World in focus — best photos for April 21, 2017

Philippine troops march as a transport plane carrying Philippine defence secretary Delfin Lorenzana, armed forces chief Gen Eduardo Ano and other officials, sits on the tarmac of Philippine-claimed Thitu Island off the disputed Spratlys chain of islands in the South China Sea. Their visit Friday was aimed to assert the country’s claim to the heartland of a disputed area where China is believed to have placed missiles on man-made islands. The South China Sea issue is expected to be discussed in the 20th ASEAN Summit of Leaders next week. Seen in the background above the horizon, centre, is the Chinese man-made island of Subi Reef. Bullit Marquez / Associated Press / April 21, 2017

Danish prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (right), Irish prime minister Enda Kenny (left), and Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte leave a joint press conference at the Catshuis residence in The Hague, Netherlands. Peter Dejong / Associated Press / April 21, 2017

A bullet hole is seen in a shop window off the Champs Elysees boulevard in Paris. France began picking itself up Friday from another deadly shooting claimed by ISIL. Christophe Ena / Associated Press / April 21, 2017

Kevin Aymoz of France competes in the men’s free programme at the ISU World Team Trophy in Tokyo, Japan. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters / April 21, 2017

As part of a reciprocal evacuation deal from four besieged towns, Syrians bound for their respective destinations with one convoy (right) going to rebel-held Idlib and the other headed to government-held Aleppo, as they wait at a transit point in Al-Rashideen, Syria. Ammar Abdullah / Reuters / April 21, 2017

Members of Avaaz — a global web movement — protest wearing Third Reich Wehrmacht uniforms and face masks of Beatrix von Storch (left), Bjoern Hocke, Frauke Petry, Alexander Gauland and Alice Weidel of Germany’s anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany under the motto “wolf in sheep’s clothing” before the party’s congress in Cologne, Germany. Wolfgang Rattay / Retuers / April 21, 2017

A worker washes a statue of the Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin on the eve of his birth anniversary in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 21, 2017

Seniors interact with an ‘A-Tai’ robot at the City Social Welfare centre in Hangzhou, China. The nursing home in East China’s Zhejiang province employs 200 nurses and has become an early adopter of robots who help care for the 1,300 seniors that live there. Roman Pilipey / EPA / April 21, 2017

Kashmiri Muslim protesters shout slogans as a tear gas explodes near them during clashes in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Police were trying to disperse the crowd, which was protesting alleged use of force by security forces at student protests. Farooq Khan / EPA / April 21, 2017.

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