Here are some of the most striking images from around the world over the past week.
People ride a bike past the Belem Tower in Lisbon, Portugal, April 5, 2021. Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Monday called for "a national effort by all to avoid setbacks" at the beginning of the second phase of the country's de-confinement program. [Photo/Xinhua]
People march to protest against anti-Asian hate crimes on Brooklyn Bridge in New York, the United States, April 4, 2021. A big "Stop Asian Hate" rally and march was held here on Sunday. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on April 5, 2021 shows the sunken ferry being salvaged following an accident in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. The death toll of Sunday's ferry sinking in the Shitalakkhya River near Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has risen to 26 Monday afternoon, after another 21 bodies were retrieved, an official said. [Photo/Xinhua]
Ticket machines are pictured in Termini train station in Rome, Italy, April 3, 2021. Italy is spending Easter in lockdown after the government made the whole nation a COVID-19 "red zone" from Saturday to Easter Monday. [Photo/Xinhua]
Participants dance at the Spring Ball in the Victory Museum in Moscow, Russia, on April 3, 2021. More than 200 participants from different cities of Russia gathered here to attend the traditional Spring Ball on Saturday. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on April 1, 2021 shows the cherry blossoms in Chidorigafuchi, in Tokyo, Japan. [Photo/Xinhua]
A volunteer paints red hearts representing the victims who died of COVID-19 on the National COVID Memorial Wall outside St Thomas' Hospital in London, Britain, on March 31, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A ship is seen after sailing through Suez Canal as traffic resumes after a container ship that blocked the waterway was refloated, in Ismailia, Egypt, March 30, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
