Week in pictures: From a bridge collapse in the US to a protest in Brussels

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View of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, US, March 26

View of the Dali cargo vessel, which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, US. [Nathan Howard/Reuters]

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Abducted students reunite with their parents in Nigeria and gang violence continues in Haiti.

A swarm of bees attack a drunk man during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Guwahati, India, Monday

A swarm of bees attack a man during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, in Guwahati, India. [Anupam Nath/AP Photo]

Farmers again block Brussels to protest EU policies

Police move in to clear a demonstration of farmers near the European Council building in Brussels. Dozens of tractors sealed off streets close to the European Union headquarters where the 27 EU agriculture ministers met to discuss the crisis in the sector, which has led to months of demonstrations across the bloc. [Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Photo]

Koranic students of an Islamic boarding school read the Koran on the day of "Nuzul Koran" or "Koran Revelation Day", on the 17th day of Ramadan that the first verse of the Koran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 28

Quranic students of an Islamic boarding school read the Quran on the day of Nuzul Quran or Quran Revelation Day, on the 17th day of Ramadan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters]

Belen, a migrant from Colombia, holds her five-year-old daughter Sofia as they stare towards a fire in the dry riverbed of the Rio Grande while searching for an entry point into the United States along the international boundary between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, March 27

Belen, a migrant from Colombia, holds her five-year-old daughter Sofia as they stare towards a fire in the dry riverbed of the Rio Grande while searching for an entry point into the US along the international boundary between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. [Adrees Latif/Reuters]

People look for salvageable pieces from burned cars at a mechanic shop that was set on fire during violence by armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 25

People look for salvageable pieces from burned cars at a mechanic shop that was set on fire during violence by armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo]

A fireball errupts during Isreali bombardment on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 26

A fireball errupts during Israeli bombardment on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. [Said Khatib/AFP]

Volunteers and students of Kyiv State Arts Academy clear the rubble after the Academy was partly ruined during the Russian missile attack a few days ago in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday

Volunteers and students of Kyiv State Arts Academy clear the rubble after it was partly ruined during a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo]

A woman reacts as she sees recently freed students of the LEA Primary and Secondary School upon arrival in Kuriga to reunite with their parents in Kuriga, Nigeria, Thursday, March 28

A woman reacts as she sees recently freed students of the LEA Primary and Secondary School upon arrival in Kuriga to reunite with their parents. Nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state have been released more than two weeks after they were seized from their school. [Olalekan Richard/AP Photo]

A man holds a rifle as he rests on a bench along with a woman at HaShalom train station, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 29

A man holds a rifle while resting on a bench, along with a woman at HaShalom train station in Tel Aviv, Israel. [Hannah McKay/Reuters]

A person takes part in a baptism in the ocean on Good Friday in Durban, South Africa, March 29

A person takes part in baptism in the ocean on Good Friday in Durban, South Africa. [Rogan Ward/Reuters]

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