We bring you a collection of some of the best photographs taken in the week gone by.
A soldier walks past graffiti depicting angel wings by artist Colette Miller in Ciudad Juarez. Photograph: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
Orthodox nuns watch firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the bell tower of Novodevichy monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Moscow. Photograph: Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters
A member of the Iraqi security forces stands between Islamic State ammunition being displayed in al-Alam Salahuddin province. Iraq paused its Tikrit offensive and officials called for more air strikes against IS militants. Photograph: Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters
People do morning exercises on a polluted day in Jiaozuo, Henan province. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
Fadila Efendic touches the gravestones of her son and husband at the Potocari genocide memorial centre near Srebrenica. Fadila lost her son and husband in the massacre. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/ Reuters
A child waits to receive a polio vaccination during an anti-polio campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad. Photograph: Parwiz/Reuters
A total solar eclipse is seen in Longyearbyen on Svalbard. A partial eclipse was visible on Friday, the first day of northern spring, across parts of Africa, Europe and Asia. The total eclipse of the sun was only visible in the Faroe Islands and the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean. Photograph: Jon Olav Nesvold/Reuters
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