• Indian Sikhs watch a procession in Bobigny, near Paris, during celebrations for Vaisakhi, the Sikh New Year Festival, which also commemorates the founding of the Khalsa (Sikh community) by the tenth Guru in 1699. Lionel Bonaventure / AFP
    Indian Sikhs watch a procession in Bobigny, near Paris, during celebrations for Vaisakhi, the Sikh New Year Festival, which also commemorates the founding of the Khalsa (Sikh community) by the tenth Guru in 1699. Lionel Bonaventure / AFP
  • Children watch a football match held by activists as part of the “Rebel Cup” in downtown Sao Paulo. The “Rebel Cup” is an informal tournament bringing together social movements as a way of protest against government spending for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Nacho Doce / Reuters
    Children watch a football match held by activists as part of the “Rebel Cup” in downtown Sao Paulo. The “Rebel Cup” is an informal tournament bringing together social movements as a way of protest against government spending for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Nacho Doce / Reuters
  • Firefighters work to put out a fire in Valparaiso city, north-west of Santiago. At least 12 people were killed and 2,000 houses destroyed over the weekend by a fire that devastated parts of the Chilean port city of Valparaiso. Eliseo Fernandez / Reuters
    Firefighters work to put out a fire in Valparaiso city, north-west of Santiago. At least 12 people were killed and 2,000 houses destroyed over the weekend by a fire that devastated parts of the Chilean port city of Valparaiso. Eliseo Fernandez / Reuters
  • A near full moon rises behind the One World Trade Center in New York City as it is seen from Hoboken, New Jersey. Gary Hershhorn / EPA
    A near full moon rises behind the One World Trade Center in New York City as it is seen from Hoboken, New Jersey. Gary Hershhorn / EPA
  • A baptised Sikh man prays in the predawn hours as he visits to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines, on the occasion of Visakhi festival in Amritsar, India. Reminder Pal Singh / EPA
    A baptised Sikh man prays in the predawn hours as he visits to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines, on the occasion of Visakhi festival in Amritsar, India. Reminder Pal Singh / EPA
  • Penitents take part in the “Prendimiento” brotherhood’s Palm Sunday procession in Malaga, southern Spain. Jon Nazca / Reuters
    Penitents take part in the “Prendimiento” brotherhood’s Palm Sunday procession in Malaga, southern Spain. Jon Nazca / Reuters
  • Members of the Samaritan sect place large sheep skewers into an oven during a traditional Passover sacrifice ceremony on Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank city of Nablus. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
    Members of the Samaritan sect place large sheep skewers into an oven during a traditional Passover sacrifice ceremony on Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank city of Nablus. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
  • A Hindu holy man (not pictured) touches a girl with his foot as part of a ritual to bless her during a religious procession to mark the Gajan festival in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    A Hindu holy man (not pictured) touches a girl with his foot as part of a ritual to bless her during a religious procession to mark the Gajan festival in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • A runner is sprayed with purple powder during the Color Run race in Paris. The Color Run is a five kilometres paint race without winners nor prizes, while runners are showered with coloured powder at stations along the run. Fred Dufour /AFP
    A runner is sprayed with purple powder during the Color Run race in Paris. The Color Run is a five kilometres paint race without winners nor prizes, while runners are showered with coloured powder at stations along the run. Fred Dufour /AFP

Best photography from around the world, April 14

The National View’s photo editors pick the best images from around the world, April 14

April 14, 2014

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