Biden and Europe Vow Unity Over Putin’s War: The Political Week in Photos

U.S. President Joe Biden met with leaders of world’s leading developed nations in Brussels to ramp up pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and pledge increased support for the government in Kyiv.

The violence continued to spread in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin’s forces hit both military and civilian targets. About 4.3 million Ukrainian children, more than half the country’s child population, are displaced, according to Unicef.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson withstood a grilling from Republican lawmakers during Senate hearings this week on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

And in China, Shanghai’s Covid cases jumped more than 60% in a single day, even as authorities widened restrictions that have limited access to food and medical care.

These were among the topics of this week’s most compelling political images.