Best photos of April 29: Road blocks in Kashmir to ballet dancers in Sydney

  • A woman is viewed through a road block, one week after gunmen killed 26 people, near Pahalgam in contested Muslim-majority Kashmir. Reuters
    A woman is viewed through a road block, one week after gunmen killed 26 people, near Pahalgam in contested Muslim-majority Kashmir. Reuters
  • Vietnamese veterans stand in front of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Building ahead of celebrations on April 30 to mark 50 years since the communists of the north defeated the US-backed south, ending the Vietnam War. AFP
    Vietnamese veterans stand in front of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Building ahead of celebrations on April 30 to mark 50 years since the communists of the north defeated the US-backed south, ending the Vietnam War. AFP
  • Morning fog near Kochelsee, Bavaria, Germany. EPA
    Morning fog near Kochelsee, Bavaria, Germany. EPA
  • Jordan Hart on Highland Blaze clears the last hurdle before winning the Ecycle Solutions Maiden Hurdle at the Warrnambool Racing Carnival in Australia. Getty Images
    Jordan Hart on Highland Blaze clears the last hurdle before winning the Ecycle Solutions Maiden Hurdle at the Warrnambool Racing Carnival in Australia. Getty Images
  • An aerial photo of Santa Cruz Cemetery in Dili, East Timor. On November 12, 1991, Indonesian troops opened fire on peaceful East Timorese demonstrators marching to the cemetery for a memorial for Sebastiao Gomes, an independence activist shot dead outside Motael Church two weeks earlier. AFP
    An aerial photo of Santa Cruz Cemetery in Dili, East Timor. On November 12, 1991, Indonesian troops opened fire on peaceful East Timorese demonstrators marching to the cemetery for a memorial for Sebastiao Gomes, an independence activist shot dead outside Motael Church two weeks earlier. AFP
  • A Palestinian boy sits reading a book in the rubble of a house following Israeli strikes, at Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. AFP
    A Palestinian boy sits reading a book in the rubble of a house following Israeli strikes, at Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. AFP
  • Passengers wait at a station in Madrid as metro operations partially resume following a widespread power cut that hit Spain and Portugal. Reuters
    Passengers wait at a station in Madrid as metro operations partially resume following a widespread power cut that hit Spain and Portugal. Reuters
  • Mexico's border with the United States viewed from Ciudad Juarez. Reuters
    Mexico's border with the United States viewed from Ciudad Juarez. Reuters
  • Dancers from The Australian Ballet perform during a dress rehearsal of Kenneth MacMillan's Manon at Sydney Opera House. Reuters
    Dancers from The Australian Ballet perform during a dress rehearsal of Kenneth MacMillan's Manon at Sydney Opera House. Reuters