This week in photos: Putin-Shoigu taiga tour, tending goats and online study, lava franks

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian President Vladimir Putin during their weekend in the Siberian taiga, Tuva, March 21

Deer before the start of vaccination against anthrax, which will be carried out by specialists of the regional state veterinary service in the Murmansk region, Lovozero, March 25

99-year-old veteran of the Great Patriotic War Maria Koltakova set a record in an airplane simulator. She has become a 14-time record holder of the Russian Book of Records, for the first time in her life, performing a training flight on a Su-34 aircraft simulator with a full immersion VR effect. Koltakova calls herself a "steel grandmother": she was a veteran in the Battle of Kursk, participated in the liberation of Kharkov, Lvov, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Despite the concussion, she saved over 300 wounded Soviet soldiers from the field.

Scouts of the Northern Fleet marines during a training exercise in the village of Lovozero. In the local tundra, they learn how to survive in the natural conditions of the Far North and the Arctic

A boy plays with a ball in a flooded area of ​​Iquitos, Peru. Heavy rains caused severe flooding; about 3,000 residential buildings were flooded in the region, Iquitos, March 20

A man cooks lunchhot dogs hot dogs for lunch on molten lava after Iceland Fagradalsfjall volcano eruption. Lava fountains reached a height of 100 meters, a crack 500-700 meters long formed at the site of the eruption. Reykjanes, March 21

10-year-old Fiammetta is taking remote learning, attending her online lessons in the mountains, where she joins her shepherd father as he tends to his herd of goats in northern Italy's mountains

Ever Given, a huge container ship found itself stuck in the Suez Canal. The incident occurred due to the lack of visibility during a sandstorm that hit Egypt. Now traffic along the waterway has come to a grinding halt impacting at least 150 ships. On March 25, a TASS source within the Canal’s authority said that it would take about three days to restore traffic.

A pink and gray cockatoo injured in the rain at the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital, Australia. Showers and stormy winds caused extensive flooding on the east coast of the country. Veterinarians report that local wildlife such as echidnas and wombats were injured as a result of the disaster, also hit by vehicles when traveling to high ground or trapped underground.

COVID-19 patient Rahamim Havura votes in the Israeli parliamentary elections in the intensive care unit at Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv, March 23

Blooming sakura in Tokyo. The day before, the Japan Weather Association announced its full bloom in the capital