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Photos of the week

Our top photos from the past week.

The royal wedding

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married in a dazzling ceremony that blended English ritual with African American culture, infusing the British monarchy with a blast of modernity.

Deadly high school shooting in Texas

A 17-year-old student armed with a shotgun and pistol opened fire in a Santa Fe high school, killing eight fellow students and two teachers, and wounding at least 13 others.

Meghan's royal wedding dress

Meghan Markle picked a sleek sculpted dress by British designer Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy, worn with a five-meter long veil and a sparkling diamond tiara lent by Queen Elizabeth.

Royal procession

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tour the town of Windsor in a 19th-century open horse-drawn coach after their wedding ceremony.

Royal wedding guests

Guests arrive at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

What the wedding guests wore

Guests show off their style at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Watching the royal wedding

Royal fans around the world watch the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Countdown to the royal wedding

Scenes from Windsor on the eve of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Fiery plane crash in Cuba

More than 100 people were killed in a fiery crash of a Boeing 737 passenger plane in Cuba, with just three seriously injured survivors in hospital after being pulled from the wreckage, officials and state media said.

Renewed protests on Gaza-Israel border

Palestinians continue demonstrations on the Gaza-Israel border, less than a week after the bloodiest day for Palestinians in years when 60 were killed by Israeli gunfire.

REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

A Gaza photographer in “a place of death”

Abu Mustafa, who has spent nearly half his 35 years as a professional photographer covering a small place like the Gaza Strip. His home. And his subject.  Full Coverage 

REUTERS/Ann Wang

Myanmar hills embrace silkworms over poppies

With the price of opium falling, Myanmar farmers are turning to other crops like silkworms to turn a quicker profit.  Full Coverage 

REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Family reunited at U.S.-Mexico border

Hundreds of families with mixed immigration status are reunited with relatives in a "hugs not walls" meeting on the U.S.-Mexico border.  Full Coverage 

REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Back to school for Thailand's elderly

Seniors in Thailand are going back to school, a way to fight loneliness at a time when changing demographics mean more elderly people are living alone.  Full Coverage 

REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Refugees brave river crossing to Greece

Two years after a sea passage used in a mass migration wave from Turkey to Greece's islands was effectively sealed, more and more refugees are re-discovering an old smugglers' route through the Evros river border splitting the two countries.  Full Coverage