Best photos of April 27: Parkour in Afghanistan to the end of drought in Hawizeh Marsh

TOPSHOT - An Afghan parkour athlete performs a stunt on the back of a vehicle on a weekend in the sandy mountainside at the Sayad area of Reg-e-Rawan in Kapisa province on April 24, 2026. Hundreds of visitors travel each weekend to Reg-e-Rawan -- "the moving sands" in Dari -- to practice parkour or roll down the honey-coloured sand in Kapisa province and to unwind beside breathtaking views. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
School pupils take part in early childhood Hajj pilgrimage education in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA
Farmers and vendors wait for customers at a wholesale market in Lahore, Pakistan. AFP
Sri Lankan monks are taken to a detention centre in Colombo after a court hearing in Negombo. The 22 monks returned from Thailand allegedly carrying 110kg of cannabis. AFP
Chinese and Cambodian citizens believed to be Huione Pay creditors clash with police during a protest near the National Bank of Cambodia headquarters in Phnom Penh. AFP
The Global Sumud Flotilla leaves the port of Xiphonia, near Syracuse, on the Italian island of Sicily. EPA
A rider competes during the Quad & Sidecar-cross Championship in Middlesbrough, north-eastern England. Reuters
A fishing boat takes to the Hawizeh Marshes in Maysan province, southern Iraq, where water has returned due to a spell of rain after prolonged drought. AFP

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