It’s never been easier to keep up with what’s going on in the world. The news is everywhere – in our Facebook feeds, on the morning commute, during that lazy half hour before you switch off the TV and go to bed. But the tide of global affairs is often more upsetting than uplifting and it can be tempting to bury our heads in the sand. As the saying goes: a picture is worth a thousand words, so to offer a different perspective we've rounded up seven of the most memorable images of the last seven days' events, captured by the best photojournalists on the planet.
A group of friends kick a ball in Greenwich Park as London has clear blue skies and temperatures rise for the hottest day of the year so far on 19th April 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The hottest April temperature in 70 years was recorded by the Met Office in London at 27 degrees Celsius.
Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images
Helen Housby and her England teammates celebrate winning the netball gold medal on day 11 of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games on 15th April 2018. Housby made history by netting the winning goal in the last second of the match, to make the score 52-51 and beat Australia to win England's first ever Commonwealth gold in netball.
Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images
This picture taken on 15th April 2018 shows Indonesian villagers releasing painted terrapin or saw-jawed turtles into an estuary at the mangrove conservation area in Tamiang district, Aceh province. The painted terrapin is a critically endangered species according to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images
A Somali refugee girl stands in a makeshift shelter at Dadaab refugee complex, in northeast Kenya, on 16th April 2018. The Dadaab refugee complex, which has some 235,269 refugees and asylum seekers in four camps about 80km from the Somali-Kenyan border, was established in 1991, according to UNHCR camp population statistics from January 2018.
Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images
Thomas Daley and Daniel Goodfellow of England compete in the men's synchronised 10m platform diving final on day nine of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Optus Aquatic Centre on 13th April 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia.
Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images
Rohingya refugees look for their belongings in New Delhi on 16th April 2018, following a fire that broke out at their camp and left around 200 people homeless. No casualties were reported after the fire ripped through the camp early in the morning of 15th April. The refugees living in New Delhi have fled persecution in Myanmar, with their numbers increasing following a brutal crackdown starting in September 2017 that saw hundreds of thousands pour into neighbouring Bangladesh.
Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP/Getty Images
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa lights the Eternal Flame of Freedom during Zimbabwe Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium on 18th April 2018 in Harare. Zimbabwe marked its first independence day without Robert Mugabe in power, with new leader Mnangagwa vowing to hold 'credible' elections and turn around the southern African country's moribund economy.
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