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Week in pictures 6 April 2024

HUALIEN: Search-and-rescue workers prepare to enter a leaning building in Hualien, Taiwan, after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday, April 3. It was the island's strongest earthquake in 25 years. At least nine people were killed, and more than 900 were injured (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times/Redux)

 

LIMPOPO: Emergency workers respond to the site of a bus crash in South Africa's Limpopo province on Thursday, March 29. Dozens of people died in the crash, which happened in the Mamatlakala mountain pass between Mokopane and Marken. Only one person, an 8-year-old girl, survived. The cause of the crash is under investigation (Shiraaz Mohamed/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

 

BIG SUR: This aerial photo, taken on Monday, April 1, shows a break in the southbound lane of Highway 1 after part of a cliff gave way in Big Sur, California, over the weekend (Nic Coury/AP)

 

NAIVASHA: Yasin Nasser loses control of his car during a World Rally Championship race in Naivasha, Kenya, on Saturday, March 30. Neither Nasser nor his co-driver, Ali Katumba, was seriously hurt in the crash, but the car was too damaged to continue (Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images)

 

DEIR-AL-BALAH: People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza. The photo was taken on Tuesday, April 2, a day after the strike (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

 

ROME: Pope Francis waves from a balcony at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Sunday, March 31. In his traditional Easter message, the 87-year-old pontiff called for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas (Yara Nardi/Reuters)

 

CHENNAI: A forest department worker displays newly hatched olive ridley sea turtles in Chennai, India, on Monday, April 1 (R.Satish Babu/AFP/Getty Images)

 

WINDSOR: Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla leave St. George's Chapel in Windsor, England, after attending Easter service on Sunday, March 31 (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

 

BALTIMORE: Salvage personnel work to clear wreckage in Baltimore on Tuesday, April 2, a week after a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse into the Patapsco River (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

 

HITACHINAKA: A bee feeds on nectar from a rapeseed flower in Hitachinaka, Japan, on Tuesday, April 2 (Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images)

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