• Children playing over stones fallen from the surrounding wall of a temple, part of the Angkor architectural complex in north-western Cambodia. Cambodia's Angkor Wat has been digitally mapped for the first time, allowing people to visit the famed temples from the comfort of their armchair using Google Street View. Christophe Archambault / AFP Photo
    Children playing over stones fallen from the surrounding wall of a temple, part of the Angkor architectural complex in north-western Cambodia. Cambodia's Angkor Wat has been digitally mapped for the first time, allowing people to visit the famed temples from the comfort of their armchair using Google Street View. Christophe Archambault / AFP Photo
  • African migrants attempt to scale the fence at the border between Morocco and the North African Spanish enclave of Melilla, Spain. Roughly 70 sub-Saharan migrants tried climb the fence into Melilla this morning, one had to be treated by paramedics. Melilla is a Spanish city and an exclave on the north coast of Africa sharing a border with Morocco. Almost one week ago Some 800 sub- Saharan people made several attempts to reach Spain and according to official sources, ten of them managed to enter Spanish territory. Alexander Koerner / Getty Images)
    African migrants attempt to scale the fence at the border between Morocco and the North African Spanish enclave of Melilla, Spain. Roughly 70 sub-Saharan migrants tried climb the fence into Melilla this morning, one had to be treated by paramedics. Melilla is a Spanish city and an exclave on the north coast of Africa sharing a border with Morocco. Almost one week ago Some 800 sub- Saharan people made several attempts to reach Spain and according to official sources, ten of them managed to enter Spanish territory. Alexander Koerner / Getty Images)
  • A member of Spanish Red Cross looks at two immigrants embracing after they learnt that they will be moved to different reception centres in separate Spanish cities, upon their arrival from Melilla at Malaga port, southern Spain. Jon Nazca / Reuters
    A member of Spanish Red Cross looks at two immigrants embracing after they learnt that they will be moved to different reception centres in separate Spanish cities, upon their arrival from Melilla at Malaga port, southern Spain. Jon Nazca / Reuters
  • Afghan election workers are escorted by armed Afghan policemen as they use donkeys to transport election materials and ballot boxes to remote polling stations in rough districts with difficult access in Kishindih district of Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan. Farshad Usyan / AFP Photo
    Afghan election workers are escorted by armed Afghan policemen as they use donkeys to transport election materials and ballot boxes to remote polling stations in rough districts with difficult access in Kishindih district of Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan. Farshad Usyan / AFP Photo
  • Two teams of robots play against each other in the 2014 RoboCup German Open tournament in Magdeburg, Germany. The robots, which are models called Nao, manufactured by Aldebaran Robotics, perform autonomously and communicate with one another via WLAN. 950 participants from 12 countries are participating in the three-day tournament that compete in a variety of disciplines, including football, rescue and dance. Jens Schlueter / Getty Images
    Two teams of robots play against each other in the 2014 RoboCup German Open tournament in Magdeburg, Germany. The robots, which are models called Nao, manufactured by Aldebaran Robotics, perform autonomously and communicate with one another via WLAN. 950 participants from 12 countries are participating in the three-day tournament that compete in a variety of disciplines, including football, rescue and dance. Jens Schlueter / Getty Images
  • A garment worker recovers at a hospital after fainting at a factory in Phnom Penh. Scores of garment workers have fallen sick this week at factories in Cambodia including two that produce clothing for sportswear giants Puma and Adidas. Samrang Pring / Reuters
    A garment worker recovers at a hospital after fainting at a factory in Phnom Penh. Scores of garment workers have fallen sick this week at factories in Cambodia including two that produce clothing for sportswear giants Puma and Adidas. Samrang Pring / Reuters
  • British Fencers Marcus Mepstead, Alex Tofalides, Richard Kruse and James Davis with Austrian fencers Mario Langer, Dominc Wohlgemuth, Johannes Poscharnig and Rene Pranz ahead of the Beazley International Fencing Challenge match between Great Britain and Austria men's foil teams at Fishmongers Hall in London, England. Scott Heavey / Getty Images for Beazley
    British Fencers Marcus Mepstead, Alex Tofalides, Richard Kruse and James Davis with Austrian fencers Mario Langer, Dominc Wohlgemuth, Johannes Poscharnig and Rene Pranz ahead of the Beazley International Fencing Challenge match between Great Britain and Austria men's foil teams at Fishmongers Hall in London, England. Scott Heavey / Getty Images for Beazley
  • A tourist junk boat and a ferry sail at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour with the financial Central district seen at the background. Bobby Yip / Reuters
    A tourist junk boat and a ferry sail at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour with the financial Central district seen at the background. Bobby Yip / Reuters

Best photography from around the world, April 3


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The Sand Castle

Director: Matty Brown

Stars: Nadine Labaki, Ziad Bakri, Zain Al Rafeea, Riman Al Rafeea

Rating: 2.5/5

The biog

Born: Kuwait in 1986
Family: She is the youngest of seven siblings
Time in the UAE: 10 years
Hobbies: audiobooks and fitness: she works out every day, enjoying kickboxing and basketball

THE SPECS

Engine: 3.5-litre supercharged V6

Power: 416hp at 7,000rpm

Torque: 410Nm at 3,500rpm

Transmission: 6-speed manual

Fuel consumption: 10.2 l/100km

Price: Dh375,000 

On sale: now 

Some of Darwish's last words

"They see their tomorrows slipping out of their reach. And though it seems to them that everything outside this reality is heaven, yet they do not want to go to that heaven. They stay, because they are afflicted with hope." - Mahmoud Darwish, to attendees of the Palestine Festival of Literature, 2008

His life in brief: Born in a village near Galilee, he lived in exile for most of his life and started writing poetry after high school. He was arrested several times by Israel for what were deemed to be inciteful poems. Most of his work focused on the love and yearning for his homeland, and he was regarded the Palestinian poet of resistance. Over the course of his life, he published more than 30 poetry collections and books of prose, with his work translated into more than 20 languages. Many of his poems were set to music by Arab composers, most significantly Marcel Khalife. Darwish died on August 9, 2008 after undergoing heart surgery in the United States. He was later buried in Ramallah where a shrine was erected in his honour.

If you go...

Flying
There is no simple way to get to Punta Arenas from the UAE, with flights from Dubai and Abu Dhabi requiring at least two connections to reach this part of Patagonia. Flights start from about Dh6,250.

Touring
Chile Nativo offers the amended Los Dientes trek with expert guides and porters who are met in Puerto Williams on Isla Navarino. The trip starts and ends in Punta Arenas and lasts for six days in total. Prices start from Dh8,795.

Brief scores:

Toss: Australia, chose to bat

Australia: 272-9 (50 ov)

Khawaja 100, Handscomb 52; Bhuvneshwar 3-48

India: 237 (50 ov)

Rohit 56, Bhuvneshwar 46; Zampa 3-46

Player of the Match: Usman Khawaja (Australia)

Player of the Series: Usman Khawaja (Australia)

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Avatar: Fire and Ash

Director: James Cameron

Starring: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana

Rating: 4.5/5

Roger Federer's 2018 record

Australian Open Champion

Rotterdam Champion

Indian Wells Runner-up

Miami Second round

Stuttgart Champion

Halle Runner-up

Wimbledon Quarter-finals

Cincinnati Runner-up

US Open Fourth round

Shanghai Semi-finals

Basel Champion

Paris Masters Semi-finals

 

 

UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
The specs
  • Engine: 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8
  • Power: 640hp
  • Torque: 760nm
  • On sale: 2026
  • Price: Not announced yet