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It was an extraordinary scene Tuesday at the White House, where President Donald Trump held a combination press conference and live Tesla ad by the South Lawn.

Shiny Tesla vehicles were lined up as Trump showed support for Elon Musk, the company’s CEO who is leading the Department of Government Efficiency. Tesla shares had been slumping recently as Musk’s increasing political profile and moves to slash the federal government have drawn a major backlash and Europe sales decline.

At the White House, Trump said he would buy a Tesla and that he had bought a Cybertruck for his granddaughter.

“I think (Musk has) been treated very unfairly by a very small group of people, and I just want people to know that he can’t be penalized for being a patriot,” Trump said, as protests both violent and nonviolent have risen across the country against Tesla and Musk.

Here are some of the stories that made headlines over the past week, as well as some photos that caught our eye.

A 2-month-old wild Sumatran elephant is cared for by an officer at the Minas Elephant Training Center in Riau, Indonesia, on Tuesday, March 11. The young male was rescued after being separated from his mother at a palm oil plantation.

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Kanon Kennedy looks down as crews begin dismantling the Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC, on Monday, March 10. Republicans in Congress <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F03%2F11%2Fpolitics%2Fwashington-dc-mayor-trump-black-lives-matter%2Findex.html">threatened to withhold funding for the district</a> if it kept the two-block mural intact.

Kanon Kennedy looks down as crews begin dismantling the Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC, on Monday, March 10. Republicans in Congress threatened to withhold funding for the district if it kept the two-block mural intact.

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Hindu devotees take part in the religious festival of Holi inside a temple in Nandgaon, India, on Sunday, March 9.

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A boat rides though a frozen sea inlet outside of Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, March 6.

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Melinda Lafuente, mother of extrajudicial killing victim Angelo Lafuente, holds the urn with her son's remains during an interment ceremony in Caloocan, Philippines, on Wednesday, March 12. Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by the government on Tuesday after it said it received an International Criminal Court warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity. Duterte has been investigated by the ICC over his brutal anti-drugs crackdown during his time in office that, according to police data, killed more than 6,000 people. Independent monitors believe the number of extrajudicial killings could be much higher.

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A residential building is damaged in Vidnoye, Russia, on Tuesday, March 11. <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F03%2F11%2Feurope%2Fukraine-moscow-drone-attack-intl-hnk%2Findex.html">Russia said it was hit by a “massive” Ukrainian drone attack</a> overnight Tuesday, just hours before critical talks between officials from the United States and Ukraine began in Saudi Arabia.

A residential building is damaged in Vidnoye, Russia, on Tuesday, March 11. Russia said it was hit by a “massive” Ukrainian drone attack overnight Tuesday, just hours before critical talks between officials from the United States and Ukraine began in Saudi Arabia.

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Catherine, the Princess of Wales, receives flowers as she leaves <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F03%2F10%2Fuk%2Fcatherine-princess-of-wales-commonwealth-event-intl-latam%2Findex.html">the annual Commonwealth Day service ceremony</a> at London’s Westminster Abbey on Monday, March 10.

Catherine, the Princess of Wales, receives flowers as she leaves the annual Commonwealth Day service ceremony at London’s Westminster Abbey on Monday, March 10.

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Italian high jumper Eugenio Meloni competes at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on Thursday, March 6.

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Alejandra Godoy, left, and her aunt Lucy Pierloa become emotional as they reflect on the loss of Godoy’s mother, Orita, at the National Covid Memorial Wall in London on Sunday, March 9. Orita Godoy died from Covid-19 in 2020. She was 75. Five years ago this week, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 to be a global pandemic. See the defining photos of the pandemic — and the stories behind them.

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Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a playful face as he carries his chair from the House of Commons in Ottawa on Monday, March 10. Mark Carney was elected leader of Canada’s Liberal Party in a monthslong, high-stakes race to replace Trudeau. Trudeau has led the party for over a decade.

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During a meeting in Washington, DC, on Friday, March 7, US Sen. Tim Kaine listens to <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F03%2F05%2Fpolitics%2Fcfpb-workers-confusion-emails-doge%2Findex.html">Consumer Financial Protection Bureau workers</a> who have either been fired or put on stop-work orders. The workers went around the room to share their personal stories of the work they do and their experiences in the past few weeks.

During a meeting in Washington, DC, on Friday, March 7, US Sen. Tim Kaine listens to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau workers who have either been fired or put on stop-work orders. The workers went around the room to share their personal stories of the work they do and their experiences in the past few weeks.

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A model presents a creation by designer Alessandro Michele during a Valentino fashion show in Paris on Sunday, March 9. <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Fstyle%2Fparis-fashion-week">See more from Paris Fashion Week</a>.

