Fortnight in pictures - April 10 - April 24

From left: European Council President Donald Tusk, European Parliament President Martin Schulz, EU Council General Secretary Uwe Corsepius, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Lithuanian President Dalia GrybauskaitÄ— observe a minute of silence during a European Union extraordinary summit seeking for a solution to the migrants crisis, in Brussels on April 23, 2015. EU leaders reversed a cutback in rescue operations in the Mediterranean on Thursday to prevent record numbers of people drowning as they try to flee war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa