The World in Photos This Week

Sand engulfs Beijing; scandal hits the Catholic church, again; and Dennis Rodman makes a new friend.

MARCH 1, 2013

On Feb. 26, former NBA star Dennis Rodman, three members of the Harlem Globetrotters, and a film crew traveled to Pyongyang for some exhibition games and an audience with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a devoted basketball fan. Above, in a picture that was plastered across the front page of the state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper, Kim Jong Un and Dennis Rodman watch an exhibition game in Pyongyang on Feb. 28. Kim Jong Un later invited the group to a party at his palace.

Rondong Sinmun