A model presents a creation by designer Alessandro Michele during a Valentino fashion show in Paris on Sunday, March 9. See more from Paris Fashion Week.

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A protester in a Joker costume takes part in a demonstration in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, May 12. Protesters were demanding higher pensions and opposing austerity measures implemented by Javier Milei's government.

Rodrigo Abd/AP

Bourbon barrels are seen inside of the Brough Brothers Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday, March 8. <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F03%2F12%2Fbusiness%2Fspirits-bourbon-tariffs%2Findex.html">The US spirits industry is bracing for pain</a> after the European Union targeted American whiskey in retaliation against President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs.

Bourbon barrels are seen inside of the Brough Brothers Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday, March 8. The US spirits industry is bracing for pain after the European Union targeted American whiskey in retaliation against President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second from left, is joined by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz as they meet with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, second from right, and Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, March 11. Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukraine, which has been fighting Russia for over three years now, had accepted a 30-day ceasefire that was proposed by the United States during the talks. The proposal now goes to Russia.

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Haley Romero stands beneath a massive Ukrainian flag held by demonstrators on the Ellipse in Washington, DC, on Saturday, March 8.

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Detroit Red Wings winger Lucas Raymond, left, celebrates after a Dylan Larkin shot passed Washington Capitals goalie Logan Thompson during an NHL game on Friday, March 7.

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An Irish setter watches a woman eat on the third day of the Crufts dog show in Birmingham, England, on Saturday, March 8.

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People in the Syrian village of Al-Janoudiya attend a funeral procession Saturday, March 8, for four Syrian security force members who were killed in clashes with loyalists of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Clashes between government security forces and Assad supporters have killed hundreds this month, according to a monitoring group. It’s the worst outbreak of violence since Assad — a member of the minority Alawite sect — was toppled in December by Sunni Islamist militants who sought to reshape the country’s political and sectarian order.

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes a question from Associated Press reporter Josh Boak during a White House press briefing on Tuesday, March 11.

Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Athena, Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander, is seen lying on its side in this photo that was delivered by the spacecraft before it powered down on Friday, March 7. The Houston-based company was supposed to deliver a historic water-hunting mission to the moon’s south pole.

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A woman walks past election campaign posters outside a polling station in Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday, March 11. Greenland’s pro-business opposition party won the Arctic island’s closely-watched parliamentary election on Tuesday, following a race dominated both by US President Donald Trump’s annexation threat and growing calls from residents for independence from Denmark.

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This aerial photo shows a house flooded because of heavy rain in Jujan, Ecuador, on Wednesday, March 12.

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A woman prays outside the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Saturday, March 8. Pope Francis was admitted to the hospital in mid-February and has been <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F03%2F10%2Feurope%2Fpope-francis-health-imminent-danger-intl-latam%2Findex.html">battling pneumonia in both of his lungs</a>.

A woman prays outside the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Saturday, March 8. Pope Francis was admitted to the hospital in mid-February and has been battling pneumonia in both of his lungs.

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Staff members prepare a table at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing before the start of the second plenary session of the National People's Congress on Saturday, March 8.

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Activists march through downtown Chicago to show support for Mahmoud Khalil on Tuesday, March 11. Khalil, a Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student protest movement demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, was arrested and detained by federal agents on March 8. His lawyer said his green card was revoked by the Trump administration.

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The Stena Immaculate, a tanker transporting jet fuel for the US military, is anchored in the North Sea off the coast of England on Tuesday, March 11. A cargo ship smashed into it on Monday, mounting fears of a potential environmental disaster.

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People jump rope in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on Sunday, March 9. Selma that day was holding a ceremony for the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” when state troopers used brutal force to push back people who were marching in protest of discrimination. The images moved the nation to pass the landmark Voting Rights Act.

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A toad is illuminated by a torchlight in Bath, England, on Thursday, March 6, as the Charlcombe Toad Rescue Group <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Ftoad-patrol-rural-england-aims-rescue-amphibian-population-2025-03-07%2F" target="_blank">helps toads, frogs and newts travel safely to a nearby lake</a> after waking from hibernation.

A toad is illuminated by a torchlight in Bath, England, on Thursday, March 6, as the Charlcombe Toad Rescue Group helps toads, frogs and newts travel safely to a nearby lake after waking from hibernation.

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A man uses a traditional needle to tattoo the body of Adirek Srisom on Friday, March 7, ahead of a religious tattoo festival at the Wat Bang Phra monastery in Thailand’s Nakhon Pathom province.

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Carol Welu protests President Donald Trump's plans to dismantle the Department of Education outside the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 11. The department announced Tuesday that it is cutting nearly 50% of its workforce as Trump has proposed eliminating the agency altogether.

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