Week in pictures: 27 April - 3 May 2024 - BBC News

A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days.

2 days agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingA selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.

Image source, Abdullah Firas/ABACA/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, Workers hang Eugene Delacroix's painting Liberty Guiding the People, marking its return to the Louvre Museum in Paris, after restorationImage source, Antonelli/agf/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, A soldier prepares for the oath of the Pontifical Swiss Guard in Vatican City. The swearing-in ceremony for 34 Vatican Swiss Guards is scheduled for 6 May in the San Damaso courtyardImage source, GUSTAVO GHISLENI/AFPImage caption, A hydroelectric dam collapsed in southern Brazil after days of heavy rains that triggered massive flooding, killing more than 30 people. At least 500,000 people are without power across the state of Rio Grande do Sul. A drone view shows houses in the flooded area next to the Taquari River, in the city of EncantadoImage source, AFPImage caption, Palestinians move between damaged buildings in the southern Gazan city of Khan Yunis. Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas have been at war since early OctoberImage source, Mike Blake/ReutersImage caption, Hundreds of law enforcement officers in riot gear moved onto University of California's (UCLA) main campus and cleared its pro-Palestinian camp. Police have detained more than 2,000 people in the US in the past fortnight, at college rallies and protest campsImage source, LUIS TATO/AFPImage caption, A Kenyan girl next to a damaged car in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in the village of Kamuchiri, near Mai Mahiu. At least 45 people died when a dam burst its banks in the Rift ValleyImage source, AFPImage caption, An eruption from Mount Ruang volcano is seen from Tagulandang island in Sitaro, North Sulawesi, IndonesiaImage source, OLI SCARFF/AFPImage caption, Ballots are emptied out for sorting at the count centre in Blackpool. Labour won the Blackpool South by-election and councils across England, on a bad night for the ConservativesImage source, Shi Jiamin/VCG via Getty ImagesImage caption, Primary school students play football at a fitness centre in Jiaxing, in China's Zhejiang ProvinceImage source, Jan Hetfleisch/Getty ImagesImage caption, A church spire protrudes from Reschensee (Lake Resia), which has been drained, during construction of an alpine road in Italy. The lake, located in the German-speaking region of South Tyrol, is a reservoir formed from the construction of a nearby dam in the 1950s, which submerged the village of Graun.All photos subject to copyright

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