Volcanoes, garbage ... what a week in pictures

Chile's Calbuco volcano spews a giant funnel of ash into the sky.

The 'Colour Run 2015' in Paris on April 19.

Steve Spowart tries to help a horse stranded in barbed wire in near Dungog.

Flash flooding devastated NSW after a massive storm hit the state on Tuesday.

Russian soldiers march during a rehearsal of the Victory Day Parade in Alabino on April 22, 2015. The parade takes place on Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany.

April 22 marked Earth Day, a day to raise awareness and promote practices for sustainability and protection of the Earth's natural environment. Here, an Indian boy roams a garbage dump yard in Gauhati – we clearly have a long way to go.

April 19 marked the 2,768th anniversary of the founding of Rome, which saw thousands attending a parade in Rome, creating a fantastic scene that could have been straight out of Ovid's pages.

A thick layer of sand covers the skate park at Bondi Beach following wild storms in NSW.

Local residents and rescue workers help a migrant woman after a boat carrying migrants sank off the island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on April 20.

Zulu protesters violently demonstrated against foreign migrants in the Jeppestown district of Johannesburg on April 17.

Smoke billowing from the Villarrica volcano, some 800 km south of Santiago.

A mother of three mourns the loss of her young children, who were tragically killed when the car she was driving careered into a west Melbourne lake on April 8.

A member of the '9th Battalion AIF Living History Unit' from Rockhampton stands in silence during a wreath laying ceremony on April 20, in Longreach, Australia.

Family and friends gathering to farewell slain teacher Stephanie Scott in 2015.

The conflict in Syria continues, leaving neighbourhoods like this in complete ruin.

The Boston Marathon was run again this April, marking two years since the fatal bombings.

Fans at Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival flock to see Alabama Shakes perform, while Papilio Merraculous art installation by Poetic Kinetics watches on.

The Royal baby countdown is in full swing, with fans already camping out in their best Union Jack apparel.

Brides of the Pal community take a selfie before a mass marriage ceremony for Akshaya Tritiya festival in Bhopal, India. The day is believed to be the most sacred day of marriages in Hindu mythology and more than 35,000 weddings take place.

Honoree and Comedian Amy Schumer pretends to trip and fall in front of honorees Kim Kardashian and Kanye West as they attend the Time 100 Gala. They didn’t seem terribly concerned.

White memorial crosses are pictured as part of a Field of Remembrance at Wellington Botanic Gardens.

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