The Week in Photos

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A police officer sprays a fire extinguisher over cooking oil covering the road outside Taipei Railway Station after anti-nuclear demonstrators were removed from the area in Taipei, April 28, 2014. Taiwan police used water cannon to dislodge hundreds of overnight sit-in demonstrators, demanding the scrapping of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, one of the most controversial issues to have gripped the island for 30 years.

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A police officer sprays a fire extinguisher over cooking oil covering the road outside Taipei Railway Station after anti-nuclear demonstrators were removed from the area in Taipei, April 28, 2014. Taiwan police used water cannon to dislodge hundreds of overnight sit-in demonstrators, demanding the scrapping of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, one of the most controversial issues to have gripped the island for 30 years.
Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images
An armed man in military fatigues poses for a photograph with a child as he stands guard outside a regional administration building seized in the night by pro-Russian separatists, in Kostyantynivka, April 28, 2014.
Vasily Mazimov/AFP/Getty Images
Udomsak Ratanotayo, left, and Suttinan Boonsomkiat wear storm trooper costumes while donating blood at the Thai Red Cross in Bangkok, April 28, 2014. Thai Star Wars fans will donate blood and give toys at an orphanage as part of a promotional campaign.
Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo
A U.S. flag and nuns are reflected in the window of the Popemobile as Pope Francis leaves after the canonization ceremony of John XXIII and John Paul II in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 27, 2014.
Max Rossi/Reuters
Tulips, already beginning to peak, frame the U.S. Capitol in Washington, April 27, 2014.
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo
Spanky and Rocky take part in the Fiesta Pooch parade and contest, April 26, 2014, in San Antonio. The annual event is part of the Fiesta San Antonio celebration.
Eric Gay/AP Photo