Best photos of April 2: Christian festival celebrations in Syria to the Artemis II launch in Florida

  • Syrian Christians celebrate the Akitu festival in Qamishli. Reuters
    Syrian Christians celebrate the Akitu festival in Qamishli. Reuters
  • A road washed away by a flood in Chaman, in Pakistan's Balochistan province. Reuters
    A road washed away by a flood in Chaman, in Pakistan's Balochistan province. Reuters
  • Crew members use hammers to de-ice the bow of the Sarfaq Ittuk ferry, in Sisimiut, Greenland. AFP
    Crew members use hammers to de-ice the bow of the Sarfaq Ittuk ferry, in Sisimiut, Greenland. AFP
  • A member of the Druze community in a building that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in the northern Israeli city of Shefa-Amr. AFP
    A member of the Druze community in a building that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in the northern Israeli city of Shefa-Amr. AFP
  • The funeral in Sidon of a man killed in an overnight Israeli air strike in Beirut. Getty Images
    The funeral in Sidon of a man killed in an overnight Israeli air strike in Beirut. Getty Images
  • Hindus bathe as part of the full moon festival Balaju Purnima, in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA
    Hindus bathe as part of the full moon festival Balaju Purnima, in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA
  • Soldiers from the Defence Sikh Network and British Army take part in Holla Mohalla, the annual Sikh military festival, at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, UK. AFP
    Soldiers from the Defence Sikh Network and British Army take part in Holla Mohalla, the annual Sikh military festival, at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, UK. AFP
  • A crowd at a park in Titusville watches the take off of the Artemis II crewed lunar mission from Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AFP
    A crowd at a park in Titusville watches the take off of the Artemis II crewed lunar mission from Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AFP