Twenty photographs of the week

Twenty photographs of the week

The attack on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, the desperate flight from Irpin, refugees on the Polish border and the funerals of the dead soldiers in Kyiv: photographs from the second week of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Mariupol, Ukraine

An injured pregnant woman is rescued from Mariupol’s maternity hospital after it was attacked by Russian forces

Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Mariupol, Ukraine

An explosion at an apartment building after Russian army tanks fired at Mariupol

Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Kyiv, Ukraine

People crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee by crossing the Irpin river on the outskirts of Kyiv

Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Brovary, Ukraine

A destroyed Russian tank on a main road near Brovary, north of Kyiv

Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Irpin, Ukraine

Soldiers help an elderly woman in a wheelchair as they evacuate the city

Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Lviv, Ukraine

Men say goodbye to their wives, daughters, sons and mothers at the central station

Photograph: Gustavo Basso/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Irpin, Ukraine

A man rides his bicycle near a burning factory after it was bombarded

Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Irpin, Ukraine

A woman sits in a bus as she is evacuated from Irpin

Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Kyiv, Ukraine

A member of the honour guard holds a portrait of Valerii, a soldier killed during the Russian invasion, at a funeral ceremony

Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

Przemyśl, Poland

Refugees from Ukraine wait at the train station. UN officials said this week that the Russian onslaught has forced 2 million people to flee Ukraine

Photograph: Daniel Cole/AP

Irpin, Ukraine

A police officer runs while holding a child fleeing the city as the artillery echoes nearby

Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Istanbul, Turkey

A child holds a Ukraine flag during a protest against Russia’s invasion

Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP

Mariupol, Ukraine

Members of the emergency services work near the damaged maternity hospital in Mariupol

Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Irpin, Ukraine

People fleeing from the city of Irpin, north-west of Kyiv, take cover along the road as Russian forces target the area with shells

Photograph: Emin Sansar/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Kharkiv, Ukraine

A soldier walks past the vertical tail fin of a Russian Su-34 bomber in a damaged building

Photograph: Andrew Marienko/AP

Mariupol, Ukraine

A soldier takes a photograph of a damaged church after shelling in a residential district of Mariupol

Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Kyiv, Ukraine

People attempt to board a train leaving the station

Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Irpin, Ukraine

A soldier hugs his wife

Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Bila Krynytsia, Ukraine

Hanna Bespalko faints after throwing soil at her son’s coffin in the cemetery of Bila Krynytsia

Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images

Mariupol, Ukraine

Mariana Vishegirskaya lies in a hospital bed after giving birth to her daughter Veronika, held by her husband Yuri. Vishegirskaya survived the Russian airstrike on the maternity hospital in Mariupol last Wednesday

Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP