• A woman participates in a march marking 19 months since the disappearance of 43 Mexican education students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College, in Mexico City, Mexico. Relatives of the missing students and their supporters have cast doubt over the veracity of an investigation conducted by the government of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, which stated that corrupt local police officers detained the students then turned them over to a local criminal organisation who then tortured and murdered them. Alex Cruz / EPA
    A woman participates in a march marking 19 months since the disappearance of 43 Mexican education students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College, in Mexico City, Mexico. Relatives of the missing students and their supporters have cast doubt over the veracity of an investigation conducted by the government of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, which stated that corrupt local police officers detained the students then turned them over to a local criminal organisation who then tortured and murdered them. Alex Cruz / EPA
  • Some of the 96 candles, in memory of the victims of the Hillsborough tragedy, sit on the steps of Liverpool’s Saint George’s Hall after the Hillsborough inquest verdict in Liverpool, England. The fresh inquests into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 football supporters were crushed to death, concluded on April 26, 2016 with a verdict of unlawful killing. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
    Some of the 96 candles, in memory of the victims of the Hillsborough tragedy, sit on the steps of Liverpool’s Saint George’s Hall after the Hillsborough inquest verdict in Liverpool, England. The fresh inquests into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 football supporters were crushed to death, concluded on April 26, 2016 with a verdict of unlawful killing. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
  • Daniel Castro #14 of the Atlanta Braves bobbles the pop fly of Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox as he catches it for the out during the fourth inning of a baseball game at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. Butch Dill / Getty Images / AFP
    Daniel Castro #14 of the Atlanta Braves bobbles the pop fly of Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox as he catches it for the out during the fourth inning of a baseball game at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. Butch Dill / Getty Images / AFP
  • Local citizens look at a damaged car after shelling near a pro-Russian rebel’s checkpoint, close to the border with Ukraine-controlled territory in Elenovka village in Donetsk area, Ukraine. At least four civilians were killed and eight injured as a result of morning shelling there. Alexander Ermochenko / EPA
    Local citizens look at a damaged car after shelling near a pro-Russian rebel’s checkpoint, close to the border with Ukraine-controlled territory in Elenovka village in Donetsk area, Ukraine. At least four civilians were killed and eight injured as a result of morning shelling there. Alexander Ermochenko / EPA
  • Young boys play pool by torchlight in the gathering darkness because electricity is only available for a few hours, usually late at night, in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe. Mary Turner / Getty Images
    Young boys play pool by torchlight in the gathering darkness because electricity is only available for a few hours, usually late at night, in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe. Mary Turner / Getty Images
  • A Buddhist monk uses an umbrella to protect himself from the sun on a hot summer’s day in Yangon, Myanmar. Lynn Bo Bo / EPA
    A Buddhist monk uses an umbrella to protect himself from the sun on a hot summer’s day in Yangon, Myanmar. Lynn Bo Bo / EPA
  • Junior doctors march across Westminster Bridge during a protest in London. Junior doctors are holding a 48-hour strike calling for more pay and better working conditions, as the contract dispute with the government continues to drag on. Andy Rain / EPA
    Junior doctors march across Westminster Bridge during a protest in London. Junior doctors are holding a 48-hour strike calling for more pay and better working conditions, as the contract dispute with the government continues to drag on. Andy Rain / EPA

World in focus — best photos for April 27, 2016


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