A deadly shopping mall fire in a Siberian city, a devastating sandstorm in Sudan, protesters’ clashes with riot police in Chile, Kim Jong-un’s surprise... 30.03.2018, Sputnik International
A deadly shopping mall fire in a Siberian city, a devastating sandstorm in Sudan, protesters’ clashes with riot police in Chile, Kim Jong-un’s surprise appearance in Beijing, religious observances, derelict building demolition and a high-speed combat aircraft contest - take a gander at the week’s more notable events in this Sputnik’s photo gallery.
Browse Sputnik’s weekly gallery and see what transpired in various corners of our planet during the last seven days, and what these events looked like.
Students clash with riot police outside the Education Ministry building during a protest in Santiago, Chile after the country's constitutional court struck down a law that would have banned universities from operating for profit, dealing a blow to free tuition reforms brought in by former left wing president Michelle Bachelet. March 27.
Verkhovna Rada deputy Nadezhda Savchenko, suspected of preparing terrorist attacks in central Kiev, seen during a hearing at the Shevchenkovsky District Court in Kiev.
Children carry bricks to an oven near Nyamlel, South Sudan. Child labor has been on the rise in South Sudan, a country where 60 percent of the population is under 18 and Unicef says that over 70 percent of children don’t attend school. In Nyamlel, up to 30 children work in the brick-making business and they make between 50-100 South Sudanese Pounds (1USD = 240 SSP on the black market). A brick factory owner said that he hires children because they are cheaper and he additionally thinks he is helping families survive. March 22.
Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at an impromptu memorial near the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping mall in Kemerovo to honor those killed in a fire there that claimed the lives of dozens
A thick sandstorm engulfed the Sudanese capital of Khartoumon on March 29 forcing authorities to cancel flights and shut schools in Khartoum and other nearby towns.
A model uses her smartphone as she waits backstage before displaying creations from designer Grace Chen on the catwalk during China Fashion Week in Beijing. March 26, 2018.
Aegean airlines air hostesses take selfies after a news conference in Athens, Wednesday, March 28. In a deal worth up to $5 billion, Greek airline Aegean says it will buy 30 new Airbus aircraft, with the option of an additional 12, to upgrade its fleet as the country expects to break tourism records. The signing of the final purchase agreement is expected in June.
Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan seen wearing a spacesuit developed by the Russian Zvezda Scientific Production Enterprise, after testing the the suit during a simulation of a flight at an altitude of 25,000 meters, at a Zvezda facility in the Moscow Region.
Muscovites take part in the Earth Hour on Red Square in Moscow.
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