• Pro-government demonstrators gather under the shade outside Congress, where lawmakers are voting on whether to impeach Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, in Brasilia, Brazil. The vote will determine whether the impeachment proceeds to the Senate. Rousseff is accused of violating Brazil’s fiscal laws to shore up public support amid a flagging economy. Felipe Dana / AP Photo
    Pro-government demonstrators gather under the shade outside Congress, where lawmakers are voting on whether to impeach Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, in Brasilia, Brazil. The vote will determine whether the impeachment proceeds to the Senate. Rousseff is accused of violating Brazil’s fiscal laws to shore up public support amid a flagging economy. Felipe Dana / AP Photo
  • Barcelona’s Brazilian forward Neymar puts his head against the goalpost during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Valencia CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. Lluis Gene / AFP
    Barcelona’s Brazilian forward Neymar puts his head against the goalpost during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Valencia CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. Lluis Gene / AFP
  • Carl Edwards, driver of the #19 Comcast Business Toyota, celebrates winning the Nascar Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Matt Sullivan / Getty Images / AFP
    Carl Edwards, driver of the #19 Comcast Business Toyota, celebrates winning the Nascar Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Matt Sullivan / Getty Images / AFP
  • Supporters of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff show their dejection after lawmakers authorised her impeachment to go ahead, in Sao Paulo. Brazilian lawmakers on Sunday reached the two thirds majority necessary to authorise impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. Miguel Schincariol / AFP
    Supporters of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff show their dejection after lawmakers authorised her impeachment to go ahead, in Sao Paulo. Brazilian lawmakers on Sunday reached the two thirds majority necessary to authorise impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. Miguel Schincariol / AFP
  • Barry McKay scores the second goal for Rangers as Celtic’s Craig Gordon attempts save. Action Images via Reuters / Russell Cheyne
    Barry McKay scores the second goal for Rangers as Celtic’s Craig Gordon attempts save. Action Images via Reuters / Russell Cheyne
  • A supporter holds a cut-out of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders during “A Future To Believe In GOTV” rally in Brooklyn, New York. Timothy A Clary / AFP
    A supporter holds a cut-out of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders during “A Future To Believe In GOTV” rally in Brooklyn, New York. Timothy A Clary / AFP
  • A man takes a bath from a leaking water pipe on a hot summer morning in Allahabad, India. The temperature in Allahabad on Monday is expected to reach 43°C, according to India’s metrological department website. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
    A man takes a bath from a leaking water pipe on a hot summer morning in Allahabad, India. The temperature in Allahabad on Monday is expected to reach 43°C, according to India’s metrological department website. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters

World in focus — best photos for April 18, 2016


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