• A man jumps to hit the ball while playing beach volleyball on a beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters / April 25, 2014
    A man jumps to hit the ball while playing beach volleyball on a beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters / April 25, 2014
  • A resident stands next to the debris of huts after a fire broke out in a slum area in New Delhi. Hundreds of huts were gutted in the fire but no casualties were reported and the cause of the fire was unknown, slum dwellers said on Friday. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters / April 25, 2014
    A resident stands next to the debris of huts after a fire broke out in a slum area in New Delhi. Hundreds of huts were gutted in the fire but no casualties were reported and the cause of the fire was unknown, slum dwellers said on Friday. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters / April 25, 2014
  • People take part in a candlelight vigil in Ansan, to commemorate the victims of the sunken passenger ship Sewol and to wish for the safe return of missing passengers. Issei Kato / Reuters / April 25, 2014
    People take part in a candlelight vigil in Ansan, to commemorate the victims of the sunken passenger ship Sewol and to wish for the safe return of missing passengers. Issei Kato / Reuters / April 25, 2014
  • Cambodian police officers block a protester during a rally calling for the release of garment workers outside the municipal court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Mak Remisa / EPA / April 25, 2014
    Cambodian police officers block a protester during a rally calling for the release of garment workers outside the municipal court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Mak Remisa / EPA / April 25, 2014
  • A pro-Russian protester trains in their camp near the seized office of the SBU state security service in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / April 25, 2014
    A pro-Russian protester trains in their camp near the seized office of the SBU state security service in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / April 25, 2014
  • Brides sit together during a mass wedding ceremony in Peshawar. A total of 25 couples from the Pakistan’s northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa participated in the ceremony, organised by Al-Khidmat Foundation, a welfare organisation of Pakistan’s political and religious party Jammat-e-Islami. Fayaz Aziz / Reuters / April 25, 2014
    Brides sit together during a mass wedding ceremony in Peshawar. A total of 25 couples from the Pakistan’s northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa participated in the ceremony, organised by Al-Khidmat Foundation, a welfare organisation of Pakistan’s political and religious party Jammat-e-Islami. Fayaz Aziz / Reuters / April 25, 2014
  • Indian residents gather among damaged homes as firefighters spray water to douse flames after fire broke out in a makeshift settlement in New Delhi. More than 600 homes were destroyed in the blaze. The cause of the fire is not yet known, fire department officials said. Ravendreendran / AFP / April 25, 2014
    Indian residents gather among damaged homes as firefighters spray water to douse flames after fire broke out in a makeshift settlement in New Delhi. More than 600 homes were destroyed in the blaze. The cause of the fire is not yet known, fire department officials said. Ravendreendran / AFP / April 25, 2014
  • Relatives of election official Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq wail during his funeral at Herpora, south of Srinagar. In an incident on Thursday, Zia-ul-Haq was killed and five people wounded in a gun attack in Indian-ruled Kashmir, where many people stayed away from voting in a constituency that was hit by pre-poll violence. Danish Ismail / Reuters / April 25, 2014
    Relatives of election official Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq wail during his funeral at Herpora, south of Srinagar. In an incident on Thursday, Zia-ul-Haq was killed and five people wounded in a gun attack in Indian-ruled Kashmir, where many people stayed away from voting in a constituency that was hit by pre-poll violence. Danish Ismail / Reuters / April 25, 2014
  • General Secretary of Portuguese Socialist Party, Antonio Jose Seguro (C, back row), delivers his speech accompanied by (L-R, front row) Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs Rui Machete, Vice-Prime Minister Paulo Portas, Prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho, Minister of Finance Maria Luis Albuquerque and Minister of Defense Aguiar Branco, during the hommage of the 40th anniversary of Carnations ceremony at Portuguese Parliament, in Lisbon. Mario Criuz / EPA / April 25, 2014
    General Secretary of Portuguese Socialist Party, Antonio Jose Seguro (C, back row), delivers his speech accompanied by (L-R, front row) Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs Rui Machete, Vice-Prime Minister Paulo Portas, Prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho, Minister of Finance Maria Luis Albuquerque and Minister of Defense Aguiar Branco, during the hommage of the 40th anniversary of Carnations ceremony at Portuguese Parliament, in Lisbon. Mario Criuz / EPA / April 25, 2014
  • A South Korea navy officer gives a briefing about a rescue operation to the family members of missing passengers onboard the sunken passenger ship Sewol, while showing an projection image of the ferry’s structural layout, at a makeshift accommodation at a gymnasium in the port city of Jindo. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters / April 25, 2014
    A South Korea navy officer gives a briefing about a rescue operation to the family members of missing passengers onboard the sunken passenger ship Sewol, while showing an projection image of the ferry’s structural layout, at a makeshift accommodation at a gymnasium in the port city of Jindo. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters / April 25, 2014
  • Tourists walk in an alley of Jerusalem’s Old City. Amir Cohen / Reuters / April 25, 2014
    Tourists walk in an alley of Jerusalem’s Old City. Amir Cohen / Reuters / April 25, 2014

Best photography from around the world April 25

Robert Mickelson

April 25, 2014

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The National View’s photo editors pick the best of the day from around the world

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