THE best pictures of the week from around the UK and world include scenes from the war in Ukraine, and from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridges' Royal visit to the Caribbean.

A Ukrainian firefighter sprays water inside a house destroyed by shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine; while a satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC, smoke rises after an attack that Ukraine’s navy said sank a large Russian landing ship in the port city of Berdyansk, Ukraine.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet The Jamaica National bobsleigh team during a visit to Trench Town, the birthplace of reggae in Kingston, Jamaica, on their tour of the Caribbean on behalf of the Queen for her Platinum Jubilee.

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