This Week in Pictures: 30 March - 5 April

Models show off clothes from the new collection of designer Julia Dalakian at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia in the Central Exhibition Hall "Manege".

The Kourou launch site in French Guiana. The Soyuz-ST rocket carrier with a Fregat upper stage with 4 O3b satellites of the global Internet SES project was launched into orbit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the opening ceremony of a Daimler Mercedes-Benz car factory.

Northern lights in the vicinity of the river Ury in the Murmansk region.

Honour guards prepare for the welcome ceremony of Cambodia's army chief Hun Manet at the Thai Army headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.

A burning barricade is pictured as Catalonia's pro-independence protesters attend a demonstration against a gathering planned by Spain's far-right party VOX in Barcelona, Spain.

Residents of Kharkov in a polling station during voting in the presidential election in Ukraine.

Young residents of San Nicolas de Los Ranchos, in Puebla state, Mexico with their bodies painted with oil and wearing masks parade and dance as "Xinacates" in the town's traditional carnival.

A performance by a participant at the festival of extreme sports "Breakthrough" at a small Luzhniki sports arena in Moscow.

Dancers of the Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise attend a rehearsal at the Tisch Skylights inside the new arts centre The Shed at Hudson Yards during a media preview in New York City.

Kashmiri Muslim women react upon seeing a relic believed to be hair from the beard of Prophet Muhammad during Meeraj-un-Nabi, a festival that marks the ascension of Prophet Muhammad to Heaven, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar.

Performers before the Dubai World Cup, a thoroughbred horse race at the Meydan Racecourse, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Candidates for this year's "Binibining Pilipinas" (Miss Philippines) beauty pageant perform as they are presented to the media in suburban Quezon City, northeast of Manila, Philippines.

A cherry tree blossom along the Tidal Basin, in Washington.

Participants of the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum 2019 in the Siberia International Exhibition and Business Centre.

Supporters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) wave a flag from a car picturing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they celebrate during a rally near the headquarters of the conservative AKP party in Istanbul after the non-definitive results of the local elections to elect the mayors for 30 large metropolitan cities, 51 provincial capitals, and 922 districts.

Tightrope walkers balance on a rope in front of the Emmaus Monastery on the side-lines of a press conference by the Czech minister of health in support of people with mental illness in Prague, Czech Republic.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (2nd L) inspecting the Samjiyon Potato Farina Production Factory in Samjiyon County.

A Palestinian man carries a burning tyre during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration marking "Land Day", near the Israeli Jewish settlement of Beit El in the occupied West Bank. "Land Day" marks an incident in 1976 when Israeli troops shot and killed six people during protests against land confiscations.

An artist of the “Comic Trust” theatre Igor Sladkevich with the performance “Audience” on St. Isaac’s Square in St. Petersburg.

Participants during a performance in the final of the beauty contest "Miss International Mini 2019" in Moscow.