Updated: April 12, 2014, 12:00 AM
Best photography from around the world, April 12
Students from the Experimental University of the Arts make a performance to protest against the military repression on the civil society and students during protests against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas. Juan Barreto / AFP
A Kiowa Warrior helicopter hovers during the United States and South Korean Joint live fire Exercise at Rodriguez Range in Pocheon, South Korea. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images
Palestinian men ride their horses as they compete in a local race in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. Said Khatib / AFP
A Palestinian man uses a slingshot to throw back a tear-gas canister towards Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank village of Silwad, north of Ramallah. Thomas Coex / AFP
Tourists are seen standing in high winds among palm trees in Port Douglas, Australia The cyclone crossed the coast of Cooktown overnight with winds reaching nearly 300km/h and was downgraded from a category five to category one. Ian Hitchcock / Getty Images
Britain’s Prince William fires a pistol to start a cycling race during a visit to open the new National Cycling Centre of Excellence in Cambridge. Tim Rooke / Reuters
An Indian woman voter sits on her son’s cart after casting her vote at a polling station at Borkok, in Karbianglong district, about 250 kilometres east of Guwahati, capital of northeastern Assam state during the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha (lower house) elections. Anuwar Hazarika / AFP
A painting of a Nicaragua lake is seen hanging from a wall inside a home damaged by an earthquake in Nagarote, Nicaragua. Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega declared red alert Friday after an earthquake of 6.2 magnitude on the Richter scale that shook the country on Thursday and left one dead, hundreds of houses damaged and thousands of people affected. Esteban Felix / AP
An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard in downtown Srinagar as government forces enforce restrictions during a separatist strike demanding the Indian Army cease using a Kashmir meadow as its test firing range for heavy artillery. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP