The week in pictures

Pyongyang is on an Olympics-linked publicity drive and has sent a troupe of performers, hundreds of female cheerleaders, and the sister of leader Kim Jong-Un to the South | AFP

Emergency workers were still pulling bodies from the 12-storey apartment block after its lower floors pancaked during the quake on February 6, 2018 | AFP

A picture taken on February 7, 2018 shows smoke plumes rising following a reported regime air strike in the rebel-held town of Arbin, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus | AFP

Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi gestures during a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) public rally ahead of state legislative assembly election in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura on February 8, 2018. The legislative assembly election is scheduled to be held on February 18 | Shilajit Kar Bhowmik/Dhaka Tribune

Maldivian Police officers stand guard near the MDP (Maldives Democratic Party) opposition party headquarters after Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency for 15 days, in Male, Maldives February 6, 2018 | Reuters

A man is seen running after an air raid in the besieged town of Douma in eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, February 6, 2018 | Reuters

Israeli security forces walk next to the remains of an F-16 Israeli war plane near the Israeli village of Harduf, Israel February 10, 2018 | Reuters

Note: During the same holidays in 2017, the number of visitors from China was hit by a Thai government crackdown on budget tourism and the mourning period for the country’s late king. Women stand to buy curios in front of a shop in Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand February 4, 2018 | Reuters

Carnival revellers celebrate "Weiberfastnacht" (Women's Carnival) in Cologne, Germany February 8, 2018, marking the start of a week of street festivals with the highlight "Rosenmontag", Rose Monday processions | Reuters

Carnival revellers celebrate "Weiberfastnacht" (Women's Carnival) in Cologne, Germany February 8, 2018, marking the start of a week of street festivals with the highlight "Rosenmontag", Rose Monday processions | Reuters

A reveller dances as he parades along a street at the Carnival of Jacmel, Haiti, February 4, 2018 | Reuters

A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival in Venice, Italy, February 4, 2018 | Reuters

A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival in Venice, Italy, February 4, 2018 | Reuters