Photos this week: March 20-27, 2025
Family members of Jason Gomez mourn for him during a vigil in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Sunday, March 23. A mass shooting in Las Cruces left Gomez and two other teenagers dead. Four people were arrested in connection with the shooting, which also injured 15, police said early Sunday. Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal/AP
Pope Francis makes a public appearance at a window of Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Sunday, March 23. He was discharged that day from the hospital, where he had been battling pneumonia in both of his lungs. Though the Pope looked frail and struggled to speak, he addressed the crowd outside the hospital, thanking them and acknowledging one woman in the crowd who was holding flowers. He also gave a blessing, though he appeared to have some difficulty raising his arms. Oliver Weiken/Sophanise Diego, a tabby bi-color Persian cat, is photographed in a studio during a cat show in Preston, England, on Saturday, March 22.Alabama's Karly Weathers, left, shoots over two Maryland players during their NCAA Tournament game on Monday, March 24. Maryland won 111-108 in double overtime to advance to the tournament's Sweet Sixteen.Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land," is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba on Tuesday, March 25. The day before, Ballal was attacked by a mob of Israeli settlers in front of his home in the village of Susya. Afterward, he and two other Palestinians were taken away by Israeli soldiers and detained. The Israeli military accused Ballal of throwing stones at soldiers and said that he had been detained on suspicion of rock hurling, property damage and endangering regional security. Ballal disputes the military's interpretation of the events. Attacks on Palestinian farmers and activists in the occupied West Bank are not new. But the ferocity of the attack – and Ballal's subsequent detention – made him feel that the settlers – and the Israeli military – were taking revenge for the film and its international reach, he told CNN. Leo Correa/AP
Asparagus is covered in foil as Marko Kabitschke, head of vegetable production at the Unterspreewald agricultural cooperative, works in a field in Brandenburg, Germany, in this aerial photo taken on Thursday, March 20. Patrick Pleul/A wildfire spreads along mountain slopes in Uiseong, South Korea, on Monday, March 24. South Korea is struggling to contain wildfires ravaging the country's southeast after more than two dozen blazes broke out over the weekend. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images
Packed Buddha statues are secured on a trailer's cargo bed as they're moved to safety in Andong, South Korea, on Wednesday, March 26. The statues are from Andong's Bongjeongsa Temple, which was under threat because of the country's wildfires. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images
Emma Wilkins, a 10-year-old who was kneeling down in front of state lawmakers and chanting 'stop attacking my friends,' is asked to go back to her seat as a House committee votes on a bill in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, March 26. The committee approved a bill that would let schools block undocumented children from enrolling, according to The Tennessean. Nicole Hester/The Tennessean/USA Today Network/Imagn Images
Firefighters extinguish a fire at the North Hyde electrical substation in Hayes, England, on Friday, March 21. The fire disrupted the local power supply, causing a shutdown at nearby Heathrow Airport that affected hundreds of flights around the world. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
Amir Khan, student manager of the McNeese State men's basketball team, celebrates with the team after it upset Clemson in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, March 20. Khan, nicknamed 'Aura,' has become famous for being the team's most vociferous hype-man, rapping with the players and holding a boombox as they exit from the tunnel. Ben Solomon/American skiing legend Lindsey Vonn celebrates her second-place finish in a World Cup super-G race in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Sunday, March 23. The podium spot concluded Vonn's comeback season at the age of 40. She came out of retirement this season after a partial knee replacement. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images
A woman takes a photograph of the empty spot where a painting of President Donald Trump used to be at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Tuesday, March 25. The painting, which was hanging with other presidential portraits, was taken down after Trump claimed that his was 'purposefully distorted,' according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. David Zalubowski/AP
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