• Men with Palestinian flags walk through the fumes from flaming tires during a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Gaza City on April 5, 2023. - Israeli police said they had entered to dislodge "agitators" from Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, a move denounced as an "unprecedented crime" by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. The holy Muslim site is built on top of what Jews call the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
    Men with Palestinian flags walk through the fumes from flaming tires during a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Gaza City on April 5, 2023. - Israeli police said they had entered to dislodge "agitators" from Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, a move denounced as an "unprecedented crime" by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. The holy Muslim site is built on top of what Jews call the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
  • Workers cut the grass at the Geonwonneung tomb of King Taejo, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, in Guri, east of Seoul, South Korea, marking the Hansik holiday. EPA
    Workers cut the grass at the Geonwonneung tomb of King Taejo, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, in Guri, east of Seoul, South Korea, marking the Hansik holiday. EPA
  • Wrecked homes in the aftermath of a tornado in Glenallen, Missouri. Reuters
    Wrecked homes in the aftermath of a tornado in Glenallen, Missouri. Reuters
  • Women carry the procession float of the Virgin of Sorrows through the streets of Guatemala City. AFP
    Women carry the procession float of the Virgin of Sorrows through the streets of Guatemala City. AFP
  • Young Buddhist monks play between prayers at the Tawang monastery in the north-east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. AFP
    Young Buddhist monks play between prayers at the Tawang monastery in the north-east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. AFP
  • Villagers gather round a sperm whale washed up on Yeh Malet beach in Klungkung, Indonesia. AFP
    Villagers gather round a sperm whale washed up on Yeh Malet beach in Klungkung, Indonesia. AFP
  • Yusufeli town is submerged by an artificial lake caused by a dam retaining the flow of the Coruh river in north-eastern Turkey. AFP
    Yusufeli town is submerged by an artificial lake caused by a dam retaining the flow of the Coruh river in north-eastern Turkey. AFP
  • Armed Israeli border police take position near Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
    Armed Israeli border police take position near Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
  • Youths run though clouds of tear gas at a protest in Nantes, western France. AP
    Youths run though clouds of tear gas at a protest in Nantes, western France. AP
  • Guards keep a curtain closed before a meeting between France's President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AP
    Guards keep a curtain closed before a meeting between France's President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AP

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