The world’s news in pictures for the week of March 7-13, as selected by FRANCE 24’s newsroom.

On March 7,
inhabitants of France’s infamous Basroch camp begin moving to the
country’s first migrant camp to meet international sanitary standards.
Mehdi Chebil / FRANCE 24

While the EU
and Turkey meet to discuss the migrant crisis on March 7, a migrant
child stands trapped behind a barbed wire fence near the Greek border
village of Idomeni after Macedonia shut its borders.
Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP

Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stumps at a meeting in Detroit on
March 7 before losing the Michigan primary to rival Bernie Sanders.
Geoff Robins / AFP

More than 500
people take to the streets in France’s Calais on March 7 to protest the
deteriorating situation of the already financially-strained port city.
Calais has become a magnet for migrants wanting to make their way across
the English Channel, which has taken a huge toll on the city’s tourism
industry.
Sarah Leduc / FRANCE 24

For
International Women’s Day on March 8, the international photojournalist
collective #Dysturb turns the spotlight on migrants who have fled to
Europe. In this photo, a female refugee stares out the window of a train
in Macedonia.
Sergey Ponomarev for the New York Times / #Dysturb

On March 9,
French students vent their anger in the streets of Paris, protesting the
country’s proposed labour reforms. The reform package is commonly
referred to as the El Khomri law, after Labour Minister Myriam El
Khomri.
Mehdi Chebil / FRANCE 24

Thousands of
Tunisians gather in the town of Ben Guerdane on March 9 for the funeral
of two people killed in a jihadist terror attack that left at least 45
people dead two days before.
Fathi Nasri / AFP

Football team
Paris Saint-Germain secures a 2-1 win against Chelsea on March 9 to
qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals. PSG’s Swedish forward
Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates after scoring his team's second goal.
Ben Stansall / AFP

Japan marks
the fifth anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that
claimed some 18,500 lives and set off the country’s worst nuclear
disaster in a generation.
Toru Yamanaka / AFP

The liberal
Jewish religious group, Women of the Wall, pray at the Western Wall in
Jerusalem’s Old City on March 11, one and a half months after the
Israeli government approved the creation of a mixed male and female
prayer zone.
Gali Tibbon / AFP
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