Today's best photos: from the Nepalese new year to British beetroot

  • A boy watches the Biska Jatra festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, marking the Nepalese new year. AP Photo
    A boy watches the Biska Jatra festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, marking the Nepalese new year. AP Photo
  • Penitents from 'Real Cofradia del Santisimo Cristo de las Injurias', also known as 'El Silencio' brotherhood gather prior a procession in Zamora, Spain. AP Photo
    Penitents from 'Real Cofradia del Santisimo Cristo de las Injurias', also known as 'El Silencio' brotherhood gather prior a procession in Zamora, Spain. AP Photo
  • Israeli security forces move in positions during clashes with Palestinian protesters at the compound that houses Al Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
    Israeli security forces move in positions during clashes with Palestinian protesters at the compound that houses Al Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
  • A girl looks at 2-metre-high Easter eggs painted in the traditional naive art style in Koprivnica, Croatia. Reuters
    A girl looks at 2-metre-high Easter eggs painted in the traditional naive art style in Koprivnica, Croatia. Reuters
  • People visit the Light Festival to celebrate the 110th birth anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang. AFP
    People visit the Light Festival to celebrate the 110th birth anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang. AFP
  • This aerial view shows sports fields under water days after heavy rains in Durban. The death toll from South Africa's 'unprecedented' floods climbed to 341 on Thursday. AFP
    This aerial view shows sports fields under water days after heavy rains in Durban. The death toll from South Africa's 'unprecedented' floods climbed to 341 on Thursday. AFP
  • Students protesting against the price hike of basic commodities in front of the regional parliament building, in Surabaya. AFP
    Students protesting against the price hike of basic commodities in front of the regional parliament building, in Surabaya. AFP
  • Some of the 500 tonnes of beetroot left to rot due to a collapse in demand at Woodhall Growers in Penkridge, England. Many EU markets for Woodhall's beetroot have disappeared. AFP
    Some of the 500 tonnes of beetroot left to rot due to a collapse in demand at Woodhall Growers in Penkridge, England. Many EU markets for Woodhall's beetroot have disappeared. AFP