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Week in pictures: Trouble in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s new leader and a Trump-Epstein statue

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From deadly strikes in Iran and Lebanon, to trouble in the Strait of Hormuz and a statue of US President Donald Trump with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a pose from the movie “Titanic”, FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of the week’s most striking images.

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Protest art representing President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein near the US Capitol on March 11, 2026.
Protest art representing President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein near the US Capitol on March 11, 2026. Its plaque satirically commemorates a friendship “seemingly built on luxurious travel, raucous parties and secret nude sketches”. © Jose Luis Magan, AP

A woman displays a poster of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as she waves her country's flag in Tehran, Iran, March 14, 2026.
A woman displays a poster of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as she waves her country’s flag during a demonstration at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, March 14, 2026. © Vahid Salemi, AP

Protest art representing President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on the National Mall near the US Capitol, March 11, 2026.
Protest art representing President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on the National Mall near the US Capitol, March 11, 2026. The statue’s plaque reads: “The tragic love story between Jack and Rose (Titanic’s protagonists) was built on luxurious travel, raucous parties and secret nude sketches. This monument honors the bond between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, a friendship seemingly built on luxurious travel, raucous parties and secret nude sketches.” Jose Luis Magana, AP

Kashmiri Muslim men offer prayers during Jumat-ul-Vida, the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir, March 13, 2026
Kashmiri Muslim men offer prayers during Jumat-ul-Vida, the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir, March 13, 2026. © Sharafat Ali, Reuters

US ‌forces hit more than 90 military targets on Iran's key Kharg Island overnight, US Central Command said ‌on March 14, 2026.
US ‌forces hit more than 90 military targets on Iran’s key Kharg Island, US Central Command said ‌on March 14, 2026. © Screengrab X, US Central Command

An anti-war protester in Seoul on March 12 holds a banner with the photographs of school girls killed during US-Israeli strikes on a primary school in Minab in southern Iran on February 28, 2026
An anti-war protester in Seoul on March 12 holds a banner with the photographs of school girls killed during US-Israeli strikes on a primary school in Minab in southern Iran on February 28, 2026. © Soo-hyeon Kim, Reuters

The Thailand-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree engulfed in black smoke in the Strait of Hormuz, March 11, 2026
The Thailand-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree engulfed in black smoke in the Strait of Hormuz, March 11, 2026. © Thai Royal Navy via Reuters

Mourners carry the coffin of Youssef Assaf, a Lebanese Red Cross volunteer who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, at his funeral procession in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, on March 11, 20
Mourners carry the coffin of Youssef Assaf, a Lebanese Red Cross volunteer who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, at his funeral procession in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, on March 11, 2026. © Mohammed Zaatari, AP

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he arrives for a meeting at the Élysée presidential palace on March 13, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he arrives for a meeting at the Élysée presidential palace on March 13, 2026. © Gonzalo Fuentes, Reuters

Seven elected representatives of First Nations signatories to Treaty Number Six were welcomed to Buckingham Palace on March 11, 2026
Seven elected representatives of First Nations signatories to Treaty Number Six, the 1876 treaty between the British Crown and First Nations in modern-day Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, were welcomed to Buckingham Palace on March 11, 2026. (L to R) Grand Chief Joey Pete, Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty No. 6, Chief Edwin Ananas of Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation, Chief Daryl Watson Mistawasis Nehiyawak, Britain’s King Charles, Chief Larry Ahenkew of Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, Councillor Gary LaPlante of Stoney Knoll First Nation, Chief Christine Longjohn of Sturgeon Lake First Nation and Chief Desmond Bull Louis Bull Tribe. © Aaron Chown via Reuters

The sun sets behind the Wat Saket Temple's Golden Mount in Bangkok.
The sun sets behind the Wat Saket Temple’s Golden Mount, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 12, 2026. © Athit Perawongmetha, Reuters

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