• A woman reacts to being soaked in water during Songkran, or the Thai New Year, celebrations on Khaosan Road in Bangkok. Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP
    A woman reacts to being soaked in water during Songkran, or the Thai New Year, celebrations on Khaosan Road in Bangkok. Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP
  • Pedestrians walk along a sidewalk on a rainy evening in Pyongyang, North Korea. Amid rising regional tensions, Pyongyang residents have been preparing for North Korea’s most important holiday: the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country’s late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. Wong Maye-E / AP
    Pedestrians walk along a sidewalk on a rainy evening in Pyongyang, North Korea. Amid rising regional tensions, Pyongyang residents have been preparing for North Korea’s most important holiday: the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country’s late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. Wong Maye-E / AP
  • In this image made with a slow camera shutter speed, competitors race in the Women’s Omnium Tempo Race 24 at the World Track Cycling championships in Hong Kong. Kin Cheung / AP
    In this image made with a slow camera shutter speed, competitors race in the Women’s Omnium Tempo Race 24 at the World Track Cycling championships in Hong Kong. Kin Cheung / AP
  • A Palestinian demonstrator stands in front of an Israeli military vehicle during clashes following a protest in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Mussa Qawasma / Reuters
    A Palestinian demonstrator stands in front of an Israeli military vehicle during clashes following a protest in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Mussa Qawasma / Reuters
  • Displaced boys who had fled their homes wait outside Hammam al-Alil camp south of Mosul, Iraq. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
    Displaced boys who had fled their homes wait outside Hammam al-Alil camp south of Mosul, Iraq. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
  • Migrants on a rubber dinghy await rescue by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station in the central Mediterranean in international waters about 15 nautical miles off the coast of Zawiya in Libya. Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters
    Migrants on a rubber dinghy await rescue by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station in the central Mediterranean in international waters about 15 nautical miles off the coast of Zawiya in Libya. Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters
  • Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave national flags during a rally for the upcoming referendum in Konya, Turkey. Umit Bektas / Reuters
    Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave national flags during a rally for the upcoming referendum in Konya, Turkey. Umit Bektas / Reuters

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World in focus – best photos for April 14, 2017

Jake Badger

April 14, 2017

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

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