It’s never been easier to keep up with what’s going on in the world. The news is everywhere – in our Facebook feeds, on the morning commute, during that lazy half hour before you switch off the TV and go to bed. But the tide of global affairs is often more upsetting than uplifting and it can be tempting to bury our heads in the sand. As the saying goes: a picture is worth a thousand words, so to offer a different perspective we've rounded up seven of the most memorable images of the last seven days' events, captured by the best photojournalists on the planet.
Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir celebrate their gold win in the ice dance, free dance of the figure skating event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on 20th February 2018.
Photo: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images
A woman tries to save her merchandise from the fire that affected the Nan Gerit market, also called Hyppolite market, in Port-au-Prince on 18th February 2018. The fire follows the February 13th blaze that ravaged the historic Iron Market.
Photo: HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images
Stormzy performs at the BRIT Awards 2018, held at The O2 Arena on 21st February 2018 in London, England.
Photo: Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images
Artists perform dragon dance under the molten iron fireworks at Beijing Happy Valley during the Chinese New Year holiday on 18th February 2018 in Beijing, China. Chinese people celebrate lunar new year from 16th February.
Photo: Fu Tian/Chinese News Service/VCG/Getty Images
Victoria Seltzer, 11, writes a passage on a cross set up in a makeshift memorial in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in memory of the 17 people that were killed on 14th February, on 21st February 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Police arrested 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz for the mass shooting at the high school.
Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Indonesian schoolchildren walk together at Sipandak elementary school in Tiga Pancur village in Karo, North Sumatra on 19th February 2018, as thick volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung volcano rises into the air following another eruption. Sinabung roared back to life in 2010 for the first time in 400 years and has remained highly active since.
Photo: ANTO SEMBIRING/AFP/Getty Images
Queen Elizabeth II sits next to Anna Wintour as they view Richard Quinn's runway show before presenting him with the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design as she visits London Fashion Week's BFC Show Space on 20th February 2018 in London, England.
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