined forces at halftime of the Rams' match with Bengals and gave rest to the stage. Eminem stole the show with his move to kneel in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement despite orders from the NFL not to do so.

Beijing, China: The perfect timing on the ice

Vanessa James and Eric Radford, from Canada, compete in the doubles program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The camera managed to capture the frame with James lying horizontally on the ice.

Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Two years later the macabre work continues

Workers in protective uniforms bury another coronavirus victim during a funeral at a cemetery in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The rhythms that people die from its complications Covid-19 remain at extremely high levels worldwide.

Les Caye, Haiti: Life goes on (somehow)

Children play in the Devirel camp in Les Caye, Haiti. Thousands of Haitians who lost their homes in the quake that killed more than 2.500 people remain in camps, living in narrow shelters made of plastic and fabric sheets.

Lindoso, Spain: Extreme drought and binoculars

A tree emerging from a drought in the Lindoso Reservoir in northwestern Spain shows the great effects of the climate crisis. Large parts of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter reaching only a third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country now has a "severe" or "extreme" drought.

Quito, Ecuador: Women "shout" gagged for the right to their body

Activists for women's rights and the right to abortion sit silently and tied up as part of a demonstration outside the National Assembly, while lawmakers are voting on whether abortion will be allowed in all cases of rape in Quito, Ecuador. Abortion is currently legal in Ecuador if the mother's life is in danger or in cases of rape of a mentally deprived woman.

Puerto Triumph, Colombia: How Escobar Endangered π Hippos

A hippopotamus swims in the Magdalena River in Puerto Triumph, Colombia. The Colombian Ministry of the Environment announced in early February that hippopotamuses were an invasive species in response to a lawsuit against the government over whether to kill or sterilize hippopotamuses illegally imported by drug lord Pablo Escobar and is growing rapidly and is a threat to biodiversity.

 

via: Newsbeast