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Week In Photos: March Madness, Supreme Court Hearings, Tornadoes

Also: Major League Baseball training; cherry blossom season; President Joe Biden travels to NATO summit on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's family members listen during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday in Washington, D.C. From left are the judge's husband, Patrick Jackson, and daughters Leila and Talia Jackson.
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's family members listen during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday in Washington, D.C. From left are the judge's husband, Patrick Jackson, and daughters Leila and Talia Jackson. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

ACROSS AMERICA — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's pick for the Supreme Court, went before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week for her confirmation hearings in Washington, D.C.

If she's confirmed, Jackson will become the first African American woman on the Supreme Court.

Another trailblazing woman, Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of state, died this week.

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The hearings took place in a city in full bloom with cherry blossoms, a sure sign of spring. Another sign of spring: A devastating tornado ripped through the South.

And in sports, more college basketball teams saw their hopes dashed in this week's NCAA March Madness college basketball games; Major League Baseball spring training got underway; and Taylor Fritz defeated Rafael Nadal in the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament.

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The Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., is seen Tuesday amid cherry trees in full bloom. The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates the original gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo to the people of Washington, D.C., in 1912. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A military aide carries the "president's emergency satchel," also known as "the football" containing nuclear launch codes, before boarding Marine One with President Joe Biden on Wednesday. Biden traveled to Europe to meet with world leaders on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Villanova guard Caleb Daniels (right) fouls Michigan forward Moussa Diabate during the second half of a college basketball game in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament Thursday in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Cincinnati Reds players leave the field after a spring training baseball game Thursday against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Bertelina Martinez surveys the destruction after a tornado struck the area in Arabi, Louisiana, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
People walk their dogs in the meadows of Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Monday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Taylor Fritz reacts after defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain during the men's singles finals at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Sunday in Indian Wells, California. Fritz won 6-3, 7-6. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Visitors walk under American flags flying at half-staff in remembrance of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Albright, a child refugee from Nazi- and then Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe who rose to become the first female secretary of state, died at age 84 on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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