Week(s) in Pictures

Demonstrators in Paris on March 5 protest labor agreements in France. The unemployment rate has risen for six consecutive quarters.

Last Cardinal arrives in the Vatican for the election of who will be the next Pope. 115 cardinals have met for the conclave in the next few weeks/

A tree decorated with colorful plastic Easter eggs is seen on February 28, 2013 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Riot police stand in line during a protest against austerity, near the Spanish Parliament in Madrid February 23, 2013. Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched through cities across the country on Saturday to protest deep austerity, the privatisation of public services and political corruption.

An Iberia worker is arrested by Spanish riot police officer during clashes at Madrid’s Barajas airport. Workers at loss-making Spanish flag carrier Iberia began a five-day strike at midnight on Monday, grounding over 1,000 flights and costing the airline and struggling national economy millions of euros.

Workers from Telefonica in Barcelona, Spain place bag over their heads as a form of protest. The words in spanish mean ‘I am rentable’

Four buildings were destroyed during a fire in a museum in Naples, Italy. The cause of the fire has not been found but no one was hurt during the event.

This picture is of Pope Benedict XVI leaving the Vatican after having served for 8 years. His resignation was the first one since 600 years.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as she left King Edward VII hospital in London on Monday.

Europe drops investigation into mobile phone collusion pricing

Third gangland killing strikes ‘murder capital’ Corsica. There has been recent murders in the “Island of Beauty”. This has been a record of killing within the shortest time.