Photos of the week: Stephen Hawking tributes, Sharjah jet crash, Dubai world record

Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik gives final touches to a sculpture in honour of British physicist and award-winning author Stephen Hawking at Puri beach, some 65 kms from Bhubaneswar on March 14, 2018. Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, died on March 14th aged 76. Photo credit: Getty Images

Mourners carry the coffin of Liana Hananel, one of the victims of a private jet accident, during her funeral ceremony at Arnavutkoy Jewish cemetery in Istanbul on March 15, 2018. All 11 people on board the private Turkish plane that crashed on March 11, 2018 died as reported by Iranian state media. Photo credit: Getty Images

Wasl Asset Management Group has broken a Guinness World Records title for the largest aerial projection screen, in celebration of the ‘Year of Zayed 2018’. The aerial screen measuring 42.15 metres in width and 92.49 metres in length soared across Dubai’s skyline with a projection that displayed a short film about ‘Year of Zayed’, Photo credit: Dubai Media Office

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Ismail Abu Riyala, a young Palestinian fisherman, during his funeral in Gaza City on March 15, 2018, two weeks after he was killed in a disputed incident. Israel argued his boat had strayed outside Gaza’s designated fishing zone and fired upon it, but the Palestinian fishing union denied this. Photo credit: Getty Images

A James Logan High School student holds a sign during a walk out demonstration on March 14, 2018 in Union City, California. Students across the nation walked out of their classrooms at 10 a.m. across time zones for 17 minutes to show solidarity for the 17 killed in the Valentine’s Day attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and to make a nationwide appeal for changes in gun laws. Photo credit: Getty Images

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