Sputnik's weekly photo gallery gives you a look into what's been going on in various corners of the world over the past seven days. 05.04.2019, Sputnik International
Sputnik's weekly photo gallery gives you a look into what's been going on in various corners of the world over the past seven days.
From the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Russia to northern lights in the Murmansk region, and from Catalonian pro-independence protesters to a horse race in Dubai; from the Miss Philippines and Miss International Mini 2019 beauty pageants to a festival of extreme sports — these are just some of the events that have been taking place around the world over the past week.
Models show off clothes from the new collection of designer Julia Dalakian at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia in the Central Exhibition Hall "Manege".
The Kourou launch site in French Guiana. The Soyuz-ST rocket carrier with a Fregat upper stage with 4 O3b satellites of the global Internet SES project was launched into orbit.
A burning barricade is pictured as Catalonia's pro-independence protesters attend a demonstration against a gathering planned by Spain's far-right party VOX in Barcelona, Spain.
Young residents of San Nicolas de Los Ranchos, in Puebla state, Mexico with their bodies painted with oil and wearing masks parade and dance as "Xinacates" in the town's traditional carnival.
Dancers of the Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise attend a rehearsal at the Tisch Skylights inside the new arts centre The Shed at Hudson Yards during a media preview in New York City.
Kashmiri Muslim women react upon seeing a relic believed to be hair from the beard of Prophet Muhammad during Meeraj-un-Nabi, a festival that marks the ascension of Prophet Muhammad to Heaven, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar.
Candidates for this year's "Binibining Pilipinas" (Miss Philippines) beauty pageant perform as they are presented to the media in suburban Quezon City, northeast of Manila, Philippines.
Supporters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) wave a flag from a car picturing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they celebrate during a rally near the headquarters of the conservative AKP party in Istanbul after the non-definitive results of the local elections to elect the mayors for 30 large metropolitan cities, 51 provincial capitals, and 922 districts.
Tightrope walkers balance on a rope in front of the Emmaus Monastery on the side-lines of a press conference by the Czech minister of health in support of people with mental illness in Prague, Czech Republic.
A Palestinian man carries a burning tyre during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration marking "Land Day", near the Israeli Jewish settlement of Beit El in the occupied West Bank. "Land Day" marks an incident in 1976 when Israeli troops shot and killed six people during protests against land confiscations.
Participants during a performance in the final of the beauty contest "Miss International Mini 2019" in Moscow.
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