• Visitors take pictures of azaleas in full bloom at a shrine garden in Tokyo, Japan. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
    Visitors take pictures of azaleas in full bloom at a shrine garden in Tokyo, Japan. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
  • Tourists enjoy a river boat ride on the Seine in Paris. Lionel Bonaventure / AFP Photo
    Tourists enjoy a river boat ride on the Seine in Paris. Lionel Bonaventure / AFP Photo
  • Afghan migrant children pose as they play in front of their homes in Kars, eastern Turkey. Umit Bektas / Reuters
    Afghan migrant children pose as they play in front of their homes in Kars, eastern Turkey. Umit Bektas / Reuters
  • New police recruits in Gujarat take part in their passing out parade in Ahmedabad, India. Amit Dave / Reuters
    New police recruits in Gujarat take part in their passing out parade in Ahmedabad, India. Amit Dave / Reuters
  • A Palestinian beekeeper uses smoke to calm bees in the process of collecting honey at a farm near the Israel-Gaza border in the northern Gaza Strip. Suhaib Salem / Reuters
    A Palestinian beekeeper uses smoke to calm bees in the process of collecting honey at a farm near the Israel-Gaza border in the northern Gaza Strip. Suhaib Salem / Reuters
  • People display the portrait of Zimbabwe's president Emmerson Mnangagwa during Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. Jekesai Njikizana / AFP Photo
    People display the portrait of Zimbabwe's president Emmerson Mnangagwa during Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. Jekesai Njikizana / AFP Photo
  • Myanmar's state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi inspects an honour guard at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam. Luong Thai Linh / EPA
    Myanmar's state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi inspects an honour guard at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam. Luong Thai Linh / EPA

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World in focus - best photos for April 19, 2018

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The QE2 opens in Dubai

  • QE2 reopened in 2018 as a floating hotel at Port Rashid. All photos: Antonie Robertson / The National
    QE2 reopened in 2018 as a floating hotel at Port Rashid. All photos: Antonie Robertson / The National
  • A theatre where live entertainment is held on Dubai’s only floating hotel, the Queen Elizabeth 2, which is being taken over by French hospitality group Accor.
    A theatre where live entertainment is held on Dubai’s only floating hotel, the Queen Elizabeth 2, which is being taken over by French hospitality group Accor.
  • The interior of the ship, which is permanently docked at Dubai's Mina Rashid port, has been completely preserved.
    The interior of the ship, which is permanently docked at Dubai's Mina Rashid port, has been completely preserved.
  • The midships lobby area in the restored QE2.
    The midships lobby area in the restored QE2.
  • The old Golden Lion pub.
    The old Golden Lion pub.
  • The casino is filled with slot machines - now purely decorative.
    The casino is filled with slot machines - now purely decorative.
  • A games arcade cluttered with old machines remains.
    A games arcade cluttered with old machines remains.
  • The QE2's stairs have been restored.
    The QE2's stairs have been restored.
  • The hotel has 447 hotel rooms and nine food and beverage outlets.
    The hotel has 447 hotel rooms and nine food and beverage outlets.
  • Inside a deluxe room on the QE2 hotel.
    Inside a deluxe room on the QE2 hotel.
  • Inside the renovated Yacht Club restaurant on the QE2.
    Inside the renovated Yacht Club restaurant on the QE2.
  • The corridors are all soft carpet and 1970s kitsch.
    The corridors are all soft carpet and 1970s kitsch.
  • The ocean liner is named after the late Queen Elizabeth II.
    The ocean liner is named after the late Queen Elizabeth II.
  • The midships lobby area in the restored QE2.
    The midships lobby area in the restored QE2.
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