THIS WEEKWORLD



THIS WEEKWORLD

UNITED STATES

Protestors against the large amount of money deployed in politics demonstrate on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on April 18

AFGHANISTAN

A security vehicle patrols the Taliban attack site in Kabul on April 19. The death toll had risen to 28 as of April 20 while more than 300 were wounded in the bombing and gunfight near the presidential palace

JAPAN

Firefighters inspect damaged homes in the Kumamon Prefecture of Kyushu Island on April 17. At least 41 were killed and 3,000 wounded during the earthquake and aftershocks that jolted the city since April 14

QATAR

Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi (center) arrives at a convention center in Doha on April 17 where oil-producing countries met to discuss a possible production freeze to counter low oil prices. However, attendees failed to come to an agreement

CUBA

Raul Castro delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in Havana on April 19 when he was re-elected as the first secretary of the Central Committee of the PCC

ZAMBIA

Locals loot a shop in the capital Lusaka on April 19 as attacks on foreign-owned shops in the city have spread