The UK week in pictures: Refugees meet Royalty, Anzac day, and a wild Trafalgar Square

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

On Monday members of the New Zealand armed forces performed a ‘Haka’ during an Anzac Day dawn service at the New Zealand War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London. AFP

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Bury in Greater Manchester on Monday, where he displayed his athletic abilities at Bury Football Club. AFP

Forensic officers enter a house after four people were stabbed to death in south-east London. The victims, three women and a man, were all pronounced dead at the scene in Bermondsey, in the early hours of Monday. PA

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch poses with cosplayers on Tuesday, who were dressed as Marvel superhero Doctor Strange at Trafalgar Square in London. Getty Images

On Tuesday gorilla Shanga cradled her newborn infant after giving birth in the early hours of Sunday morning at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in Surrey. PA

The coffin of 96-year-old Second World War serviceman and Royal British Legion fundraiser Harry Billinge is carried into St Paul's Church in Charlestown, Cornwall, on Tuesday. PA

Power stilt artist Bouncy Bruce performs at the final unveiling of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant at Bafta in London on Tuesday. Reuters

The Milky Way shines during its peak at 2.30am on Wednesday, above boats moored on Ullswater in the Lake District, Cumbria. PA

Trafalgar Square in central London was covered in plants and flowers on Wednesday, at the launch of an initiative to rewild and protect 2 million hectares of land. PA

Oscar the sea lion is introduced to the newly completed 'California Cove' enclosure at Blair Drummond Safari Park on Wednesday, near Stirling. PA

Harpist Lucinda Taylor performs during a rehearsal on Wednesday of 'Son Et Lumiere', as part of Ripon Cathedral's 1350th anniversary celebrations. Reuters

Members of the Royal Marines Band Service surprised residents of Church Hill in Redditch on Thursday, playing tunes to recognise the community for stepping up to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee this June. PA

Prince Charles has a chat with Kudirat during a visit to the West London Welcome community centre on Thursday. The centre is run for, and with, refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and others in the area. AFP

Workers place a decorative crown at the top a flag pole facing Buckingham Palace in London on Thursday, ahead of planned celebrations for the queen's Platinum Jubilee. Reuters

Spring was in full swing in Wiltshire on Friday morning, with flowers blooming around the stone circle at Stonehenge. PA

Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker arriving for sentencing at Southwark Crown Court in London on Friday, after he was found guilty of charges under the Insolvency Act. PA

Composer Rob Lewis performs his piece 'Tunnel to Tide', live, nearly 70m below ground in London's new Thames Tideway Tunnel or 'Super Sewer' on Friday, to commemorate the end of tunnelling before it is closed to the public forever. PA

This week, Prince Charles visited the West London Welcome community centre, which is run for and with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants; Anzac day was marked in London; and Trafalgar Square was covered in plants and flowers at the launch of an initiative to rewild and protect 2 million hectares of land.