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Photos Of The Week -- April 7-13

From "Titanic" images to Kyrgyz teddy bears, Arab unrest, and stunning ocean gyres.
An image from NASA's "Perpetual Oceans" project showing currents, gyres, and eddies of the world's oceans. (courtesy of NASA/SVS)
1 An image from NASA's "Perpetual Oceans" project showing currents, gyres, and eddies of the world's oceans. (courtesy of NASA/SVS)
A teddy bear hangs out to dry in Ak-Ordo, on the outskirts of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on April 11.
2 A teddy bear hangs out to dry in Ak-Ordo, on the outskirts of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on April 11.
A Syrian refugee runs with an opposition flag during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad outside the Syrian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, on April 13. (Reuters/Ali Jarekji)
4 A Syrian refugee runs with an opposition flag during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad outside the Syrian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, on April 13. (Reuters/Ali Jarekji)
Activists of Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf and religious students pray in Islamabad for avalanche victims, including 127 Pakistani soldiers, to show solidarity with victims and their families on April 11.
5 Activists of Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf and religious students pray in Islamabad for avalanche victims, including 127 Pakistani soldiers, to show solidarity with victims and their families on April 11.
German Princess Maja von Hohenzollern looks out from a dog kennel during her visit on April 11 to the Sirius shelter outside the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, where some 1,600 stray dogs and cats are housed. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
6 German Princess Maja von Hohenzollern looks out from a dog kennel during her visit on April 11 to the Sirius shelter outside the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, where some 1,600 stray dogs and cats are housed. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
Afghan National Army soldiers raise their national flag next to the French flag during a transition ceremony at a Surobi military facility on April 12. (AFP/Johannes Eisele)
7 Afghan National Army soldiers raise their national flag next to the French flag during a transition ceremony at a Surobi military facility on April 12. (AFP/Johannes Eisele)
A Sikh devotee takes a holy dip in the sarover (water tank) at the Sikh Shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, on April 12. (AFP/Narinder Nanu)
8 A Sikh devotee takes a holy dip in the sarover (water tank) at the Sikh Shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, on April 12. (AFP/Narinder Nanu)
Syrian refugees go about their daily lives at the Oncupinar refugee camp in Kilis, Turkey, near the Syrian border, on April 11. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)
9 Syrian refugees go about their daily lives at the Oncupinar refugee camp in Kilis, Turkey, near the Syrian border, on April 11. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)
A woman walks down Andriyivsky Descent, a historic tourist site in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 12. (Reuters/Anatoly Stepanov)
10 A woman walks down Andriyivsky Descent, a historic tourist site in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 12. (Reuters/Anatoly Stepanov)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stands with military officers and government officials during the unveiling ceremony on April 13 of bronze statues of his grandfather, Kim Il Sung (left statue), and his father, Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang. (Reuters/Bobby Yip
11 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stands with military officers and government officials during the unveiling ceremony on April 13 of bronze statues of his grandfather, Kim Il Sung (left statue), and his father, Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang. (Reuters/Bobby Yip
Ethiopian Orthodox worshipers attend the "Washing of the Feet" ceremony at the Ethiopian section of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on April 12. (Reuters/Ammar Awad)
12 Ethiopian Orthodox worshipers attend the "Washing of the Feet" ceremony at the Ethiopian section of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on April 12. (Reuters/Ammar Awad)
A Palestinian protester runs as Israeli soldiers fire tear gas during clashes at an April 13 demonstration against the expropriation of land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum.
13 A Palestinian protester runs as Israeli soldiers fire tear gas during clashes at an April 13 demonstration against the expropriation of land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum.
Girls train in a Taekwondo Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 12. (Reuters/Bobby Yip)
14 Girls train in a Taekwondo Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 12. (Reuters/Bobby Yip)
A projection of the "RMS Titanic" on a 500-meter-long iceberg in the Northern Polar Sea of Greenland on April 13. (EPA/Mike Kessler)
15 A projection of the "RMS Titanic" on a 500-meter-long iceberg in the Northern Polar Sea of Greenland on April 13. (EPA/Mike Kessler)
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