Home Gallery Photos of the week: Egypt mourns blast victims, UAE launches space programme, Turkey referendum nears by Aarti Saundalkar April 13, 2017 Women mourn for the victims of the blast at the Coptic Christian Saint Mark’s church in Alexandria on April 9, 2017. Egypt imposed a state of emergency after ISIL bombings killed dozens at two churches in the deadliest attacks in recent memory on the country’s Coptic Christian minority. Photo credit: Getty Images Members of the Quebracho Patriotic Revolutionary Movement demonstrate against United States interference in the crises in Syria and Venezuela, outside the US Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo credit: Getty Images A woman carries her niece who is suffering from an undiagnosed disease and cannot walk or talk, as she makes her way to a food distribution point in west Mosul, Iraq, on April 12, 2017. Despite being completely surrounded, ISIL are continuing to put up stiff resistance to Iraqi forces who are now having to engage in house to house fighting as they battle to retake Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul. Photo credit: Getty Images Supporters wave Turkey’s national flag during a campaign for the “yes” vote in a constitutional referendum in Istanbul on April 12, 2017. Turks will vote on April 16, 2017 on whether to change the current parliamentary system into an executive presidency. Photo credit: Getty Images UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, are pictured at the launch of the UAE National Space Programme on April 13, 2017. The move is part of the UAE’s ambitious mission to reach Mars in 2021 and build the first settlement on the red planet in 2117. Photo credit: sheikhmohammed.ae Dancers perform a traditional dance during celebrations marking Thingyan, a water festival which brings in Myanmar’s New Year in Yangon on April 13, 2017. The four Southeast Asian nations of Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos celebrated the start of the Buddhist New Year. Photo credit: Getty Images 0 Comments