Mansai Conner, 21, connects with a dog on the opening day of Dog Cafe, a coffee shop in Los Angeles, California, where people can adopt shelter dogs. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
Premier Li Keqiang welcomes visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe before holding talks at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday. Feng Yongbin / China Daily
Clockwise from top: A farmer in Ben Tre province carries parched rice straw to feed cattle on Saturday. A boy looks for fish in a nearly dry canal in the Long Phu district in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang in early March. A woman and her son wash bags in the Mekong River on Monday. Vietnam has been struck by its worst drought in nearly a century and salinization of water is hitting farmers in the delta. China released an emergency water supply from its Jinghong Hydropower Station in Yunnan province to feed the downstream Mekong River from March 15 to April 10 to alleviate the devastating situation. Photos by Xinhua, Wang Jian / China Daily and Provided to China Daily
Foreign Minister Wang Yi greets Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's new foreign minister and leader of the National League for Democracy party, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Tuesday. Aung Shine Oo / AP
Members of the Hou family at Yanhe village in Anhui province take part in an ancestral worship ceremony. Provided to China Daily
President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama meet in Washington on Thursday. Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
Premier Li Keqiang greets US Senator Dick Durbin, a member of a delegation organized by the Aspen Institute, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. Wu Zhiyi / China Daily
Myanmar's new president U Htin Kyaw and National League for Democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrive at parliament for the presidential inauguration ceremony in Naypyitaw on Wednesday. Stringer / Reuters
President Xi Jinping and his Czech counterpart Milos Zeman attend a signing ceremony in Prague on Tuesday. Michal Cizek / AFP
Pakistani Christians mourn a victim of Sunday's suicide bombing in Lahore. At least 72 people were killed in the attack. Arif Ali / AFP