This Week in Pictures: April 7-13

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) speaks with Senator John Thune R-SD (C), and Senator Chuck Grassley R-IA (R), following a joint hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. On April 10
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg took personal responsibility for the leak of data on tens of millions of its users, while warning of an "arms race" against Russian disinformation during a high stakes face-to-face with US lawmakers.

A worker looks on as drones are used to pollinate pear blossoms at a pear farm in Cangzhou, Hebei province, China. April 9

A tanker has crashed into a historic Istanbul mansion on the Bosporus strait, severely damaging the building. April 7

Su-30SM multirole fighter jets from the Russian Knights aerobatic team and MiG-29 aircraft of The Swifts aerobatic team engage in a Victory Day Parade rehearsal at the Alabino training range.

South African majorettes salute as they parade near the house of Winnie Mandela, late anti-apartheid icon and ex-wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela, in Soweto, Johannesburg. April 8

A French protester uses a tennis racket to launch a teargas canister towards riot forces as clashes erupt during a police operation to raze the decade-old camp known as ZAD (Zone a Defendre - Zone to defend) at Notre-Dame-des-Landes, near the western city of Nantes. April 10

Hungarian women, wearing traditional costumes, fill their ballot papers at a polling station during Hungarian parliamentary elections in Veresegyhaz, Hungary. April 8

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill releases a bird celebrating the Annunciation, on the eve of Orthodox Easter at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia. April 7

Beatroot sowing in Russia's south.

Winston Churchill monument in London.

The bicycles of various bike-sharing services are seen at a vacant lot in Wuhan, Hubei province, China April 7, 2018.

Easter water fight in the Ukrainian city of Lviv.

Bikers hold a rally to celebrate the start of 2018 bike season in Russia's Krasnodar Region.

Syrian youths practice parkour in Aleppo, northern Syria. April 7

Rhythmic gymnast Izzah Amzam of Malaysia competes at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. April 11

A woman carrying a cat in a backpack stops to watch a demonstration in support of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Lisbon. April 9

Blooming crocuses, as a sign of the spring season, are pictured in Chocholowska valley in the Tatra Mountains near Zakopane, Poland. April 8

A woman with a child seen at the Mangup-Kale cave city in Crimea.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attend the Easter mass at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. April 7

Starlings are seen at their nesting box in a private garden in the town of Bobruisk, Belarus. April 8

FC Spartak Moscow players Nikola Maksimovich, Ilya Kutepov and Luis Adriano (from left to right) are celebrating their victory in the 25th round of the Russian Football Championship.

BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle seen during military drills in Russia's Chelyabinsk Region.

Students protest against Macron's university reform in front of Sorbonne university in Paris, France. April 10

Actress Nicolle Rochelle, who appeared on several episodes of "The Cosby Show," is detained as Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. April 9

Meter maids patroling Surfers Paradise on Gold Coast. The Gold Coast's iconic meter maids, famous for their flowing locks and gold bikinis, have accused Commonwealth Games organisers of booting them off the streets during the competition.

A girl jumps into the polluted waters of Manila bay while others swim to cool off from the intense heat within the slum area of the Baseco compound in Tondo, metro Manila, Philippines. April 11

A woman walks through a street of Valle de Angeles municipality, northeast Tegucigalpa. April 8

Devotees pull the chariot of God Bhairab during the Biska Festival, also known as Bisket Festival, in Bhaktapur, Nepal. April 10