
In Focus
The Week in Pictures: April 19 - 26
Trump-Macron bromance blossoms, migrants reach U.S.-Mexico border, royal baby prince arrives, and more.

Personal touch
President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron walk down the colonnade at the White House in Washington on April 24, 2018.
Trump and Macron put their warm bromance on full public display Tuesday, engaging in frequent PDAs at the that revealed how friendly they have grown since a tense meeting last spring.




Northbound
Central American migrants ride a north-bound train known as "La Bestia," or The Beast, as they arrive to Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico, on April 21. About 130 Central Americans, mostly women and children, arrived at the U.S. border with Mexico this week in a "caravan" of asylum-seeking immigrants that has drawn the fury of President Donald Trump.

Striking a pose
First lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, prepare to have their picture taken on a visit to the estate of the first U.S. President George Washington in Mount Vernon, Virginia, on April 23.
Photos — 'He is perfect': Trump welcomes Macron during first state visit





Border battle
Palestinian protesters burn tires during clashes near the border with Israel east of Gaza City on April 20. Israeli soldiers firing Friday from across a border fence killed four Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, and wounded more than 150, health officials said, as several thousands of people in blockaded Gaza staged a fourth round of weekly protests on the border with Israel.

First lady farewell
Former Presidents George W. Bush, left, and George H.W. Bush arrive at St. Martin's Episcopal Church for a funeral service for former first lady Barbara Bush in Houston on April 21. Married for 73 years, the Bushes were the longest-married presidential couple in U.S. history. Barbara Bush was 92 when she died on April 17 at their Houston home.
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Fleeing war
A child looks through a window as residents from the town of Dumayr are evacuated by bus to the city of Azaz, Syria, on April 20.
Syria's central government has taken back control of dozens of towns and villages around the capital in recent weeks following a ferocious military campaign against rebels in the eastern Ghouta suburbs.
Rebels in Ghouta surrendered their towns in quick succession — then handed over a separate town, Dumayr, further afield from Damascus, this week.

Toronto attack
Farzad Salehi consoles his wife, Mehrsa Marjani, who was at a nearby cafe and witnessed the aftermath when a van plowed down a crowded sidewalk, killing multiple people and injuring others in Toronto on April 23. A 25-year-old in a rented van killed 10 people and injured 15 in what appeared to witnesses and the city's police chief as a deliberate attack.



Catalan color
Yellow roses cover a memorial for jailed Catalan separatists during the feast of Sant Jordi in Barcelona on April 23. Many Catalan this year used the holiday to make a political statement.