Week in pictures: 27 April - 3 May

NOTTINGHAM, THURSDAY:

Nigel Farage

ST PETERSBURG, SUNDAY: A polar bear shakes itself dry at St Petersburg Zoo.

LEEDS, TUESDAY:

Ann Maguire was fatally stabbed

DONETSK, THURSDAY:

armed separatist uprising

SHEFFIELD, WEDNESDAY: Ronnie O'Sullivan awaits his turn as Shaun Murphy takes the table during the quarter final match of the World Snooker Championship.

VATICAN, SUNDAY: Hundreds of bishops gather at St Peter's Square as Pope Francis proclaims two of his predecessors, Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, saints of the Roman Catholic Church.

LOUISVILLE, WEDNESDAY: A woman helps her father salvage items from his home, which was destroyed by a tornado earlier in the week. Deadly tornadoes tore through Mississippi, leaving more than two dozen dead.

TOKYO, TUESDAY: Little boys play under colourful carp streamers in Sagamihara, suburban Tokyo, ahead of Children's Day in Japan.

ALEPPO, THURSDAY: Syrian rescue workers carry the body of a woman following air strikes, reportedly by government forces, in the Halak neighbourhood of Aleppo. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 33 civilians were killed in the attack.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY: Commuters face a second day of disruption as Tube workers strike over plans to close ticket offices on the London Underground.