Best photos of April 25: Nuns at the Vatican to cricket in India

  • Two nuns walk next to the colonnade near the Vatican in Rome. AFP
    Two nuns walk next to the colonnade near the Vatican in Rome. AFP
  • Monsignor Christophe Zakhia El Kassis presides at a memorial mass for Pope Francis at the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    Monsignor Christophe Zakhia El Kassis presides at a memorial mass for Pope Francis at the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • Egyptian writer Mohamed Samir Nada wins the International Prize Arabic Fiction 2025 in Abu Dhabi. Ruel Pableo for The National
    Egyptian writer Mohamed Samir Nada wins the International Prize Arabic Fiction 2025 in Abu Dhabi. Ruel Pableo for The National
  • Wheat grows in circular fields irrigated with groundwater near Iraq's central city of Karbala. AFP
    Wheat grows in circular fields irrigated with groundwater near Iraq's central city of Karbala. AFP
  • The jacket of a Palestinian child among debris following an Israeli air strike in Gaza city. EPA
    The jacket of a Palestinian child among debris following an Israeli air strike in Gaza city. EPA
  • Petty Officer Andrew Hansch performs the Last Post during an Anzac Day ceremony prior to the round eight NRL match between the Sydney Roosters and St George Illawarra Dragons at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Getty images
    Petty Officer Andrew Hansch performs the Last Post during an Anzac Day ceremony prior to the round eight NRL match between the Sydney Roosters and St George Illawarra Dragons at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Getty images
  • People visit the 21st Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai. AFP
    People visit the 21st Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai. AFP
  • Rajasthan Royals' Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India. AP
    Rajasthan Royals' Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India. AP