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Week in pictures: From an iftar meal in Gaza to last election day in Russia

A roundup of some of last week’s events.

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The Palestinian Al-Naji family eats an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, amidst the ruins of their family house, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on March 11
The Palestinian Al-Naji family eats an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, amidst the ruins of their family house, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. [AFP]
By News Agencies
Published On 17 Mar 2024

From anti-government protests in Haiti to the launch of a SpaceX rocket in the United States, here is the week in photos.

A person reacts as houses burn amid a wildfire in Valparaiso, Chile March 13
A person reacts as houses burn amid a wildfire in Valparaiso, Chile. [Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters]
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A protester burns tires during a demonstration following the resignation of its Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 12
A protester burns tyres during a demonstration following the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [Clarens Siffroy/AFP]
Devotees of TikTok, Mona Swain, center, and her sister, Rachel Swain, right, both of Atlanta, monitor voting at the Capitol in Washington, as the House passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app if its China-based owner doesn't sell, Wednesday, March 13
Fans of TikTok, Mona Swain, centre, and her sister, Rachel Swain, right, both of Atlanta, monitor voting at the US Capitol in Washington, DC as the US House of Representatives passes a bill that would lead to a United States ban of the popular video app if its China-based owner doesn't sell. Lawmakers contend the app's owner, ByteDance, is beholden to the Chinese government, which could demand access to the data of TikTok's consumers in the US. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches at dawn in the haze on it's third test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches at dawn in the haze during its third test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, the US. [Eric Gay/AP Photo]
A relative mourns over a coffin of Nodar Nasirov, 28, a volunteer of the Georgian legion who was killed in a battle against Russian troops, during a funeral ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 12
A relative mourns over the coffin of Nodar Nasirov, 28, a volunteer of the Georgian legion who was killed in a battle against Russian troops, during a funeral ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine. [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo]
Employees of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) celebrate the launch of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) corvette, at the GRSE dockyard in Kolkata on March 13
Employees of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) celebrate the launch of the anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC) corvette, at the GRSE dockyard in Kolkata, India. [Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP]
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People displaced by the ongoing fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels gather in a camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, March 13
People displaced by the ongoing fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels gather in a camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
Israeli police forcibly remove protesters from an anti-government demonstration in Tel Aviv on March 1
Israeli police forcibly remove protesters from an anti-government demonstration in Tel Aviv. [Jack Guez/AFP]
Spectators watch plumes of smoke from volcanic activity between Hagafell and Stóri-Skógfell, Iceland, Saturday, March 16
Spectators watch plumes of smoke from volcanic activity between Hagafell and Stora-Skogfell, Iceland. [Marco di Marco/AP Photo]
People stand in a line to enter a polling station around noon on the final day of the presidential election in Moscow, Russia, March 17,
People stand in a line to enter a polling station around noon on the final day of the presidential election in Moscow, Russia. Yulia Navalnaya, widow of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, called on Russians to join an election day protest at noon to vote against President Vladimir Putin or spoil their ballots. [Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]

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