Weekly photo: a birth in Ukraine, the start of the Paralympic Games in Beijing and a giant sculpture in Kenya

It is a tender tete-a-tete that takes place between a Ukrainian mother and her newborn child. The scene takes place in the basement of a maternity hospital converted into a bomb shelter. Outside, the Russians surround the city of Mariupol (Ukraine). At the Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing (China)a Chinese athlete holds up the Olympic torch, a symbol of brotherhood and freedom. Indeed, the conflict in Ukraine disturbs the celebrations.

A technician inspects a wind turbine in the mountains of Turkey, a tiny silhouette lost in the whiteness of a mineral ocean. In Kenya, a giant tap is pouring out a flood of plastic bottles. This is a sculpture installed on the sidelines of the United Nations assembly on the environment. To Venise (Italy)surgical masks are replaced by carnival masks. For a few days, the city of doges saw life in pink.