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APRIL 2017Pictures of the day

Apr.10 – Apr. 14

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Ukrainian Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenkospeaks to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council concerning the situation in Syria, at U.N. headquarters on April 7 in New York.

Drew Angerer / Getty Images


Apr. 7 , 2017

Hawra, 4, who was badly burned in the March 17 airstrike in western Mosul, sits on her bed at a hospital in Erbil, Iraq on April 8. The fight for western Mosul is proving more brutal and destructive than the battle for the city's eastern sector, and Iraqi civilians are being caught in the middle.

PHOTOS: In Mosul, Mortars and Mayhem Persist

Felipe Dana / AP


Apr. 8 , 2017

Syrian women walk at dusk in the Kawergosk refugee camp in northern Iraq on April 8.

Felipe Dana / AP


Apr. 8 , 2017

Thousands of demonstrators march in Caracas on April 8.

The opposition is accusing pro-Maduro Supreme Court judges of attempting an internal "coup d'etat" for attempting to take over the opposition-majority legislature's powers last week. The socialist president's supporters held counter-demonstrations, condemning Maduro's opponents as "imperialists" plotting with the United States to oust him.

Carlos Becerra / AFP - Getty Images


Apr. 8 , 2017

Migrants aboard the Golfo Azurro rescue vessel wait to be transferred to Italian authorities in Trapani harbor, on the Italian island of Sicily, Saturday, April 8, 2017. Most migrants on the Mediterranean are now trying to reach Italy. Those numbers have dramatically increased since the European Union and Turkey signed an agreement last year that allowed Greece to send new asylum-seekers back to Turkey. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Apr. 8 , 2017


A member of the Palestinian Fatah Movement fires a rocket-propelled grenade during a clash that erupted between the Palestinian Fatah Movement and Islamists in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sunday, April 9, 2017. Einel-Hilweh, the largest of 12 Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, is notorious for its lawlessness and is home to some extremists who sympathize with the Islamic State group and al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Apr. 9 , 2017


A displaced Iraqi boy sits on debris

outside Hammam al-Alil camp,

south of Mosul, Iraq, April 9, 2017.

REUTERS/Marko Djurica


Apr. 9 , 2017

Apr. 10 , 2017


Reuters / Monday, April 10, 2017Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his wife Sophie Gregoireand son Xavier pay their respects at the tombstone of J.R. Gregoire, an ancestor who died during fighting in WWII, during their visit at the Canadian War Cemetery in Beny-sur-Mer, France, April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann


Apr. 10 , 2017

Gaetan Richard, founder

of the Miam Factory 3D

printing chocolate

company, displays a

chocolate beer bottle

after being printed at

Belgian chocolate

company Miam Factory

in Gembloux, Belgium,

April 10, 2017.

REUTERS/Francois

Lenoir


Apr. 10 , 2017

Demonstrators run away while clashing with riot police during a rally against in Caracas on April 10.

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Apr. 10 , 2017

The mother, center, of Umer Farooq, a Kashmiri civilian who was killed Sunday, cries during his funeral in the village of Baroosa, 34 kilometers (21 miles) northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, April 10, 2017. Government forces opened fire on Sunday on crowds of people who attacked polling stations during a by-election for a vacant seat in India's Parliament, killing eight people. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Apr. 10 , 2017


In this Monday, April 10, 2017 photo, a hooded penitent from "Vera Cruz" brotherhood takes part during a Holy Week procession in Cordoba, Spain. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Apr. 10 , 2017


A Rohingya girl gestures while reciting a poem

at a makeshift school at Balukhali Makeshift

Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Apr. 10 , 2017


Devotees pull the chariot of God Bhairab during the Biska Festival also known as Bisket festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Apr. 10 , 2017


Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) female fighters carry water supplies on the bank of the Euphrates river, west of Raqqa city, Syria. REUTERS/Rodi Said

Apr. 10 , 2017


An airplane of German air carrier Lufthansa passes the moon over Frankfurt, Germany. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Apr. 10 , 2017


Sergio Garcia of Spain is presented the green jacket by last year's champion, Danny Willett of England, after Garcia won the 2017 Masters golf tournament in a playoff at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Apr. 10 , 2017


Zeinab, 14, sits as she holds her nephew at a camp for internally displaced people from drought hit areas in Dollow, Somalia. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Apr. 10 , 2017


Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers march during the ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge, at Canadian National Memorial in Vimy, France. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Apr. 10 , 2017


Supporters of Nationalist Movement

Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli

carry a huge Turkish flag during a

rally for the upcoming referendum,

in Istanbul, Turkey.

REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Apr. 10 , 2017


Peterbald kittens sit inside their

cage during a regional cat

exhibition in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

Apr. 10 , 2017


Supporters gather at the Old Harbour as Jean-Luc Melenchonof the French far left Parti de Gauche and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election delivers a speech during a political rally in Marseille, France. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

Apr. 10 , 2017


Preparing for Passover

Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in the "Mayim Shelanu" ceremony to collect water from a natural spring, which be used to make matza, the traditional unleavened bread, near Jerusalem. REUTERS/Amir Cohen


Apr. 10 , 2017


Apr. 10 , 2017


Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men

prepare matza, traditional

unleavened bread eaten

during the upcoming

Jewish holiday of Passover,

in Jerusalem.

REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun


Apr. 10 , 2017

Ultra-Orthodox Jews burn leaven in the city of Ashdod, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover. REUTERS/Amir Cohen


Apr. 10 , 2017

People participate in a Jewish religious ceremony called Srifes Chumetzinvolving a ritual burning of a bonfire before the start of Passover in Brooklyn, New York. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith

Apr. 10 , 2017


People participate in a Jewish religious ceremony called Srifes Chumetz involving a ritual burning of a bonfire before the start of Passover in Brooklyn, New York. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith


Apr. 10 , 2017



Apr. 10 , 2017

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man carries boxes with oranges at a food distribution center providing food products for families ahead of the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover near Jerusalem's Mea Shearimneighborhood. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun


Apr. 10 , 2017

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man heats part of a gas burner over a fire to remove remains of leaven in preparation for the Jewish holiday of Passover in the city of Ashdod. REUTERS/Amir Cohen


Apr. 10 , 2017

Funeral for police officer killed in London attack

Reuters / Monday, April 10, 2017The coffin of PC Keith Palmer, who was killed in the recent Westminster attack, is transported through Carriage Gates at the Palace of Westminster, where it laid overnight, to his funeral at Southwark Cathedral in central London, Britain. The flowers on top of the hearse spell out 'NO 1 DADDY'. REUTERS/Neil Hall

Apr. 10 , 2017


Police officers line the street as the coffin of PC Keith Palmer is transported from the Palace of Westminster to his funeral at SouthwarkCathedral. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Apr. 10 , 2017


Britain Attack FuneralAn officer carries the helmet of PC Keith Palmer into the Southwark Cathedral in London, Monday, April 10, 2017. Unarmed PC Keith Palmer was stabbed to death by British attacker Khalid Masood who drove a rented SUV into pedestrians on Westminster bridge and then fatally stabbed the police officer outside Parliament on March 22. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, pool)

Apr. 10 , 2017


Pall bearers carry the coffin of PC Keith Palmer, the officer killed in the Westminster attack, into SouthwarkCathedral for his funeral. REUTERS/Frank Augstein/Poo

Apr. 10 , 2017


A police officer holds an order of service as he waits with colleagues for the coffin of PC Keith Palmer to be carried into Southwark Cathedral. REUTERS/Frank Augstein/Pool

Apr. 10 , 2017


Pall bearers carry the coffin of PC Keith Palmer into Southwark Cathedral for his funeral. REUTERS/Frank Augstein/Pool

Apr. 10 , 2017


The coffin of PC Keith Palmer is transported through Carriage Gates at the Palace of Westminster, where it laid overnight, to his funeral at Southwark Cathedral. REUTERS/Neil Hall

Apr. 10 , 2017


Police officers line the street as the coffin of PC Keith Palmer is transported from the Palace of Westminster, where it laid overnight, to his funeral at Southwark Cathedral. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Apr. 10 , 2017


The hearse carrying the coffin of PC Keith Palmer leaves the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft within the Palace of Westminster, heading to his funeral at SouthwarkCathedral. REUTERS/Ben Stansall/Pool

Apr. 10 , 2017


PC Keith Palmer's coffin is carried past a guard of honour as it arrives at the Palace of Westminster. REUTERS/Paul Grover/Pool

Apr. 10 , 2017


University of Mosul in ruins

People walk in front of the remains of the University of Mosul, which was burned and destroyed during a battle with Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq, April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Apr. 10 , 2017


A burnt out car is seen in front of the remains of the University of Mosul, which was burned and destroyed during a battle with Islamic State militants. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Apr. 10 , 2017


Workers clean debris of the remains of the University of Mosul. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Apr. 10 , 2017


Iraq's Federal Police member pours tea at the entrance of the University of Mosul. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Apr. 10 , 2017


A worker cleans debris of the remains of the University of Mosul. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Apr. 10 , 2017


Apr. 11 , 2017


DROUGHT WORRIES OVER! SEE WATER’S DRAMATIC RETURN TO CALIFORNIA

The Enterprise Bridge passes over a section of Lake Oroville that is nearly dry on Aug. 19, 2014, left, in Oroville, California. At right, the landscape is seen dramatically changed on April 11, 2017.

Apr. 11 , 2017


Low water levels expose ground at the Bidwell Marina at Lake Oroville in August 2014, top, and April 2017, in Oroville, California. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

Apr. 11 , 2017


Horses graze in a field in Woodacre, California, in July 2014 and April 2017. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

Water levels at the Bidwell Marina in August 2014 and April 2017. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

Apr. 11 , 2017


Penitents of the Rocio brotherhood participate in a procession in Malaga, Spain on April 11.Jorge Zapata / EPA

Apr. 11 , 2017


U.S. soldiers take up positions during an operation against ISIS militants in Afghanistan's Nangarharprovince on April 11. Noorulah Shirzada - AFP -Getty Images file

Apr. 11 , 2017


The damaged windows of the Borussia Dortmund's team bus following three explosions in Dortmund, Germany, on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Stringer / EPAApr. 11 , 2017


Photographers take photographs next to

South Korean soldiers standing guard

during Operation Pacific Reach joint logistic

exercise in Pohang, South Korea.

REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Apr. 11 , 2017


An Iraqi boy sits outside a house that was damaged during the fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic states militant in Hammam al-Alil city south of Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Apr. 11 , 2017


Abu Malek, one of the survivors of a chemical attack in the Ghouta region of Damascus that took place in 2013, uses his crutches to walk along a street in the Ghouta town of Ain Tarma, Syria. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Apr. 11 , 2017


A nurse touches the hand of patient Iraqi girl Nawras Raed, six months old, at a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in Qayyara, Iraq. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Apr. 11 , 2017


Fishermen anchor their boat at dawn off the coast of Koh Samui in Thailand. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Apr. 11 , 2017


An elephant sprays tourists with water in celebration of the Songkran Water Festival in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

Apr. 11 , 2017


Sailors conduct flight operations on the aircraft carrier

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) flight deck, in the South

China Sea. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication

Specialist 3rd Class Matt Brown/Handout via REUTERS

Apr. 11 , 2017


Spanish legionnaires throw their weapons in the air as they warm up before taking part in a change of honor guard at the statue of the Christ of Mena during Holy Week in Malaga, southern Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Apr. 11 , 2017


Britain's Queen Elizabeth watches as Prince Philip feeds an elephant during a visit to Whipsnade Zoo where the Queen opened the new Centre for Elephant Care, in Dunstable, Britain. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Apr. 11 , 2017


Reuters / Tuesday, April 11, 2017

(R-L) U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson,

Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson,

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, and

Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio

Kishida attend roundtable talks during a G7 for

foreign ministers in Lucca, Italy. REUTERS/Max

Rossi

Apr. 11 , 2017


A displaced Iraqi who had fled his home helps his wounded brother as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Apr. 11 , 2017


A devotee takes a holy bath at the

Balaju Baise Dhara (22 water spouts)

during the Baishak Asnan festival in

Kathmandu, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh

Chitrakar

Apr. 11 , 2017


Babies starve as Mosul war grinds on

Reuters / Tuesday, April 11, 2017Dua Nawaf, 8, whose family was killed in an airstrike in Mosul, sits at a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in Qayyara. Many of the starving infants are from Mosul, where war between Islamic State militants and Iraqi forces is taking a heavy toll on several hundred thousand civilians trapped inside the city. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Apr. 11 , 2017


Reuters / Tuesday, April 11, 2017Iraqi girl Nawras Raed, six months old, lies in a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in Qayyara. Residents who have managed to escape say there is almost nothing to eat but flour mixed with water and boiled wheat grain. What little food remains is too expensive for most residents to afford, or kept for Islamic State members and their supporters. REUTERS/SuhaibSalem

Apr. 11 , 2017


Dancing with the Irish

A dancer performs before a judging panel during the World Irish Dancing Championships in Dublin, Ireland. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Apr. 11 , 2017


Dancers warm up before performing during the World Irish Dancing Championships in Dublin, Ireland. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Apr. 11 , 2017


A dancer performs onstage during the World Irish Dancing Championships in Dublin, Ireland. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Apr. 11 , 2017


Dancers warm up before performing during the World Irish Dancing Championships in Dublin, Ireland. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Apr. 11 , 2017


Fire ravages French migrant camp

General view shows debris and shelters the day after a fire destroyed large swathes of the Grande-Synthe migrant camp near Dunkirk. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Apr. 11 , 2017


Firefighters extinguish shelters during a fire which destroyed many wood houses at a camp for migrants in Grande-Synthe, near Dunkirk, France. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Apr. 11 , 2017


Firefighters extinguish shelters during a fire in Grande-Synthe. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Apr. 11 , 2017


A bicycle is seen the day after a fire destroyed large swathes of the Grande-Synthe migrant camp. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Apr. 11 , 2017


French firemen walk between standing shelters the day after a fire destroyed large swathes of the Grande-Synthe migrant camp. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Apr. 11 , 2017


Migrants sleep in a gym opened by Red Cross volunteers after the fire. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Apr. 11 , 2017


Cooking equipment is seen among debris of shelters the day after a fire. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Apr. 11 , 2017


A member of the Palestinian Fatah faction fires his weapon during clashes against hard line Sunni Islamists known as the Badr group inside the Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon, southern Lebanon. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Apr. 11 , 2017


PalestiniansA fishermen navigates rough seas along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Apr. 11 , 2017


Jets zip through narrow Star Wars Canyon, drawing visitorsAPRIL 11, 2017

In this Feb. 28, 2017, photo, Jason O. Watson looks through a telephoto lens on a cliff overlooking the nicknamed Star Wars Canyon in Death Valley National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)


GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Feb. 28, 2017, photo, an F-15C Eagle from the California Air National Guard, 144th Fighter Wing, flies out of the nicknamed Star Wars Canyon over Death Valley National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)


GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Feb. 28, 2017, photo, a Lockheed Martin F-35A Lighting II from the 323 Squadron, Royal Netherlands Air Force flies through the nicknamed Star Wars Canyon on the Jedi transition in Death Valley National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)


GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Feb. 27, 2017, photo, an F/A-

18F Super Hornet from China Lake

VX-9 Vampire squadron flies through

the nicknamed Star Wars Canyon in

Death Valley National Park, Calif. (AP

Photo/Ben Margot)


GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Feb. 27, 2017, photo,

Lt. Cmdr. Ian "Elf" Kibler of

the VX-9 Vampire squadron

from Naval Air Weapons

Station, China Lake, banks

his F/A-18E Super Hornet

through the nicknamed Star

Wars Canyon in Death

Valley National Park, Calif.

(AP Photo/Ben Margot)


GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Feb. 27, 2017, photo, an F/A-18E Super Hornet from VFA-24 squadron at

NAS Lemoore banks in front of the Panamint range while exiting the nicknamed

Star Wars Canyon on the Jedi transition over Death Valley National Park, Calif.

Military jets roaring over national parks have long drawn complaints from hikers

and campers. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)


GALLERY PHOTOS

In this Feb. 27, 2017, photo an F-15E Strike

Eagle from Seymour Johnson AFB in North

Carolina flies out of the nicknamed Star Wars

Canyon turning toward the Panamint range

over Death Valley National Park, Calif. (AP

Photo/Ben Margot)


GALLERY PHOTOS

South Korea Koreas TensionsSouth Korean marine soldiers stand guard during the U.S.-South Korea joint Exercise Operation Pacific Reach in Pohang, South Korea, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. North Korea is vowing tough counteraction to any military moves that might follow the U.S. move to send the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and its battle group to waters off the Korean Peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)


Apr. 11 , 2017

Maryland Legislature Last DayConfetti fall from the Maryland House of Delegate's chamber gallery following the closing of the state's legislative session in Annapolis, Md., early Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Maryland’s Democrat-controlled General Assembly on Monday wrapped up a legislative session that was full of measures in opposition to policies supported by President Donald Trump and the GOP-led Congress. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)


Apr. 11 , 2017

India Hindu FestivalHindu devotees bath in the River Ganges

during Hanuman Jayanti festival in

Allahabad, India, Tuesday, April 11, 2017.

The festival celebrates the birth of Hindu

monkey god Hanuman. (AP

Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)


Apr. 11 , 2017

Spain Holy WeekPenitents from 'Cristo de la Buena Muerte' or 'Good Dead Christ' brotherhood take part in a procession in Madrid, Spain, in the early hours of Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Hundreds of processions are taken place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)


Apr. 11 , 2017

Turkey ExplosionFirefighters and rescue workers work at the site after an explosion which killed one man and injured a number of other people in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The explosion on occurred inside a workshop where a police armored vehicle was being repaired, officials said. (AP Photo)


Apr. 11 , 2017

Turkey ExplosionA shop owner sits near the site after an explosion in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. An explosion inside a workshop where a police armored vehicle was being repaired killed one man and injured a number of other people, Turkish police said Tuesday. The blast in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir caused part of the workshop — an annex to the city's main police headquarters — to collapse.(AP Photo)

Apr. 11 , 2017


North Korea Daily LifeA North Korean traffic police woman is seen in silhouette as she directs traffic at the driveway of Sunan International Airport on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea will mark the 105th anniversary of the birth of late leader Kim Il Sung on April 15. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Apr. 11 , 2017


Cyprus Peace TalksA woman is seen through a military battle position from a wall at the U.N buffer zone that divided the south, Greek Cypriot, and the north, Turkish Cypriot breakaway controlled areas in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Against the backdrop of Turkey's referendum on expanding presidential powers, talks aimed at reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus were restarted today with rival leaders hoping to claw back diminished trust and lost momentum after a two-month halt. Cyprus was split in 1974 when Turkey invaded following a coup mounted by supporters of union with Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Apr. 11 , 2017


Italy Etna VolcanoMount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, spews lava as the Sicilian town of Riposto, Italy, is visible in foreground, during an eruption in the early hours of Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)

Apr. 11 , 2017


Germany Nazi

Concentration Camp

AnniversaryNazi concentration camp

survivor Alexander Bytschok of

Kiev, Ukraine, mourns on a

metal plaque during the

commemoration ceremonies

for the 72th anniversary of the

liberation of the former Nazi

concentration camp

Buchenwald near Weimar,

Germany, Tuesday, April 11,

2017. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Apr. 11 , 2017


Georgia ZooPenguins are reflected in a pond as they walk in the Tbilisi Zoo in in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The penguins, presented by Bristol Zoo, became new residents at Tbilisi Zoo after a devastating flood in 2015 killed hundreds of animals. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Apr. 11 , 2017


Washington Daily LifeThe Washington Monument is reflected in the glass exterior of the National Museum of African American History in Washington in the morning light, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Apr. 11 , 2017


Chile Education ProtestA demonstrator runs for cover as a police water cannon fires on them during a protest march demanding education reform, in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The demonstrators are demanding free access to school for all ages including at university level. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Apr. 11 , 2017


France ElectionSocialist candidate for the presidential election Benoit Hamongestures as he delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, France, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Apr. 11 , 2017


In this Tuesday, April 11, 2017 photo, a costalero of "La Sangre" brotherhood, who will carry the portable platform bearing a Jesus Christ statue, prepares for a Holy Week procession in Cordoba, Spain. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Apr. 11 , 2017


In this Tuesday, April 11,

2017 photo, 'Ensacados''

or masked penitents take

part in the procession of

the "Silencio del Santisimo

Cristo del Rebate"

brotherhood, during Holy

Week in Tarazona,

northern Spain. (AP

Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Apr. 11 , 2017


EDS NOTE : SPANISH LAW REQUIRES THAT THE FACES OF MINORS ARE MASKED IN PUBLICATIONS WITHIN SPAIN. In this Tuesday, April 11, 2017 photo, hooded penitents from "Cristo de los Angeles" brotherhood take part in a traditional annual Holy Week procession in Toledo, Spain. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Apr. 11 , 2017


Snow-covered Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, spews lava during an eruption seen from the Sicilian village of Pozzillo, Italy, in the early hours of Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)

Apr. 11 , 2017



Daily life around the worldMARCH , 2017

Italy Daily LifeHostesses attend the Premiere of Disney's 'Beauty And The Beast' in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)


March 8 , 2017

Romania Daily LifeA dog waits along with people for the green light at a pedestrian crossing, in downtown Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)


March 1 , 2017

Spain Daily LifeA couple shelter from the rain under their umbrella, while walking in the old town in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday , March 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)


March 3 , 2017

New York Daily LifeTwo Staten Island Ferry boats catch the last rays of the setting sun while crossing paths as one departs from and the other arrives at the lower Manhattan terminal, Friday, March 3, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)


March 3 , 2017

Cuba Daily LifePeople play in the waves crashing against the seawall or Malecon in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)


March 4 , 2017

Morocco Daily LifeA tourist climbs a hill on foot to witness the sunrise in Merzouga, Morocco along what is called the route of a thousand kasbahs in the Atlas Mountains, Sunday, March 5, 2017. (AP Photo/AbdeljalilBounhar)


March 5 , 2017

Morocco Daily LifeA camel vendor walks near the shadows of tourists riding camels, in Merzouga, Morocco along what is called the route of a thousand kasbahs in the Atlas Mountains, Sunday, March 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)


March 5 , 2017

Chile Daily LifePeople line up to enter a Pablo Picasso exhibition at the Palacio La Moneda Cultural Center on the last day of the exhibit in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, March 5, 2017. The art on display comes from the Picasso-Paris Museum, home to Picasso's most outstanding works. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)


March 5 , 2017

Emirates Daily LifeVisitors pose for a photo with graffiti at the multi million dollar City Walk district newly added to shopping and dinning areas in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, March 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)


March 9 , 2017

Lebanon Daily LifeA man reviews pictures on his camera of the Rawcheh Sea Rock, during sunset in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, March 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)


March 11 , 2017

Chile Daily LifePeruvian Jerry Moya, wears traditional Peruvian "Marinera" clothes as he holds his dog Tom before dancing for tips in the Plaza de Armas in downtown Santiago, Chile, Sunday, March 12, 2017. The downtown square is the capital's center, hosting municipal offices, the Cathedral, the post office and colorful personalities from artists to street preachers. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)


March 12 , 2017

Turkey Daily LifeA cat looks on over a general view of the Golden Horn, in Istanbul, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/LefterisPitarakis)


March 15 , 2017

India Daily LifeIndian boys get their daily dose of soccer training in their neighborhood coaching camp in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/RajanishKakade)


March 15 , 2017

Spain Daily LifeA street artist applies his make-up before performing at the Retiropark in Madrid, Saturday, March 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)


March 18 , 2017

California Daily LifeA man rides a cart past a red truck parked outside Staples Center, Monday, March 20, 2017, in Los Angeles. After several weeks of dry weather, the start of spring will bring rain showers throughout California this week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


March 20 , 2017

Philippines Daily LifeFilipino worker Frank Garcia picks a vehicle window at a used car parts shop in Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Many stores in the city sell second hand car spare parts in a flourishing trade amid the hard times. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)


March 21 , 2017

Egypt Daily LifeVisitors are seen through a fountain at the Spring flowers exhibition at the Orman Garden, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 24, 2017. The annual exhibition attracts flower enthusiasts and art photographers. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)


March 24 , 2017

Egypt Daily LifeA worker checks flowers at the Spring flowers exhibition at the Orman Garden, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 24, 2017. The annual exhibition attracts flower enthusiasts and art photographers. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)


March 24 , 2017

Turkey Istanbul Daily LifeClocks, including one with a portrait of Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, are offered for sale at an open market in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul,Friday, March 24, 2017. (AP Photo/LefterisPitarakis)


March 24 , 2017

Turkey Istanbul Daily LifeYoung people in historic costume, pose for photographs, backdropped by the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, better known as the Blue Mosque, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul,Friday, March 24, 2017. (AP Photo/LefterisPitarakis)


March 24 , 2017

Las Vegas Daily LifePuppeteer Freddie Spencer operates a pole-dancing marionette, one of his own creations, Friday, March 24, 2017, in Las Vegas. Spencer, a professional puppeteer, was performing with the marionette along Fremont Street, a popular tourist area. (AP Photo/John Locher)


March 24 , 2017

China Daily LifeA woman takes a photo of a child, at the Yuyuantanpark's annual Cherry Blossoms Culture Festival held in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)


March 25 , 2017

Pakistan Daily LifeA devotee dances at the shrine of Madhu Lal Shah Hussain, a poet also regarded as a Sufi saint, during an annual festival to celebrate him in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, March 25, 2017. The annual festival to commemorate Shah Hussain (1538-1599) started on Saturday with thousands of people expected to visit the shrine. (AP Photo/K.M Chaudary)


March 25 , 2017

Spain Daily LifeA couple walk past spring flowers at the end of a clear spring day, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)


March 28 , 2017

Mexico US Border Daily LifeRohan Ayala stands next to his father outside their home, meters from the fence marking the U.S.-Mexico border in Juarez Valley, Mexico, Wednesday, March 29, 201, across the border from the outskirts of El Paso, Texas. A segment of new fencing is being erected by the U.S. government outside El Paso, Texas, just west of the New Mexico state line. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)


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Apr. 12 , 2017


South Sudanese refugee women, displaced by fighting, rest at Imvepisettlement in Arua district, northern Uganda. REUTERS/James Akena

Apr. 12 , 2017


A stuntman rides a motorcycle inside the "Well of Death" attraction during a fair in Bhaktapur, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Apr. 12 , 2017


Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip view a flat belonging to Pauline Stainsby (L) during a visit to Priory View, an independent living scheme for older residents, in Dunstable, Britain. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Apr. 12 , 2017


A demonstrator throws a broom toward riot police during a protest calling for changes in the education system in Santiago, Chile. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Apr. 12 , 2017


Smoke is seen coming out from a building after an explosion in Diyarbakir, Turkey in this still frame taken from video. REUTERS/REUTERS TV

Apr. 12 , 2017


Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson enter a hall during their meeting in Moscow, Russia. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Apr. 12 , 2017


People fish during fog in a lake in Riacho Grande, Brazil. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

Apr. 12 , 2017


Nepali mountain climber Min Bahadur Sherchan, 85, who will attempt to climb Everest and become the oldest person to conquer the world's highest mountain, performs yoga in Kathmandu, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Apr. 12 , 2017


The full moon named the

Pink Moon rises over statues

at city square in Skopje,

Macedonia.

REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

Apr. 12 , 2017


The 'Ecce Homo' statue by artist British Mark Wallinger stands outside St Paul's Cathedral in London, Britain. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Apr. 12 , 2017


A crow flies towards a tree in a blooming rapeseed field on a spring morning in Vufflens-la-Ville near Lausanne, Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Apr. 12 , 2017


Mosul's lion and bear saved

Reuters / Wednesday, April 12, 2017Lola the bear, one of two surviving animals in Mosul's zoo, along with Simba the lion, is seen at an enclosure in the shelter after arriving to an animal rehabilitation shelter in Jordan, April 11, 2017. The last two surviving animals from Mosul's dilapidated zoo arrived this week at an animal shelter in Jordan, after months of malnutrition and a long journey out of Iraq that included being stuck at the border for 12 days. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Apr. 12 , 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, April 12, 2017Simba the lion is seen at an enclosure in the shelter after arriving to an animal rehabilitation shelter in Jordan. Neighbours fed Simba and Lola until the fighting became too fierce. They said a shell once hit the park, sending hungry monkeys out of their enclosures. Other animals were killed, died of starvation or escaped. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Apr. 12 , 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, April 12, 2017Lola the bear is seen at an enclosure in the shelter after arriving to an animal rehabilitation shelter in Jordan. Back in Jordan, Lola hesitated to come out of her travel crate until she spotted a green apple - a sure sign of better things ahead. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Apr. 12 , 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, April 12, 2017Simba the lion is seen at an enclosure in the shelter after arriving to an animal rehabilitation shelter in Jordan. The two animals will go through a rehabilitation program that involves hand-feeding them through the fence before being transferred to larger enclosures when their health stabilizes. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Apr. 12 , 2017


A girl broadcasts at live streaming talent agency Three Minute TV in Beijing, China. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Apr. 12 , 2017


Chinese seek live streaming stardom

Reuters / Wednesday, April 12, 2017A girl broadcasts at Three Minute TV, a live streaming talent agency in Beijing. The fastest-emerging internet sector barely existed in China three years ago but last year produced revenues of more than 30 billion yuan ($4.3 billion) and according to an estimate by investment bank China Renaissance Securities, is set to more than triple that by 2020. That puts it on track to overtake cinema box office receipts in a few year's time. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Apr. 12 , 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, April 12, 2017A girl broadcasts at live streaming talent agency Three Minute TV in Beijing. The rapid growth of live streaming in China has attracted a rush of investment, led by China's tech heavyweights, Tencent Holdings, Alibaba Group Holding and Baidu Inc. They hope live streaming can boost existing services in e-commerce, social networking and gaming. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Apr. 12 , 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, April 12, 2017Girls attend make-up training session at live streaming talent agency Three Minute TV in Beijing. The lure is some 344 million Chinese netizens �more than the population of every country on the planet bar China and India - who were watching live streaming sites in December. And that is only about 47 percent of all Chinese Internet users. There are about 150 live streaming platforms, most producing entertainment shows. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Apr. 12 , 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, April 12, 2017Girls attend make-up training session at live streaming talent agency Three Minute TV, in Beijing. The importance of live streaming in lower-tier cities is greater than elsewhere in China. Access to the internet via a mobile phone is the major, if not the only, gateway to shopping and entertainment, said Karen Chan, equities analyst at Jefferies Hong Kong. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Apr. 12 , 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, April 12, 2017A girl broadcasts at live streaming talent agency Three Minute TV in Beijing. Three Minute TV also arranges cosmetic surgery at partner hospitals for its anchors, arranges small bank loans for the surgery, photographs and markets the anchors and helps them find acting opportunities Deng said. REUTERS/DamirSagolj

Apr. 12 , 2017


Girls play with a dog at live streaming talent agency Three Minute TV in Beijing. Still, the prospect of change in the sector hasn't faded the hopes of thousands of young Chinese who want to become internet stars. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Apr. 12 , 2017


A girl broadcasts at a live streaming talent agency Three Minute TV in Beijing. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Apr. 12 , 2017


The sun sets in Pyongyang, North Korea. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Apr. 12 , 2017


In this Wednesday,

April 12, 2017 photo,

a penitent from 'Real

Cofradia del

Santisimo Cristo de

las Injurias' also

known as 'El Silencio'

brotherhood prepares

to take part in a

procession in

Zamora, Spain. (AP

Photo/Daniel Ochoa

de Olza)

Apr. 12 , 2017


Woman pray at the Ethiopian church of Deir Al Sultan next to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 12.Atef Safadi / EPA

Apr. 12 , 2017


A man visits Santa Teresa Basilica during the Nazarene of Saint Pau celebration in Caracas on April 12.

Federico Parra / AFP -Getty Images

Apr. 12 , 2017


Filipino children play at the site of a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the village of San Pedro in San Fernando, Philippines on April 12. Christians around the world celebrated Holy Week, leading up to Easter Sunday.Mark R. Cristino / EPAApril 21, 2017 vinhbinh2010, lantran 162

Apr. 12 , 2017

Penitents from Real

Cofradia del Santisimo

Cristo de las Injurias

brotherhood, also

known as El Silencio,

hold candles during a

procession in Zamora,

Spain on April 12.

Daniel Ochoa de Olza /

AP

Apr. 12 , 2017


Catholics hold colored tape tied to a statue of Jesus Nazareno during a Mass at the San Antonio de Padua Church before a procession known as "Jesus Nazareno of the tapes" in Cot of Cartago, Costa Rica on April 12. People tie ribbons to the statue as a symbol of promises they make to Jesus.

Ezequiel Becerra / AFP - Getty Images

Apr. 12 , 2017


A displaced Iraqi man sits on the ruins of a destroyed building outside Hammam al-Alil camp, south of Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Apr. 12 , 2017


Punks gather in downtown Yangon ahead of the Thingyan water festival, April 12, 2017.People traditionally celebrate the festival by splashing water and throwing powder at each other as a symbolic sign of cleansing and washing away the sins from the previous year. The Buddhist New Year is celebrated in countries such as Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, and this year begins April 13.Lynn Bo Bo / EPA

Apr. 12 , 2017


Two women and a child walk past a group gathered in a park in central Yangon.

Roberto Schmidt / AFP - Getty Images

Apr. 12 , 2017


A group of friends take part in a gathering in Yangon.Lynn Bo Bo / EPA

Apr. 12 , 2017


A man displays a mohawk hairstyle at the gathering in Yangon.

Lynn Bo Bo / EPA

Apr. 12 , 2017


Punk community members dance during a punk music festival in Bandung, Indonesia West Java province. REUTERS/BeawihartaApr. 12 , 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, April 12, 2017Russian Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Vladimir Safronkov votes against a draft resolution condemning the reported use of chemical weapons in Syria at the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith

Apr. 12 , 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, April 12, 2017Policemen block protesters to enter Fidesz party headquarters during a protest against a new law that would undermine Central European University, a liberal graduate school of social sciences founded by U.S. financier George Soros in Budapest, Hungary. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

Apr. 12 , 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, April 12, 2017Fisherman Cengiz Topcu, 57, who says he will vote 'No' in the upcoming Turkish referendum, poses in his boat in Rize on the Black Sea coast, Turkey. "I am a patriot. In the past Erdogan was a good man but recently he has changed in a bad way. I want a democracy, not the rule of one man. Systems ruled by one person lead to military coups," Topcu said. He thought that Turkey's biggest problems are unemployment and terror. He is also concerned about the environment, "In the past, there were lots fish in the Black Sea, but now it is polluted. The chemicals from the factories along the rivers pollute the rivers and these rivers carry the poison to the sea. There are no more fish around." REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Apr. 12 , 2017


Postcards from Pyongyang

Women wear traditional clothes. REUTERS/DamirSagolj

Apr. 12 , 2017


People walk in Pyongyang. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Apr. 12 , 2017


Passengers ride the bus in a newly constructed area in central Pyongyang. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Apr. 12 , 2017


People carry accessories as North Korea prepares to mark Saturday's 105th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Apr. 12 , 2017


A guide talks to foreign reporters as they visit the 170-meter (558-feet) tall Juche Tower in central Pyongyang. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Apr. 12 , 2017


Women wear traditional clothes as North Korea prepares to mark Saturday's 105th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Apr. 12 , 2017


People sit by the road near the main Kim Il Sung square in central Pyongyang, North Korea. REUTERS/Damir SagoljApr. 12 , 2017


Workers sweep in front of statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on April 12.How Hwee Young / EPA

Apr. 12 , 2017


A troupe performs in a public square in Pyongyang on April 12.Ed Jones / AFP - Getty Images

Apr. 12 , 2017


Commuters wait at a bus stop on April 7.Ed Jones / AFP - Getty Images

Apr. 7 , 2017


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The Ryugyong Hotel looms

over Pyongyang on April 12. The hotel has been under construction for decades and has never been open for guests.How Hwee Young / EPA

Apr. 12 , 2017


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Cyclists ride on a street in Pyongyang on April 3.Yonhap via EPA


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Apr. 3 , 2017

Protesters hold placards as they march in South Africa's capital to protest against President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria, South Africa, April 12 ,2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko


Apr. 12 , 2017

A protester sets a barricade on fire during a protest against the government of Nicolas Maduro in Barquisimeto, Venezuela on April 12.

Venezuela's political crisis intensified over the last two weeks when the Supreme Court issued rulings curbing the powers of the opposition-controlled legislature. The court reversed the rulings days later, but the opposition protests grew from that moment.

Giorgio H. Pasquale / EPA


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Apr. 13 , 2017


A New York City Police officers (NYPD) carry and escort protestors after making arrests for demonstrating in Trump Tower in New York City. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Apr. 13 , 2017


A boy sits in his room during his rehabilitation in a hospital south of Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Apr. 13 , 2017


A demonstrator uses a slingshot while clashing

with riot police during a rally against Venezuela's

President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela.

REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Apr. 13 , 2017


Security personnel block a road outside the Kashimpur jail during the execution of three Islamists in Dhaka, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Stringer

Apr. 13 , 2017


People perform the fire dragon dance in Taijiang, Guizhou province, China. China Daily/via REUTERS

Apr. 13 , 2017


An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy stands beneath Jewish prayer shawls during the priestly blessing prayer on the holiday of Passover at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Apr. 13 , 2017


A view of Saint Peter's Basilica as Pope Francis leads the Chrism Mass at the Vatican. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Apr. 13 , 2017


Penitents sit for coffee during the

procession of the Exaltacion de La

Santa Cruz brotherhood in Zaragoza,

northern Spain on April 13.

Alvaro Barrientos / AP

Apr. 13 , 2017


A member of the Iraqi Federal Police fires a machine gun during combat against Islamic State in western Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

Apr. 13 , 2017


Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R)

presents Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Malala Yousafzai with a Canadian flag during a

ceremony in the Library of Parliament on

Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

REUTERS/Chris Wattie

Apr. 13 , 2017


People look at the Saudi Air Force performing from the Green Square near Khartoum Airport, Khartoum, Sudan. REUTERS/Mohamed NureldinAbdallah

Apr. 13 , 2017


Peacocks are seen covered in bags to protect their plumes during transportation, in Xiangyang, Hubei province, China. REUTERS/Stringer

Apr. 13 , 2017


The vehicle barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border

weaves around Saguaro cactus in the Sonoran

desert on the Tohono O'odham reservation in

Chukut Kuk, Arizona. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Apr. 13 , 2017


Men fish on the ice-covered Yenisei

River in the Taiga area outside

Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Apr. 13 , 2017


Military trucks carry soldiers through central Pyongyang as country prepares to mark Saturday's 105th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, North Korea's founding father and grandfather of the current ruler, North Korea. REUTERS/DamirSagolj

Apr. 13 , 2017


North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his sister Kim

Yo Jong attend an opening ceremony of a newly

constructed residential complex in Ryomyong street

in Pyongyang, North Korea. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Apr. 13 , 2017


People walk between buildings after the opening ceremony of a newly constructed residential complex in Ryomyong street. REUTERS/DamirSagolj

Apr. 13 , 2017


North KoreaNorth Korean men push their bicycles along Ryomyongresidential area, a collection of more than a dozen apartment buildings, on Thursday, April 13, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)


Apr. 13 , 2017

A taxi is parked in front of retired airplane and tank on display, at a Chinese village bordering North Korea at Dandong in China's Liaoning Province, April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song


Apr. 13 , 2017

North Korean soldiers march as they visit the newly constructed residential complex after its opening ceremony in Ryomyongstreet. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Apr. 13 , 2017


People react as a vehicle carrying foreign reporters passes. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Apr. 13 , 2017


Thousands of people arrive for an opening ceremony of a newly constructed residential complex in Ryomyong street. REUTERS/DamirSagolj

Apr. 13 , 2017


Songkran water festival

Local residents and tourists take part in waterfights during the Songkran water festival on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Apr. 13 , 2017


Revellers react at a foam party during Songkran Festival celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Apr. 13 , 2017


Revellers take part in a water fight at Songkran Festival celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Apr. 13 , 2017


Revellers react at a foam party during Songkran Festival celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Apr. 13 , 2017


Thai and foreign revelers battle with water guns on Khaosan Road, a tourist spot in Bangkok on April 12.

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Policemen watch as a woman is sprayed with water in Bangkok on April 13.Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP - Getty Images


Apr. 13 , 2017

Reuters / Thursday, April 13, 2017DAY 84 / APRIL 13: The United States dropped "the mother of all bombs," the largest non-nuclear device it has ever unleashed in combat, on a network of caves and tunnels used by Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan the military said. President Donald Trump touted the bombing as evidence of a more muscular U.S. foreign policy since he took office in January after eight years of President Barack Obama. The 21,600 pound (9,797 kg) GBU-43 bomb was dropped from a MC-130 aircraft in the Achin district of Nangarhar province, close to the border with Pakistan, Pentagon spokesman Adam Stump said. The GBU-43, also known as the "mother of all bombs," is a GPS-guided munition and was first tested in March 2003. It is regarded as particularly effective against clusters of targets on or just underneath the ground. It was the first time the United States has used this size of conventional bomb in a conflict. Trump described the bombing as a "very successful mission.� It was not immediately clear how much damage the device did. Elgin Air Force Base/Handout via REUTERS

Apr. 13 , 2017


The GBU-43/B, also known as the Massive Ordnance Air Blast, detonates during a test at Elgin Air Force Base, Florida, U.S., November 21, 2003 in this handout photo provided April 13, 2017. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force photo/Handout via REUTERS

Apr. 13 , 2017


The GBU-43/B is launched from a MC-130E Combat Talon I at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida on November 21, 2003. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force photo/Handout/File photo

Apr. 13 , 2017


A demonstrator wears a

homemade gas mask while

rallying against Venezuela's

President Nicolas Maduro in

Caracas, Venezuela.

REUTERS/Carlos Garcia

Apr. 13 , 2017


A Hindu holy man touches a child with his feet as part of a ritual to bless him during a religious procession to mark the Gajanfestival in Kolkata, India. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Apr. 13 , 2017


Girls dressed in traditional costumes run away from men throwing water in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 13.Laszlo Balogh / Reuters

Apr. 13 , 2017


Children play in a small pool as they watch Gerardo Galvez Jr. portray a suffering Jesus Christ in a local community play called Senakulo in Mandaluyong, east of Manila, Philippines on April 13.Rolex Dela Pena / EPA

Apr. 13 , 2017


Spanish legionnaires carry a statue of the Christ of Mena outside a church during a ceremony before they take part in the Mena brotherhood procession during Holy Week in Malaga, southern Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Apr. 13 , 2017


People light up fires and burn incense near the graves of departed relatives in a cemetery 50 kilometers south west of Romanian capital Bucharest, in the early hours of Maundy Thursday, in Copaciu, Romania. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS

Apr. 13 , 2017


Jewish worshippers take part in the priestly blessing prayer on the holiday of Passover, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen


Apr. 13 , 2017

An interior view shows the building of a school, which was seized by Islamist militants in 2004 in the southern town of Beslan, Russia, April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev


Apr. 13 , 2017

A woman holds a sign stating "libertad", the Spanish word for freedom, during a protest in Caracas on April 13.

Federico Parra / AFP - Getty Images


Apr. 13 , 2017

Venezuela Political CrisisA man screams during an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 13, 2017. Venezuela officials are confirming that a fifth person has died in a two-week old anti-government protest movement. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)


Apr. 13 , 2017

Demonstrators rally through the inclement weather in Caracas on April 13.

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Demonstrators rally while carrying a sign that reads "no more dictatorship" in Caracas on April 13.Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters


Apr. 13 , 2017

A man stands alone through the tear gas during opposition protests in Caracas on April 13.

Juan Barreto / AFP - Getty Images


Apr. 13 , 2017

Hong Kong World Track Cycling championshipsThe United States compete in the women's team pursuit quarterfinal against Italy at the World Track Cycling championships in Hong Kong, Thursday, April 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)


Apr. 13 , 2017

Israel PassoverCovered in prayer shawls Jewish men of the Cohanim priestly caste participate in a blessing during the Passover holiday, in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 13, 2017. The Cohanim, believed to be descendants of priests who served God in the Jewish Temple before it was destroyed, perform a blessing ceremony of the Jewish people three times a year during the festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)


Apr. 13 , 2017

Spain Holy WeekA penitent holds a rosary while taking part in the procession of the "Exaltacion de La Santa Cruz" brotherhood, during Holy Week in Zaragoza, northern Spain, Thursday, April 13, 2017. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)


Apr. 13 , 2017

Israel Palestinians EasterEthiopian Orthodox Christian woman prays during washing of the feet ceremony at Deir El Sultan monastery on top of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)


Apr. 13 , 2017

Vatican Pope ChrismPriests attend the Chrism Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Thursday, April 13, 2017. During the Mass the Pontiff blesses a token amount of oil that will be used to administer the sacraments for the year. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)


Apr. 13 , 2017

Italy Pope Holy ThursdayPope Francis washes the feet of some inmates of the Palianodetention center, south of Rome, Thursday, April 13, 2017. Pope Francis washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a maximum security prison on Holy Thursday in a pre-Easter ritual meant to show his willingness to serve society's most marginal and give them hope. Francis urged the prisoners to help one another out and similarly "be the servant of others." (L'OsservatoreRomano/Pool Photo via AP)


Apr. 13 , 2017

Brazil Corruption ProbeA security guard walks up a ramp leading to the Brazilian National Congress, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, April 13, 2017. Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht paid millions in bribes to President Michel Temer's party and another party, to ensure a contract with the state oil company, according to plea bargain testimony from a former executive at the company, released Wednesday, as part of the biggest corruption probe in Brazil's history. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)


Apr. 13 , 2017

Dodgers Cubs BaseballChicago Cubs center fielder Albert Almora Jr. (5) leaps to make a catch of the ball hit by Los Angeles Dodgers' Corey Seager during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, on Thursday, April 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Haynes)


Apr. 13 , 2017

Pirates Red Sox

BaseballPittsburgh Pirates catcher

Chris Stewart, right, tags out

Boston Red Sox's Mookie Betts

while trying to score on a hit by

Hanley Ramirez during the

eighth inning of a baseball

game at Fenway Park in

Boston, Thursday, April 13,

2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)


Apr. 13 , 2017

France Soccer Europa

LeagueLyon's Corentin Tolisso, center, masked by

unexplained smoke as he celebrates

scoring a goal during the Europa League

quarterfinal soccer match between Lyon

and Besiktas, in Decines, near Lyon,

central France, Thursday, April 13, 2017.

(AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)


Apr. 13 , 2017

In this Thursday, April 13, 2017 photo, a hooded penitent from "Jesus con la Cruz a Cuestas" brotherhood holds a lantern with a candle as taking part in a traditional annual Holy Week procession in Segovia, Spain. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Apr. 13 , 2017


In this Thursday, April 13, 2017 photo, hooded penitents from "La Oracion en el Huerto" brotherhood stand by the San Lorenzo church before taking part in a traditional annual Holy Week procession in Segovia, Spain. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Apr. 13 , 2017


In this Thursday, April 13, 2017 photo, a penitent carries a cross taking part in the procession of ''El Ensogado'' during the Holy Week in Sietamo, northern Spain. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Apr. 13 , 2017


QARAQOSH, IRAQPhotography by Marko Djurica.

Reporting by Ulf Laessing.Updated Saturday , April 15 , 2017

With Islamic State expelled, Iraqi Christians are trickling back to the ransacked town of Qaraqosh, beset by anxiety for their security and yet hopeful they can live in friendship with Muslims of all persuasions.

The town, about 20 km (12 miles) from the battlefront with Islamic State in the northern city of Mosul, shows why Christians have mixed feelings about the future of their ancient community.


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In the desecrated churches of Qaraqosh, Christians are busy removing graffiti daubed by the Sunni Muslim militants during two and a half years of control - only for new slogans to have appeared, scrawled by Shi'ite members of the Iraqi forces fighting street to street with the jihadists in Mosul.But nearby a shopkeeper is doing a brisk trade selling Dutch beer, Greek ouzo and several whisky brands to Christians, Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds alike, with this kind of commerce perhaps offering a glimpse of how Iraq's fractured communities could again live together peacefully.


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13 APR 2017. QARAQOSH, IRAQ. REUTERS/MARKO DJURICA

Encouraged by security checkpoints and patrols by a volunteer force, up to 10 Christian families have returned to what used to be the minority's biggest community in Iraq until Islamic State seized it in 2014.Iraqi forces pushed the group out of Qaraqosh in October, part of a six-month offensive to retake Mosul. But residents are worried that the Shi'ite slogans signal a new kind of sectarian division.


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"Oh Hussein" is daubed in red on the wall of a church torched earlier by Islamic State, praising the hero of Shi'ite Muslims who was martyred 1,300 years ago."We are afraid of this, of tensions," said Girgis Youssif, a church worker. "We want to live in peace and demand security," said Youssif, who returned after fleeing to Erbil, about 60 km away in Iraqi Kurdistan.Shi'ites in the Iraqi government forces and paramilitary groups, mostly from further south in the country, have scribbled such slogans on buildings all over Mosul too.


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Soldiers have also hoisted the flag of Ali in the city and on their on military vehicles. Shi'ites regard Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed, and the prophet's grandson Hussein as his true successors.Two Shi'ite flags also fly over Qaraqosh.Most Sunnis, who are the dominant community in Mosul, have shrugged off the Shi'ite slogans as the work of a handful of religious zealots but Christians take them as a signal that their future remains uncertain."Of course we are afraid of such signs," said Matti Yashou Hatti, a photographer who still lives in Erbil with his family. "We need international protection."


