Twenty photographs of the week

Twenty photographs of the week

The destruction of Mariupol, refugees head to the Polish border, the funerals of dead soldiers in Kyiv and the desperate flight from Irpin: photographs from the third week of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Mariupol, Ukraine

A woman walks past a burning apartment building after shelling in Mariupol

Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Irpin, Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers take cover from incoming artillery fire in Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv

Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Lviv, Ukraine

Statues are wrapped at the historic garrison church of St Peter and St Paul in Lviv

Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Kharkiv, Ukraine

A soldier at the destroyed government building in Kharkiv as Russian attacks continue

Photograph: Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Mariupol, Ukraine

Russian army tanks move down a street on the outskirts of Mariupol

Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Lviv, Ukraine

Families board buses for the border with Poland in Lviv

Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Kyiv, Ukraine

A Ukrainian serviceman exits a damaged building after shelling in Kyiv

Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Putna, Romania

Romanian Orthodox monk Father Gherasim Soca closes his eyes in reflection at Putna Monastery, which is housing people fleeing Ukraine. ‘The majority of people want to reach their final destination, usually somewhere in the west, as soon as possible, and if they can, they choose to spend the night near the border towns,’ said Father Gherasim. ‘Putna is a little more remote, but for those who are not in a rush, they are not crowded here, each family have their own room. I see them go to church and praying, getting comfort, it helps a lot’

Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Kyiv, Ukraine

A woman reacts after being evacuated from a burning apartment building in Kyiv as Russian troops intensified their attacks on the Ukrainian capital

Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Studentska metro station, where 200 to 400 people reside every day and, in case of emergency, where at least 1,000 people find refuge in Kharkiv

Photograph: Andrea Carrubba/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Lviv, Ukraine

A welder builds a tyre deflation stringer spike system in Lviv

Photograph: Bernat Armangué/AP

Lviv, Ukraine

The mother of Ukrainian officer Ivan Skrypnyk cries over his coffin during his funeral ceremony in Lviv

Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images

Mariupol, Ukraine

A picture published on the Telegram account of Pavlo Kirilenko, the governor of the eastern region of Donetsk, shows the drama theatre destroyed by shelling in Mariupol. Ukraine accused Russia of bombing a theatre that was sheltering more than 1,000 civilians in the city of Mariupol

Photograph: Telegram/pavlokyrylenko_donoda/AFP/Getty Images

Irpin, Ukraine

Servicemen evacuate an elderly woman on a stretcher from the city of Irpin

Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Ukraine

Russian paratroopers during an operation that is said to have taken control of an airfield at an unknown location in Ukraine in this still image taken from a video released by Russian defence ministry

Photograph: Russian Defence Ministry/AFP/Getty Images

Brovary, Ukraine

A member of medical staff sits in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Brovary

Photograph: Vadim Ghirdă/AP

Irpin, Kyiv

A Ukrainian serviceman sits on a baby’s pushchair under a destroyed bridge in the city of Irpin

Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Kyiv, Ukraine

Residents of a shell-damaged house in Kyiv clear broken window panes

Photograph: Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Starychi, Ukraine

A woman reacts during the funeral procession for Ukrainian military servicemen Roman Rak and Mykola Mykytiuk in Starychi

Photograph: Bernat Armangué/AP

Kyiv, Ukraine

Yaroslav, a member of the Ukrainian military, touches the coffin of his father, Roman, a Ukrainian soldier killed in the Kyiv region during the Russian invasion

Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA