Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai2013-04-29 01:30:46 UTCThis past week was filled with all types of memorable events around the world. As usual, we bring you the best ones, captured in photos. From demonstrations and protests to a robot sports competition, there really was a little bit of everything.
For the former, a large anti-government protest took place in Madrid, Spain. There was also an anti-same-sex marriage demonstration in France, as well as an anti-gun protest in Washington D.C., following the White House's failed attempt to push new gun-control laws through the Senate.
It was also a big week for Australia and New Zealand, which celebrated the Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) Day; it commemorates the time when the two countries' First World War forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The day pays tribute to the Australians and New Zealanders who fought and died in all wars.
These and other significant moments can be seen, below. Which is your favorite? Did we miss any? Let us know in the comments.
The 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment parachute from an airplane during a British And French Airborne Forces joint exercise in Scotland. (Image via Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Patrick Kane is fitted with the new Touch Bionics prosthetic hand in Livingston, Scotland. The new i-limb ultra revolution has a powered thumb rotation along with multiple grip patterns, which enables users to perform daily activities easier than with previous prosthesis. (Image via Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Gallery employee Rosalind Leake looks at a 3D printer at the 'Insects au Gratin' exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, England. A team of designers, food scientists and engineers have created an exhibition using a 3D printer to make shapes from a flour mixture created with insects and water. (Image via Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
The "Last Post" is played during an Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) Day ceremony at The Australian War Memorial on April 25 in London, England. The day marked the 98th anniversary of ANZAC Day, April 25, 1915, when allied New Zealand and Australian First World War forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. (Image via Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Crowds line George Street during the ANZAC Day parade on April 25 in Sydney, Australia. (Image via Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
Members of the Albert Battery shoot a volley of fire during the ANZAC dawn service at Currumbin Surf Life Saving Club in Gold Coast, Australia. (Image via Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
Tatyana Sukhareva and Fadi Zatari, both interns at the Bundestag, pretend to take coffee while exploring the 'How Children see The Wold' exhibit in Paul-Loebe-Haus at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany. (Image via Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
A woman views a display of daffodils on show at the Harrogate Spring Flower Show in Harrogate, England. Over 100 nurseries are staging displays of their flowers and plants at the show. (Image via Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
U.S. President Barack Obama and former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter arrive on stage for the George W. Bush Presidential Center dedication ceremony in Dallas. (Image via Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
A protester looks at police protecting the Spanish parliament during a demonstration against the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain. (Image via Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
Wanderers fans shows their support during a Western Sydney Wanderers A-League Civic Reception in Parramatta, Australia. (Image via Matt King/Getty Images)
John Hutchinson captain of the Mariners holds the A-League trophy surrounded by fans during the Central Coast Mariners A-League grand Final celebrations in Gosford, Australia. (Image via Tony Feder/Getty Images)
Campaigners dressed as bees gather on Parliament Square in London, England, to urge Owen Paterson, Britain's secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, to not block European Union proposals to suspend the use of bee-killing pesticides. (Image via Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, watches as Prince William sits on the "Batpod" during the inauguration of Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in London, England. (Image via Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Anti-gun violence demonstrators hold signs condemning the National Rifle Association during a protest in McPhearson Square in Washington, D.C. (Image via Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
In the "SoBe 3D Worlds of Flavor" 3D street-art installation inspired by SoBe Lifewater Yumberry Pomegranate, street-chalk artist Tracy Lee Stum explores new worlds of flavor in a tropical destination in Phoenix, Ariz. (Image via Mike Moore/Getty Images for SoBe)
Two teams of robots play soccer against each other at the 2013 RoboCup German Open tournament in Germany. Called "Nao," the robots are manufactured by Aldebaran Robotics, and autonomously communicate with one another via WLAN. (Image via Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)
Guinea's opposition supporters hold placards during a demonstration in Conakry. A week after violence erupted in the Guinean capital's streets, fresh demonstrations were called by the opposition to protest against the "unilateral" decision of the government of President Alpha Conde to hold parliamentary elections on June 30. (Image via Cellou Binani/AFP/Getty Images)
Protestors chant as they march around Gap's headquarters during a demonstration in San Francisco, Calif. to protest against the company's working conditions in their manufacturing facilities in Bangladesh. (Image via Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta and ballerina Zenaida Yanowsky rehearse for his only UK dates of On Before at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Image via Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Matthew Winterbottom, curator of decorative art, holds a rare seventeenth-century beadwork basket that the Holburne Museum has launched a appeal to acquire for its permanent collection at the Holburne Museum in Bath, England. (Image via Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
A commuter walks through Union Station, the heart of VIA Rail travel in Toronto, Canada. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) reported they had arrested two people connected to an alleged Al Qaeda plot to detonate a bomb on a VIA Rail train. (Image via Ian Willms/Getty Images)
Soldiers parade through central London to attend a reception in the Houses of Parliament. (Image via Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
Mathew Stevens in action during his first-round match against Marco Fu during the Betfair World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield, England. (Image via Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)
Runners make their way through Joe's Water Splash at Punchestown racecourse in Naas, Ireland. (Image via Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)
An inflatable sculpture called "Falling into the Mundane World" by Tam Wai Pingon on display as part of the Inflation! exhibition curated by Mobile M + in Hong Kong. (Image via Jessica Hromas/Getty Images)
Professor Paul Anderson, director of Digital Design Studio, attends the unveiling of a 3D visualization of a human head and neck in Glasgow, Scotland, which might revolutionize medical and dental training. (Image via Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Former weatherman Michael Fish stands under a simulated rain shower at Design Museum for an event promoting a new brand of whiskey in London. (Image via Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Anti-same-sex marriage activists protest during a demonstration in Paris, a few hours after the French Parliament adopted gay-marriage law. (Image via Antoine Antoniol/Getty Images)
A robot distributes promotional literature calling for a ban on fully autonomous weapons in Parliament Square in London, England. The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is calling for a pre-emptive ban on lethal robot weapons that could attack targets without human intervention. (Image via Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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