• A stuntman rides a motorcycle inside the “Well of Death” attraction during a fair in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
    A stuntman rides a motorcycle inside the “Well of Death” attraction during a fair in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
  • Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh are greeted by an elephant at the Zoological Society of London’s Whipsnade Zoo, where they officially opened the zoo’s new Centre for Elephant Care. Chris Radburn / PA via AP
    Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh are greeted by an elephant at the Zoological Society of London’s Whipsnade Zoo, where they officially opened the zoo’s new Centre for Elephant Care. Chris Radburn / PA via AP
  • North Korean football players training in a field are reflected on a glass window in Pyongyang, North Korea. How Hwee Young / EPA
    North Korean football players training in a field are reflected on a glass window in Pyongyang, North Korea. How Hwee Young / EPA
  • The ‘Ecce Homo’ statue by artist British Mark Wallinger stands outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Britain. Hannah McKay / Reuters
    The ‘Ecce Homo’ statue by artist British Mark Wallinger stands outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Britain. Hannah McKay / Reuters
  • A crow flies towards a tree in a blooming rapeseed field on a spring morning in Vufflens-la-Ville near Lausanne. Denis Balibouse / Reuters
    A crow flies towards a tree in a blooming rapeseed field on a spring morning in Vufflens-la-Ville near Lausanne. Denis Balibouse / Reuters
  • Diego Bielkiewicz of Deportes Iquique and Rafael Thyere of Gremio in action at Arena do Gremio stadium, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Diego Vara / Reuters
    Diego Bielkiewicz of Deportes Iquique and Rafael Thyere of Gremio in action at Arena do Gremio stadium, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Diego Vara / Reuters
  • A visitor takes a photo of Bombardier Global 6000 airplane during the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Expo (ABACE) in Shanghai, China. Roman Pilipey / EPA
    A visitor takes a photo of Bombardier Global 6000 airplane during the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Expo (ABACE) in Shanghai, China. Roman Pilipey / EPA
  • FC Bayern Munich’s Arturo Vidal attends a news conference in Munich, Germany. FC Bayern Munich will face Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League quarter final, first leg, soccer match on April 12. Christian Bruna / EPA
    FC Bayern Munich’s Arturo Vidal attends a news conference in Munich, Germany. FC Bayern Munich will face Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League quarter final, first leg, soccer match on April 12. Christian Bruna / EPA
  • Penguins are reflected in a pond as they walk in the Tbilisi Zoo in in Tbilisi, Georgia. The penguins, presented by Bristol Zoo, became new residents at Tbilisi Zoo after a devastating flood in 2015 killed hundreds of animals. Shakh Aivazov / AP
    Penguins are reflected in a pond as they walk in the Tbilisi Zoo in in Tbilisi, Georgia. The penguins, presented by Bristol Zoo, became new residents at Tbilisi Zoo after a devastating flood in 2015 killed hundreds of animals. Shakh Aivazov / AP

World in focus – best photos for April 12, 2017


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A look at the best photos from around the world today.