The week in photos
People lay flowers at a memorial to Armenians killed by the Ottoman Turks, as they mark the centenary of what historians estimate to be the slaughter of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks, an event widely viewed by scholars as genocide.Sergei Grits/The Associated Press
A boat is seen in a house backyard at Ensenada town which is covered with ash from Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas city, Chile.Ivan Alvarado/Reuters
Mozambique national Emmanuel Sithole is attacked by men in Alexandra township in Johannesburg. He later died from his wounds.James Oatway
An Israeli soldier stands in a buttercup flower field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel, just outside the Gaza Strip.Amir Cohen/Reuters
Suspended Senator Mike Duffy arrives at the courthouse for his fraud and bribery trial in Ottawa.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Smoke rises during an air strike on an army weapons depot on a mountain overlooking Yemen's capital Sanaa.Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
Bakarwal nomad children are seen through a veil that covers their tent on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Bakarwals are nomadic herders of Jammu Kashmir state who wander in search of good pastures for their cattle.Dar Yasin/The Associated Press
A man washes his face outside a shelter for displaced foreigners near Johannesburg, South Africa. The South African army has been deployed to areas in that remain volatile after a spate of attacks targeting immigrants.Themba Hadebe/The Associated Press
A pro-Beijing protester tries to punch a pro-democracy demonstrator in Hong Kong outside the government building. Hong Kong's government announced a roadmap for leadership elections which offered no concessions to the city's democracy camp.Philippe Lopez/AFP / Getty Images
A rebel fighter fires his weapon at the frontline during a battle to unite rebel factions against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Jobar, a suburb of Damascus.Amer Almohibany/Reuters
View from Frutillar, southern Chile, of lava spewing from the Calbuco volcano. Authorities ordered an evacuation for a 10-kilometer (six-mile) radius around the volcano.Martin ernetti/AFP / Getty Images
Aboubakar Soumahoro from the Ivory Coast, a member of the association "Sans-Papiers" in Italy, cries during a demonstration of asylum seekers in front of the Italian parliament in Rome.Gabriel Bouys/AFP / Getty Images