UK's week in pictures: Ukrainian protests, Storm Franklin, and a Roman mosaic discovered

'The National' selects the most striking photos from across Britain over the past week

On Monday waves crashed against a lighthouse during Storm Franklin in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the third major storm the UK has witnessed in the space of a week, bringing ferocious winds and lashing rain. Reuters

London Fashion Week was in full swing on Monday. A photographer gets a shot of shoes on display at the Roker AW22 presentation. EPA

World-famous designer Jean Paul Gaultier posed during the Fashion Freak Show launch at The Roundhouse in London on Monday. Getty Images

An aerial view of a property surrounded by floodwater after the River Severn burst its banks on Tuesday, at Bewdley in Worcestershire, in the aftermath of Storm Franklin. PA

Formertrainer RAF Police Warrant Officer Jonathan Tanner with retired RAF Police sniffer dog, Hertz, in Green Park, London, on Tuesday. Hertz has been awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal for valour for finding more than 100 items of contraband in Afghanistan. PA

Museum of London Archaeology archaeologists working on part of the Liberty Mosaic, the largest area of Roman mosaic found in London for more than 50 years, on Tuesday. It was discovered by archaeologists ahead of the construction of The Liberty of Southwark, a new cultural quarter due to open in 2024. PA

Swimmers from Hampstead Ponds outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, on Wednesday, as they await the result of a judicial review over whether the charges for bathing at the ponds in Hampstead Heath, London, unlawfully discriminate against disabled people. PA

The Trafalgar Coat, worn by Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, is removed from its display case by Royal Museums Greenwich conservator Nicola Yates at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, south London, on Wednesday, ahead of it being 3D digitalised for the museum's website. PA

Engineers from the Canal and River Trust replace Britain's tallest set of lock gates at Bingley Five Rise Locks, West Yorkshire, on Wednesday, as part of a four-month, £55 million programme by the charity across its 2,000 miles network of canals and rivers in England. PA

Wednesday evening saw a special screening for new movie 'The Batman' in London. British actor Robert Pattinson, who plays the caped crusader, poses on the red carpet. AFP

On Thursday Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation from Downing Street after he chaired an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss the UK response to the crisis in Ukraine. PA

Thursday also saw pro-Ukrainian demonstrations near Downing Street, London, in reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Reuters

Number 10 Downing Street in London is lit up in blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine on Thursday evening. EPA

Travellers arrive at Kings Cross station in London on Thursday morning, as all remaining legal Covid-19 restrictions were removed in England. PA

The first customers are greeted by IKEA co-workers at the official opening of the chain's store in the new Livat Hammersmith shopping centre, London, on Thursday. PA

Also on Thursday, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland vets in Edinburgh gave their newest polar bear cub his first health check. PA

Reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine continued on Friday morning, as two people draped in a Ukraine flag stood at the gates of Downing Street in London. Getty Images

Young Caleb Owen interacts with art installation 'Her Hymn to the Big Wheel' on Friday, an immersive sculptural work by artist Liz West which forms the centrepiece of the Love Barnsley Festival. PA

A member of staff holds a pair of spectacles belonging to Sir Michael Caine at Bonhams in London Friday, ahead of their forthcoming 'Sir Michael Caine – The Personal Collection' sale. PA

This week, Ukrainians held a protest outside Downing Street in London after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the UK experienced its third major storm in a week as Storm Franklin hit, and the largest area of Roman mosaic found in London for more than 50 years was discovered by archaeologists.