Best Photos of April 1: Iraq qualify for the World Cup to fire at Kuwait Airport

Action from the World Cup qualifying playoff in which Iraq beat Bolivia 2-1 at the BBVA Stadium in Guadalupe, Mexico. AFP
Rula Daloul teaches displaced Palestinian children music and singing among tents at a camp in Gaza city. AFP
A ball of fire rises from the site of an Israeli strike on a building next to the motorway that leads to Beirut airport. AFP
First responders and residents carry children out of an apartment block that was hit in an Iranian air strike in Bnei Brak, central Israel. AFP
Estancia La Guitarra (The Guitar Farm) surrounded by cornfields in the south of Cordoba province, Argentina. AFP
A man surveys the scene of an Israeli strike in Beirut. Reuters
Members of the Tamang community visit the Boudhanath Stupa to observe the Temal festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA
The Orion crew capsule is in place at the launch pad of the Artemis II mission, at Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Reuters
Smoke rises from Kuwait International Airport after a drone strike. AFP

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April 01, 2026

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