Here are some of the most striking images from around the world over the past week.
Female students practice taekwondo during a training session in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 1, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
A woman walks past giant teddy bears outside a restaurant in Paris, France, March 3, 2021. Giant teddy bears are seen at a restaurant which offers take away services in Paris. Restaurants, bars and cafes have been all forced to shut down when the country entered into its second lockdown on Oct 30, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Girls show off fashion creations in a warm-up for International Women's Day in Minsk, Belarus on March 5, 2021. Events and festivities will be held on Monday to celebrate the social, economic and political achievements of women around the world. [Photo/Xinhua]
An ice- and snow-covered Niagara Falls is seen at the base of the Canadian side of the falls in Ontario, Canada on March 2, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Volcanic material spews from Mount Merapi, viewed from Kaliurang, Yogyakarta, Indonesia on March 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at a courthouse in Paris on March 1, 2021. A French court convicted Sarkozy on charges of corruption and influence peddling and handed him a three-year prison sentence, including two years suspended. Sarkozy, who led France from 2007 to 2012, has 10 days to appeal the ruling. [Photo/Xinhua]
People gather on high ground in Whangarei, New Zealand, March 5, 2021. The New Zealand government on Friday announced to lift evacuation orders and asked "all people who evacuated can now return" after three strong offshore quakes jolted the North Island one after another overnight. [Photo by Skykiwi/Handout via Xinhua]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the unveiling of the installation "Pandemic Classroom", a model classroom made up of 168 empty desks, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 2, 2021, to call attention to the need for governments to prioritize the reopening of schools. [Photo/Xinhua]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala addresses a meeting of the World Trade Organization's General Council in Geneva, Switzerland on March 1, 2021. The World Trade Organization's first female and first African Director General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, officially took office on Monday, ending a six-month "leaderless" period for the organization after former chief Roberto Azevedo stepped down on Aug 31, 2020 a year ahead of schedule. [Photo/Xinhua]
Montenegrin Health Minister Jelena Borovinic Bojovic and Chinese Ambassador to Montenegro Liu Jin attend a handover ceremony of China's Sinopharm vaccines in Podgorica, Montenegro on March 3, 2021. The first batch of Sinopharm vaccines donated by China arrived Wednesday. [Photo/Xinhua]
