• Communist affiliated protesters demonstrate in central Athens take part in a 24-hours general strike. Unions hold a 24-hour general strike against austerity, the first this year, set to shut down ministries and municipal services and keep ferries confined to port. Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP Photo
    Communist affiliated protesters demonstrate in central Athens take part in a 24-hours general strike. Unions hold a 24-hour general strike against austerity, the first this year, set to shut down ministries and municipal services and keep ferries confined to port. Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP Photo
  • A Filipino mother and child are pictured in a street in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines. The Philippines Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a national birth control law 08 April 2014, but nullified some of its provisions. Ritchie B Tongo / EPA
    A Filipino mother and child are pictured in a street in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines. The Philippines Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a national birth control law 08 April 2014, but nullified some of its provisions. Ritchie B Tongo / EPA
  • Indonesian electoral workers in costumes assist an elderly man at a voting stations in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Bimo Satrio / EPA
    Indonesian electoral workers in costumes assist an elderly man at a voting stations in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Bimo Satrio / EPA
  • A Pakistani mourns over the death of his family member, a victim of bomb blast, outside a morgue at a local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan. A bomb ripped through a fruit and vegetable market on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad killing scores of people and leaving dozens more wounded. Anjum Naveed / AP Photo
    A Pakistani mourns over the death of his family member, a victim of bomb blast, outside a morgue at a local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan. A bomb ripped through a fruit and vegetable market on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad killing scores of people and leaving dozens more wounded. Anjum Naveed / AP Photo
  • Gujarat state Chief Minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi greets supporters during his roadshow in Vadodara, some 110 kms from Ahmedabad. Sam Panthaky / AFP Photo
    Gujarat state Chief Minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi greets supporters during his roadshow in Vadodara, some 110 kms from Ahmedabad. Sam Panthaky / AFP Photo
  • Afghans shop for brooms at a roadside shop in Herat. Aref Karimi / AFP Photo
    Afghans shop for brooms at a roadside shop in Herat. Aref Karimi / AFP Photo
  • Palestinian violin maker Shehda Shalaldeh strings a violin at his work shop in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Shalaldeh, 23, completed his studies in Italy and returned to the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank to encourage young people about music. Abbas Momani / AFP Photo
    Palestinian violin maker Shehda Shalaldeh strings a violin at his work shop in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Shalaldeh, 23, completed his studies in Italy and returned to the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank to encourage young people about music. Abbas Momani / AFP Photo

Best photography from around the world, April 9

Mark Asquith

April 09, 2014

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

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