• A worker carries out welding work at an industrial area where oil and water tankers are made in Khartoum on April 30, 2014. Reuters
    A worker carries out welding work at an industrial area where oil and water tankers are made in Khartoum on April 30, 2014. Reuters
  • Playmobil is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2014. Darrin Zammit / Reuters
    Playmobil is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2014. Darrin Zammit / Reuters
  • Absorber towers, left, and a construction crane stand on the gas cleaning installation at the Boekelermeer storage site, operated by Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (Taqa) and EBN BV, the Dutch state-owned energy company, in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Taqa started preliminary commercial operations at the site. Jasper Juinen / Bloomberg
    Absorber towers, left, and a construction crane stand on the gas cleaning installation at the Boekelermeer storage site, operated by Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (Taqa) and EBN BV, the Dutch state-owned energy company, in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Taqa started preliminary commercial operations at the site. Jasper Juinen / Bloomberg
  • An employee works at a textile factory in Wuhan, Hubei province. Activity in China's factories increased marginally in April but export orders fell sharply, a government survey showed. Reuters
    An employee works at a textile factory in Wuhan, Hubei province. Activity in China's factories increased marginally in April but export orders fell sharply, a government survey showed. Reuters
  • A pedestrian walks past construction cranes as they work above a building site in London. UK GDP rose 0.9 per cent in the first quarter, up from 0.7 per cent in the final three months of 2013, according to the median of estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of economists. Simon Dawson / Bloomberg
    A pedestrian walks past construction cranes as they work above a building site in London. UK GDP rose 0.9 per cent in the first quarter, up from 0.7 per cent in the final three months of 2013, according to the median of estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of economists. Simon Dawson / Bloomberg
  • Financial district buildings are reflected on a metal ball sculpture in Singapore. Singapore's economic growth slowed sharply in the first three months of the year, data showed, but the central bank stood pat on monetary policy saying it would be lifted by a pick-up in global growth. ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP
    Financial district buildings are reflected on a metal ball sculpture in Singapore. Singapore's economic growth slowed sharply in the first three months of the year, data showed, but the central bank stood pat on monetary policy saying it would be lifted by a pick-up in global growth. ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP
  • An employee holds a cleaned gear wheel at the Mahindra & Mahindra manufacturing plant in Chakan, Maharashtra, India,. Mahindra utilises solar energy for delivering dry saturated steam and pressurized hot water in cleaning and degreasing operations. Dhiraj Singh / Bloomberg
    An employee holds a cleaned gear wheel at the Mahindra & Mahindra manufacturing plant in Chakan, Maharashtra, India,. Mahindra utilises solar energy for delivering dry saturated steam and pressurized hot water in cleaning and degreasing operations. Dhiraj Singh / Bloomberg

Business

In pictures: Best business images of the week to May 1

Julie Nicholson

May 01, 2014

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The National’s Business section gives you some of the best business images for the week to May 1, 2014.

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