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De Standaard’s image editors select the most eye-catching news photos every week.
This week they received a visit from Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida in Washington. The White House staff and their vacuum cleaners worked at full speed to ensure the rose garden was in perfect order.
The Hague was visited by climate activist Greta Thunberg, who came to occupy the A12 during a climate protest by Extinction Rebellion and was reluctantly arrested twice by the police.
Lotte Kopecky enjoys a well-deserved drink after she gave our country a new winner of Paris-Roubaix after an impressive sprint.
The Standaard photographer Sebastian Steveniers saw on Monday how some employees of the tormented Van Hool were able to remain positive despite everything.
Also in the Vietnamese province of Bac Ninh, a river, the Cau, caused flooding and major damage. A woman rows past collapsed houses in her boat.
Near Lyman, the Ukrainian battle against the Russians rages on. Medical personnel from the Azov Brigade try to stabilize a wounded comrade-in-arms in a field hospital.
Back from not being away for so long. Conner Rousseau made his comeback to politics in the market of his home town of Sint-Niklaas. The Standaard photographer Fred Debrock saw it happen.
From the air you can see how many hundreds of believers in Jakarta do their morning prayers together on the day of Eid-al-Fitr. On Wednesday, Muslims all over the world celebrated the end of Ramadan.
In Gaza, however, this was no reason for Israel to restrain its continued violence. Also this week, the area and its citizens were bombarded with hundreds of bombs, such as here in a market in Gaza City.
In the United States, people were captivated by a complete solar eclipse that swept across the country. Many days in advance, people traveled to the place where the solar eclipse would be seen in its full glory.
Closer to home, De Standaard Photographer Kristof Vadino saw Brussels enjoy the first warm spring weather this year last weekend. Temperatures of up to 24 degrees are also predicted for tomorrow.
