The Observer's 20 photographs of the week

Manu Brabo won first prize in Spot News category in the Pictures of the Year International competition for his image of a mourning father in Aleppo. He was in Syria again this week, in the Azaz camp for displaced people. Here, he photographs displaced Syrian children reflected in a puddle Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Oscar Pistorius and his sister Aimee are driven to a relatives home in Pretoria. Pistorius was released on bail and will return to court in June to face charge a charge of pre-meditated murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp Photograph: Waldo Swiegers/AP

A pig-tailed macaque who acts in shows for tourists about the role of monkeys in coconut picking, holds his chain at the Monkey Training College in Surat Thani, Thailand. Southern Thailand is a key area for coconut production and monkeys have long been used as collectors to climb the trees, pick the coconuts and throw them to the ground Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA

A woman is rescued from flood waters by a resident standing on top of her car during heavy rain in Chalandri suburb north of Athens Photograph: John Kolesidis/Reuters

A Hindu devotee at the Maha Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, India Photograph: Zuma/Rex

Boys play on the roof of the entrance to a football stadium in Gao, Mali Photograph: Joe Penney/Reuters

Indian children play cricket amid smoke caused by anti-malaria fumigation in Mumbai, India Photograph: Rajanish Kakade/AP

A model displays an outfit by Spanish designer Sita Murt during Madrid Fashion Week Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP

A dramatic shot by award-winning photographer Mohammed Al-Shaikh of a Bahraini protester waving a giant national flag during clashes with police forces. The riots following the funeral of a teenager killed in protests marking the second anniversary of a Shia-led uprising in the village of Jabalat Habshi Photograph: Mohammed Al-Shaikh/AFP

Here, before the funeral of a teenager, relatives take pictures of his dead body in another compelling photograph by Mohammed Al-Shaikh Photograph: Mohammed Al-Shaikh/AFP

A priest hears a confession during Mass at the Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw. Poland is one of the most devoutly Catholic countries in Europe and is the birthplace of the previous pope, the popular John Paul II Photograph: Kacper Pempel/Reuters

People walk past the statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City Photograph: Henry Romero/Reuters

A boy looks for reuseable materials at his charred home after a fire hit a residential area in Valenzuela City, Philippines Photograph: Rouelle Umali/Corbis

Black poplars are pictured at Fuente Vaqueros, near Granada, in Spain Photograph: Cristina Quicler/AFP

Visitors relax at the South Sea beach at the Tropical Islands indoor resort in Krausnick, Germany. Located on the site of a former Soviet military air base, the resort occupies a hangar built originally to house airships designed to haul long-distance cargo Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty

A leopard seal roars after failing to catch a Gentoo penguin by the shoreline off Cuverville Island, Antarctica Photograph: Paul Souders/Barcroft Media

A worker cleans debris from the Fun Town Pier that was damaged by superstorm Sandy in New Jersey, US Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty

A Palestinian cleans a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip after Egyptian authorities pumped wastewater into the tunnels running under the border in a campaign to stop smuggling into the Gaza Strip Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA

A performer on stilts is silhouetted by a street light during a dress rehearsal for the Chingay Parade in Singapore Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA

Jewish settler children ride in the back of a tractor ahead of the Jewish festival of Purim in the West Bank. The Purim holiday commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as described in the Book of Esther Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty