• Women dressed in traditional attire ride motorcycles during a procession to mark 'Gudi Padwa' or the Maharashtrian New Year, in Mumbai on April 9, 2024. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)
    Women dressed in traditional attire ride motorcycles during a procession to mark 'Gudi Padwa' or the Maharashtrian New Year, in Mumbai on April 9, 2024. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)
  • Rain covers protect a court before play at the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament. Reuters
    Rain covers protect a court before play at the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament. Reuters
  • Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (7th from left) marks the Day of Valour, commemorating the fall of Bataan to Japanese troops during the Second World War, at Mount Samat, in Pilar, Philippines. EPA
    Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (7th from left) marks the Day of Valour, commemorating the fall of Bataan to Japanese troops during the Second World War, at Mount Samat, in Pilar, Philippines. EPA
  • People queue for water from tanks drawn by donkeys in Port Sudan. AFP
    People queue for water from tanks drawn by donkeys in Port Sudan. AFP
  • Former subpostmaster Alan Bates at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, at Aldwych House in central London. AFP
    Former subpostmaster Alan Bates at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, at Aldwych House in central London. AFP
  • Sparks are created as molten iron is thrown against cold bricks at the Zhuang Song Festival, also known as San Yue San, in Liuzhou, in south-western China. AFP
    Sparks are created as molten iron is thrown against cold bricks at the Zhuang Song Festival, also known as San Yue San, in Liuzhou, in south-western China. AFP
  • A monk walks with Thai soldiers carrying the coffins of two army rangers killed in an attack, during a ceremony at Narathiwat Airport in southern Thailand. AFP
    A monk walks with Thai soldiers carrying the coffins of two army rangers killed in an attack, during a ceremony at Narathiwat Airport in southern Thailand. AFP
  • An Iraqi man sells dried fish ahead of Eid Al Fitr, in Basra. AFP
    An Iraqi man sells dried fish ahead of Eid Al Fitr, in Basra. AFP
  • The scene in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam, after six houses collapsed into the Cau river. About 27 people were evacauted to safety, according to local authorities. EPA
    The scene in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam, after six houses collapsed into the Cau river. About 27 people were evacauted to safety, according to local authorities. EPA
  • Waves crash over the harbour wall in the early morning in St Ives, Cornwall, England, during Storm Kathleen. Getty Images
    Waves crash over the harbour wall in the early morning in St Ives, Cornwall, England, during Storm Kathleen. Getty Images

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April 09, 2024

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Updated: April 09, 2024, 11:52 AM