Recap: The Week that was

It was a week of hope and despair in Nepal, as it struggled to come to terms with one of the worst earthquakes in its history that has killed more than 6000. While aids were being flown in from different parts of the world, rescuers struggled to comb among the rubbles to retrieve bodies and survivors. Meanwhile, death of a black man in police custody led to violent protests in Baltimore, U.S. Messenger, NASA’s Mercury-orbiting spacecraft, reached the end of its historic 11-year mission Thursday when it crashed into the little planet closest to the sun.

Protestors demonstrate outside the State Attorney's office calling for the continued investigation into the death of Freddie Gray on Wednesday, in Baltimore. Activists stressed that they will continue to press for answers in the case of Gray, the 25-year-old black man whose death from a spinal-cord injury under mysterious circumstances while in police custody set off the riots. Photo: AP