• People take photos of cherry blossom in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
    People take photos of cherry blossom in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
  • A worker monitors the production line for Taeha brand cakes at the Unha Taesong Foodstuff factory in Pyongyang, North Korea. AFP
    A worker monitors the production line for Taeha brand cakes at the Unha Taesong Foodstuff factory in Pyongyang, North Korea. AFP
  • Empty oxygen cylinders lie in a line as people wait for a shop to open so they can refill them, in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood in Lima, Peru. The country has a shortage of medical oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients. AP Photo
    Empty oxygen cylinders lie in a line as people wait for a shop to open so they can refill them, in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood in Lima, Peru. The country has a shortage of medical oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients. AP Photo
  • Musicians perform at the International Kimbanguist Church headquarters in Nkamba, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at an event marking the church's 100th anniversary. AFP
    Musicians perform at the International Kimbanguist Church headquarters in Nkamba, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at an event marking the church's 100th anniversary. AFP
  • Visitors walk from the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, in Jerusalem, on the eve of ceremonies marking Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day. AFP
    Visitors walk from the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, in Jerusalem, on the eve of ceremonies marking Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day. AFP
  • Muslim devotees wash the floor of the Jamia Mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ahead of Ramadan, following new government restrictions to contain the spread of Covid-19. AFP
    Muslim devotees wash the floor of the Jamia Mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ahead of Ramadan, following new government restrictions to contain the spread of Covid-19. AFP
  • Residents battle a fire in Baglung, about 275 kilometres west of Kathmandu in Nepal. AFP
    Residents battle a fire in Baglung, about 275 kilometres west of Kathmandu in Nepal. AFP
  • A man is overcome with grief after a relative was found dead following flash floods triggered by a cyclone in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. Reuters
    A man is overcome with grief after a relative was found dead following flash floods triggered by a cyclone in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. Reuters
  • A group of men sit and chat in Kathmandu, Nepal. Kathmandu Valley has been experiencing record high levels of pollution in recent days. EPA
    A group of men sit and chat in Kathmandu, Nepal. Kathmandu Valley has been experiencing record high levels of pollution in recent days. EPA

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From cherry blossoms in China to musicians in Nkamba - today's best pictures

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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April 07, 2021

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