Today's best photos: from Easter parades to cherry blossoms

  • People take part in the Georgi Ride, an annual Easter Monday horse pilgrimage to honour St George, in Traunstein, southern Germany. AFP
    People take part in the Georgi Ride, an annual Easter Monday horse pilgrimage to honour St George, in Traunstein, southern Germany. AFP
  • Cars destroyed amid Russia's attack on Ukraine in Irpin, Kyiv, after they were collected from different places. Reuters
    Cars destroyed amid Russia's attack on Ukraine in Irpin, Kyiv, after they were collected from different places. Reuters
  • A woman in traditional dress has water thrown on her during a traditional Easter celebration in Holloko, Hungary. Reuters
    A woman in traditional dress has water thrown on her during a traditional Easter celebration in Holloko, Hungary. Reuters
  • A worker welding wheels at a factory in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. AFP
    A worker welding wheels at a factory in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. AFP
  • The moon rises behind the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Reuters
    The moon rises behind the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Reuters
  • Paddle boarders tour the calm Baltic Sea in Timmendorfer Strand, northern Germany, as the sun rises on a cold spring morning. AP
    Paddle boarders tour the calm Baltic Sea in Timmendorfer Strand, northern Germany, as the sun rises on a cold spring morning. AP
  • Dutch rider Mathieu Van Der Poel (L) rides with a breakaway group during the 119th edition of the Paris-Roubaix one-day classic cycling race, between Compiegne and Roubaix, northern France. AFP
    Dutch rider Mathieu Van Der Poel (L) rides with a breakaway group during the 119th edition of the Paris-Roubaix one-day classic cycling race, between Compiegne and Roubaix, northern France. AFP
  • A woman dances during a rehearsal by the street carnival group 'Tambores de Olokun' in Rio de Janeiro. AP
    A woman dances during a rehearsal by the street carnival group 'Tambores de Olokun' in Rio de Janeiro. AP
  • A child poses under petals falling from a cherry blossom tree in Greenwich Park in London. Reuters
    A child poses under petals falling from a cherry blossom tree in Greenwich Park in London. Reuters