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Those families who have returned to Qaraqosh -once home to 50,000 people - are trying to revive Christian life dating back two millennia. However, most stay only two or three days at a time to refurbish their looted and burnt homes.

"We want to come back but there is no water and power," said Mazam Nesin, a Christian who works for a volunteer force based in Qaraqosh but has left his family behind in Erbil.

By contrast, displaced Muslims have been flocking back to markets in eastern Mosul since Islamic State's ejection from that part of the city, despite the battle raging in the Old City across the Tigris river which is the militants' last stronghold.


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Numbers of Christians in Iraq have fallen from 1.5 million to a few hundred thousand since the violence which followed the 2003 toppling of Saddam Hussein. Many Baghdad residents who could not afford to go abroad went to Qaraqosh and other northern towns where security used to be better than in the capital, rocked by sectarian warfare after the U.S.-led invasion.

But with the arrival of Islamic State, residents abandoned their homes with some applying for asylum in Europe. Germany alone took in 130,000 Iraqis, among them many Christians, in 2015 and 2016. But most ended up in Erbil with relatives or in homes paid for by aid agencies.

Supermarkets and restaurants remain closed in Qaraqosh, with windows smashed and burnt furniture strewn across floors.


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One of the few businesses to have reopened is Steve Ibrahim's alcohol shop in the town centre; in the absence of cafes it has become a meeting point for local people. "Business has been good so far. Everybody comes here to stock up," said Ibrahim, who has just reopened the store with his father.

They lost everything when Islamic State, known by its enemies as Daesh, wrecked their business. Now they have invested about $400 to refurbish the shop - new tiles shine on the walls - and customers are coming from beyond the town and from across the communities.

"I sell drinks to Christians and Muslims alike," he said. "Many people come from Mosul or other towns."

Many of Ibrahim's customers ignore Islam's forbidding of alcohol consumption. While he was talking, a Sunni Muslim from eastern Mosul drove up to buy a bottle of whisky and four cans of beer, packed in a black plastic bag to hide his purchase from the eyes of more religiously observant Muslims.

"You couldn't drink during Daesh. I am glad this shop is open again," said the man who gave his name only as Mohammed, shaking hands with Christians enjoying an afternoon beer. "I still only drink at home."

Later a Shi'ite from a village south of Mosul arrived to pick up drinks. "I come here twice a week. It's the only shop in the area," he said, asking not to be named, before driving off.

Even Ibrahim comes every day from Erbil, bringing by car supplies and fuel for the generator to power the fridges filled with cold beer. Then he drives back at night.


12 APR 2017. QARAQOSH, IRAQ. REUTERS/MARKO DJURICAAn empty house stands.

Whether more Christians can live permanently in Qaraqosh depends on whether the security forces win their trust.

Army and police have tried to ease fears by stationing soldiers in front of churches, and even helping Christian volunteers to set up a massive cross at the town's entrance.


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On Palm Sunday last weekend, soldiers escorted a procession in preparation for Easter, Christianity's most important festival, and provided chairs for worshippers during Mass.

Some Christian policemen joined in, singing "Hallelujah" with civilians. But walking along rows of burnt out homes and supermarkets, others were still afraid.

"The security measures are not sufficient," said Hatti, the photographer. "We want security to surround the town."


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The float in the background is a stylised rocket artillery launcher, adorned with the words “Pyongjin Line” on its front. Pyongjin refers to a relatively recent North Korean policy which stresses the dual pursuit of economic and nuclear development. The globe on the side of the float features doves, a symbol of peace, but is flanked by North Korean missile designs, including the recently tested “Pukkuksong” submarine-launched ballistic missile.April 21, 2017 vinhbinh2010, lantran 268

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Somali Girl Sold Into Marriage to Save Her Starving FamilyA Somali girl gave up her freedom to save her family from hunger.

Zeinab applies her make-up before heading to school.

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Zeinab stands at the entrance of her classroom at a school for internally displaced children. Stick walls topped by corrugated iron sheets serve as classrooms for 10 teachers and around 500 students.



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Zeinab attends a class at the school.



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Zeinab's sister Farhiya, 6, cuts wood with an axe at the camp.



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.Zeinab collects a chewing stick from a tree to brush her teeth.The United Nations says the drought is part of a series of crises which are fueling humanity's greatest collective disaster since World War Two."We stand at a critical point in history," Undersecretary-General for humanitarian affairs Stephen O'Brien told the Security Council in March. "We are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations."Zohra Bensemra / Reuters


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Revelers participate in a water fight in Bangkok on April 14.Jorge Silva / Reuters

In Thailand and Myanmar, Revelers Splash Their Way Into the New Year


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Revelers dance during a foam party in Bangkok on April 14.Rungroj Yongrit / EPA


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Revelers hose down the crowd in Yangon on April 14.Lynn Bo Bo / EPA


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A woman laughs as she gets soaked in water in Bangkok on April 14.Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP -Getty Images


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.Revelers dance to music as they are sprayed with water in Yangon on April 14.

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A reveler holds up a child in Yangon on April 14.Ye Aung Thu / AFP - Getty Images


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A woman stretches out her arms in prayer as she balances a stone on her head as a form of penance during a Good Friday ritual in Ganthier, Haiti, Friday, April 14, 2017. Thousands of Haitians flock to mount Calvaire Miracle, some with rocks balanced on their heads, to pray and seek renewal in one of the spiritually-steeped country's biggest annual pilgrimages. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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In this Friday, April 14, 2017 photo, penitents from the 'El Santo Entierro' brotherhood take part in a procession in the small village of Bercianos de Aliste, northwestern Spain. For days leading up to Easter Sunday each year, hundreds of colorful processions featuring penitents and magnificently decorated religious floats parade through villages and cities across the country, celebrating the Passion of Christ from the crucifixion to resurrection, celebrations which have become a major tourist attraction and televised nationwide. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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Artists work on a sand sculpture depicting Jesus Christ, during Holy Week celebrations in Arenal de Cochiraya, on the outskirts of Oruro, Bolivia, Friday, April 14, 2017. Two hundred artists gathered for the annual Good Friday event in the highland region, building sand sculptures based on the parables of Jesus. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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The “mother of all bombs” unleashed Thursday in Afghanistan by the U.S. left 36 Islamic State terror group fighters dead but killed no civilians, according to government officials in Afghanistan. The U.S. has been concentrated on fighting the estimated 600 to 800 ISIS forces in Afghanistan while also supporting Afghans in their battle against the Taliban. Kabul’s ministry of defense said villagers on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border were terrified by the “earsplitting blast” that took out ISIS caves and ammunitions caches. The bomb, called a GBU-43B, or massive ordinance air blast weapon, is the biggest non-nuclear weapon ever used by the U.S. military in combat. On Thursday, President Trump called the mission “very, very successful.”

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Welcome to Gulliver's Gate, a global project involving hundreds of artist who have created unique miniature replicas of the world’s most famous landmarks. The exhibition opens today in New York City's Times Square. Aside from landmarks, be prepared to be mesmerized by the moving trains, planes, and crucial detail of the everyday civilians in each location. The exhibition includes scenes from New York City, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, Russia, and Asia. Landmarks displayed include the Hoover Dam, the Parthenon, the Colosseum, the Pyramids, the Panama Canal, the Great Wall of China, and many more.


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