It’s never been easier to keep up with what’s going on in the world. The news is everywhere – in our Facebook feeds, on the morning commute, during that lazy half hour before you switch off the TV and go to bed. But the tide of global affairs is often more upsetting than uplifting and it can be tempting to bury our heads in the sand. As the saying goes: a picture is worth a thousand words, so to offer a different perspective we've rounded up seven of the most memorable images of the last seven days' events, captured by the best photojournalists on the planet.
Members of the Battery Belles and Buoys, a wild sea swimming group that swim every day at the Battery Rocks in Penzance, take a dip in the sea as heavy snow arrives on 28th February 2018 in Cornwall, England. Freezing weather conditions dubbed the 'Beast from the East' have brought snow and sub-zero temperatures to the UK. Amber warnings were in place in northern England, the East Midlands, London, the east and southeast of England. Scotland's weather warning was upgraded to red, which means risk to life, widespread damage, travel and power disruption are likely.
Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Walton the dog gets a lift on a sledge on 1st March 2018 in the Abbeyhill area of Edinburgh, Scotland. People have been warned not to make unnecessary journeys as the Met Office issues a red weather warning for parts of Wales and southwest England following the one currently in place in Scotland.
Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images
The Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft is seen as it descends with Expedition 54 crew members Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of NASA and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin on 28th February 2018 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Acaba, Vande Hei and Misurkin are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 53 and 54 crews onboard the International Space Station.
Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images
A woman holds an AR-15 rifle during a ceremony at the World Peace and Unification Sanctuary on 28th February 2018 in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania. The controversial church, which is led by the son of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, believes the AR-15 symbolises the 'rod of iron' in the biblical book of Revelation, and it has encouraged couples to bring the weapons to a 'commitment ceremony' or 'Perfection Stage Book of Life Registration Blessing'. The semiautomatic rifles are similar to the weapon used in a Florida high school shooting on 14th February.
This picture taken on 27th February 2018 shows villagers dressed in traditional costume as they prepare to perform during the She Huo festival in Longxian, Shaanxi province. Villagers in northern China wake up before dawn to paint their faces with pinkish makeup, don colourful robes and wield swords to represent legendary figures for the She Huo festival, a unique event capping Chinese New Year celebrations.
Photo by FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images
Indian students smear coloured powder during an event to celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi in Kolkata on 26th February 2018. Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colours is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on 1st March this year.
Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images
Angels paying tribute at the memorial for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Sunday 25th February 2018, during an open house as parents and students returned to the school for the first time since 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at the school in Parkland on 14th February 2018.
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