• Canada geese goslings follow their parents down a set of stairs leading to the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, British Columbia. AP
    Canada geese goslings follow their parents down a set of stairs leading to the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, British Columbia. AP
  • A wounded man is dragged to safety by fellow protesters during clashes with riot police in Cali, Colombia. AFP
    A wounded man is dragged to safety by fellow protesters during clashes with riot police in Cali, Colombia. AFP
  • An Orthodox Christian prays outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during a Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City. EPA
    An Orthodox Christian prays outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during a Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City. EPA
  • Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi after Granada's Spanish forward Jorge Molina scored during the Spanish League football match between Barcelona and Granada at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. AFP
    Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi after Granada's Spanish forward Jorge Molina scored during the Spanish League football match between Barcelona and Granada at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. AFP
  • Visitors look at a large display of mummies in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    Visitors look at a large display of mummies in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • Tyrone Peachey of the Titans dives over for a try during the round eight NRL match between the Brisbane Broncos and the Gold Coast Titans at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. Getty Images
    Tyrone Peachey of the Titans dives over for a try during the round eight NRL match between the Brisbane Broncos and the Gold Coast Titans at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. Getty Images
  • The Stratolaunch plane, the world's largest aircraft, comes in to land over Virgin Orbit 747 Cosmic Girl after it performed a second test flight in Mojave, California, USA. Reuters
    The Stratolaunch plane, the world's largest aircraft, comes in to land over Virgin Orbit 747 Cosmic Girl after it performed a second test flight in Mojave, California, USA. Reuters
  • Michael Kleinschmidt plays the Flentrop organ while people are vaccinated against Covid-19 at a clinic held by 6M Geriatrics at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in the Capitol Hill district of Seattle, Washington, USA. Reuters
    Michael Kleinschmidt plays the Flentrop organ while people are vaccinated against Covid-19 at a clinic held by 6M Geriatrics at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in the Capitol Hill district of Seattle, Washington, USA. Reuters
  • Women and children of the Nahua indigenous community of Alcozacan make pinatas, before a demonstration with children carrying replicas of toy and wooden weapons, in the town of Alcozacan, Guerrero, Mexico. Reuters
    Women and children of the Nahua indigenous community of Alcozacan make pinatas, before a demonstration with children carrying replicas of toy and wooden weapons, in the town of Alcozacan, Guerrero, Mexico. Reuters
  • Newly-wed Yasemin Tuna and Murat Targut pose for their photographer in Istanbul's deserted Istiklal Street, the main shopping street of Turkey's biggest city. AP Photo
    Newly-wed Yasemin Tuna and Murat Targut pose for their photographer in Istanbul's deserted Istiklal Street, the main shopping street of Turkey's biggest city. AP Photo

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From the world's largest plane to goslings in Canada - 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 30, 2021

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Zakat definitions

Zakat: an Arabic word meaning ‘to cleanse’ or ‘purification’.

Nisab: the minimum amount that a Muslim must have before being obliged to pay zakat. Traditionally, the nisab threshold was 87.48 grams of gold, or 612.36 grams of silver. The monetary value of the nisab therefore varies by current prices and currencies.

Zakat Al Mal: the ‘cleansing’ of wealth, as one of the five pillars of Islam; a spiritual duty for all Muslims meeting the ‘nisab’ wealth criteria in a lunar year, to pay 2.5 per cent of their wealth in alms to the deserving and needy.

Zakat Al Fitr: a donation to charity given during Ramadan, before Eid Al Fitr, in the form of food. Every adult Muslim who possesses food in excess of the needs of themselves and their family must pay two qadahs (an old measure just over 2 kilograms) of flour, wheat, barley or rice from each person in a household, as a minimum.

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