Around the World With the Week's Best Photos

In a nod to the street artist Banksy and his graffiti work "There Is Always Hope," a 9-year-old girl released a heart-shaped balloon in London's Parliament Square to mark the third anniversary of the Syrian conflict.

Locals wore masks after an East Harlem explosion in NYC led to the partial collapse of two buildings.

People gathered in Denver for CannaSearch, the state's first job fair for positions in the marijuana industry.

Michelle Obama teamed up with Kermit the Frog during a Washington DC screening of Muppets Most Wanted for military families.

The traditional Carnival parade in Viareggio, Italy, brought out big crowds and big floats.

Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius had his head in his hands during the trial in Pretoria, South Africa, where he pleaded not guilty to murdering his girlfriend.

In Natori, Japan, a memorial was held on the third anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that took more than 18,000 lives.

During the reburial ceremony for World War I soldiers in Loos-en-Gohelle, France, Stephen McLeod — the great stepnephew of a WWI soldier — looked at the headstones in Loos British Cemetery.

Yorkshire terriers were groomed during the 2014 Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, England.

Students from an international school in China lit candles to pray for the passengers of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Zhuji, China.