Best Photos of April 9: Drone hits car in Gaza to vibrant voters in India

Flames engulf a car belonging to Palestinian journalist Mohammed Washeha in southern Gaza city. Broadcaster Al Jazeera said Washeha was killed by an Israeli drone attack. AFP
Paris Saint-Germain's Russian goalkeeper Matvey Safonov makes a save in front of Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg football match in Paris. AFP
The waning gibbous Moon rises over Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay. EPA
Visitors pose for pictures at Tulleys Tulip Fest at Tulleys Farm, West Sussex, Britain. Reuters
Muslim worshippers pray in front of the Dome of the Rock at Al Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, amid a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, in Jerusalem. Reuters
Aerial view of the roof of the Olympic Velodrome damaged by a fire in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP
A resident clears debris from a damaged wall of his home after a shallow 4.9 magnitude earthquake in Adonara, East Nusa Tenggara. AFP
Voters stand in queues to cast their ballots to vote at a polling booth amid rainfall on an island in the middle of the river Brahmaputra during the Assam Legislative Assembly election in the Darrang district. AFP

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April 09, 2026

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