• Competitors take part in a training session ahead of the Bodyflight World Challenge, the worlds largest indoor skydiving competition, at Bodyflight in Bedford. The 36 metre-tall tunnel was originally built in the 1950's as a Royal Aircraft Establishment test facility. 105 teams from all over the globe will take part in the two day formation skydiving event which takes place on April 4-5, 2014. Leon Neal / AFP Photo
    Competitors take part in a training session ahead of the Bodyflight World Challenge, the worlds largest indoor skydiving competition, at Bodyflight in Bedford. The 36 metre-tall tunnel was originally built in the 1950's as a Royal Aircraft Establishment test facility. 105 teams from all over the globe will take part in the two day formation skydiving event which takes place on April 4-5, 2014. Leon Neal / AFP Photo
  • A Chinese relative of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 prepares to attend meeting at the entrance of a prayer room at the Metro Park Hotel in Beijing. The hunt for physical evidence that the Malaysia Airlines jet crashed in the Indian Ocean more than three weeks ago has turned up nothing, despite a massive operation involving seven countries and repeated sightings of suspected debris. Wang Zhao / AFP Photo
    A Chinese relative of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 prepares to attend meeting at the entrance of a prayer room at the Metro Park Hotel in Beijing. The hunt for physical evidence that the Malaysia Airlines jet crashed in the Indian Ocean more than three weeks ago has turned up nothing, despite a massive operation involving seven countries and repeated sightings of suspected debris. Wang Zhao / AFP Photo
  • Mayor of London Boris Johnson squeezes onto a children's play rope bridge when he and Prince Harry (not pictured) viewed the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park ahead of its opening on Saturday at Stratford in east London. Luke MacGregor / Reuters
    Mayor of London Boris Johnson squeezes onto a children's play rope bridge when he and Prince Harry (not pictured) viewed the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park ahead of its opening on Saturday at Stratford in east London. Luke MacGregor / Reuters
  • Town Crier Steve Cunliffe and his wife Caroline Cunliffe stand on the railway platform at Dawlish Train Station, England. The railway line has re-opened after track near the town was damaged in the winter storms. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
    Town Crier Steve Cunliffe and his wife Caroline Cunliffe stand on the railway platform at Dawlish Train Station, England. The railway line has re-opened after track near the town was damaged in the winter storms. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
  • Afghan men load chairs on a donkey as they prepare to transport ballot boxes and other election material to polling stations which are not accessible by road in Shutul, Panjshir province. The Afghan presidential elections will be held on April 5. Ahmad Masood / Reuters
    Afghan men load chairs on a donkey as they prepare to transport ballot boxes and other election material to polling stations which are not accessible by road in Shutul, Panjshir province. The Afghan presidential elections will be held on April 5. Ahmad Masood / Reuters
  • The inner court of Johannisburg castle is illuminated by numerous spotlights and slides on the occasion of its 400th anniversary in Aschaffenburg, central Germany. Frank Rumpenhorst / AP Photo
    The inner court of Johannisburg castle is illuminated by numerous spotlights and slides on the occasion of its 400th anniversary in Aschaffenburg, central Germany. Frank Rumpenhorst / AP Photo
  • Men carry a sack of relief goods in Baie des Moustiques, Port de Paix during the final day of food distribution by The World Food Programme to families in the drought affected areas of northwest Haiti. Cereals, fortified vegetable oil and iodized salt were issued to some 164,000 people. Hector Retamal / AFP Photo
    Men carry a sack of relief goods in Baie des Moustiques, Port de Paix during the final day of food distribution by The World Food Programme to families in the drought affected areas of northwest Haiti. Cereals, fortified vegetable oil and iodized salt were issued to some 164,000 people. Hector Retamal / AFP Photo
  • A dog runs an obstacle course in front of a peackeeper of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon during an awareness program on the dangers of landmines in the southern Lebanese village of Naqura. Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP Photo
    A dog runs an obstacle course in front of a peackeeper of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon during an awareness program on the dangers of landmines in the southern Lebanese village of Naqura. Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP Photo
  • Jean Paul Gaultier makes final preparations to items of couture on a revolving runway at the Barbican Centre in London, England. 'The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk' at the Barbican Art Gallery is the first major exhibition devoted to the celebrated French couturier, and runs from 9 April to 25 August. Matthew Lloyd / Getty Images
    Jean Paul Gaultier makes final preparations to items of couture on a revolving runway at the Barbican Centre in London, England. 'The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk' at the Barbican Art Gallery is the first major exhibition devoted to the celebrated French couturier, and runs from 9 April to 25 August. Matthew Lloyd / Getty Images
  • Afghan election workers move plastic boxes containing election material into a polling station at Jamee mosque in the northwestern city of Herat ahead of country's third presidential election. Some 12 million Afghans will go to the polls on April 5 to elect a new President. Aref Karimi / AFP Photo
    Afghan election workers move plastic boxes containing election material into a polling station at Jamee mosque in the northwestern city of Herat ahead of country's third presidential election. Some 12 million Afghans will go to the polls on April 5 to elect a new President. Aref Karimi / AFP Photo

Best photography from around the world, April 4

The National View’s photo editors pick the best images from around the world.

April 04, 2014

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