Week in pictures: 23–29 April

SATURDAY, ENGLAND:

SUNDAY, ENGLAND:

A barefoot runner dressed as Jesus appears to be struggling during the London Marathon.

SUNDAY, GREECE: A child refugee blows soap bubbles at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border.

MONDAY, GERMANY: US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel test virtual reality glasses at the ifm electronics stand at the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair.

TUESDAY, GERMANY:

Cows stand on a snowy meadow in southern Germany. A low pressure zone over northern and eastern Europe brought polar air with cold temperatures and snow to southern parts of the country.

TUESDAY, ENGLAND: A banner is hung from Liverpool's Saint George's Hall and illuminated in red after the Hillsborough inquest's verdict of unlawful killing.

WEDNESDAY, ENGLAND:

A bare-chested Tyson Fury addresses a press conference at Manchester Arena.

Ken Livingstone

In a series of performances reminiscent of a Fawlty Towers episode, Ken Livingstone seemed unable to appear in public without alluding to Adolf Hitler in some way. It all started during a seemingly harmless interview on the BBC, when the former mayor of London suggested Hitler had supported Zionism. The subsequent media backlash featured the veteran politician hiding in a disabled toilet to avoid questions on the subject and he was eventually suspended from the Labour Party for his comments. Despite this, Livingstone has continued to bring up Hitler in subsequent interviews about Fidel Castro, Keith Vaz and Syria.

THURSDAY, RUSSIA: A Russian rocket carrying satellites lifts off from the launch pad at the new Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Uglegorsk.