• Rescue members walk during the burial of a companion who died after flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rains lead several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and rocks into buildings and roads, in Mocoa, Colombia. Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters
    Rescue members walk during the burial of a companion who died after flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rains lead several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and rocks into buildings and roads, in Mocoa, Colombia. Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters
  • Bolivarian police agents kick back a tear gas grenade, during clashes with Nicolas Maduro’s government opposition activists in Caracas. Protesters clashed with police in Venezuela as the opposition mobilised against moves to tighten president Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power. Protesters hurled stones at riot police who fired tear gas as they blocked the demonstrators from advancing through central Caracas, where pro-government activists were also planning to march. AFP
    Bolivarian police agents kick back a tear gas grenade, during clashes with Nicolas Maduro’s government opposition activists in Caracas. Protesters clashed with police in Venezuela as the opposition mobilised against moves to tighten president Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power. Protesters hurled stones at riot police who fired tear gas as they blocked the demonstrators from advancing through central Caracas, where pro-government activists were also planning to march. AFP
  • People ride boats underneath cherry trees at Ueno park in Tokyo, Japan. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    People ride boats underneath cherry trees at Ueno park in Tokyo, Japan. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • A pedestrian walks past decorated panelling used to shroud a construction site along a street in Tokyo. AFP
    A pedestrian walks past decorated panelling used to shroud a construction site along a street in Tokyo. AFP
  • King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain walk during their visit to the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan. Ken Ishii / Getty Images
    King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain walk during their visit to the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan. Ken Ishii / Getty Images
  • Nepalese mountaineer Min Bahadur Sherchan, aged 85, performs morning exercise at the roof top of his home in Kathmandu, Nepal. Sherchan is moving to Everest for his new attempt to the world record title as oldest man to climb Mount Everest. Japanese mountain climber Yuichiro Miura is holds record of the oldest person to conquer the world’s highest mountain. EPA
    Nepalese mountaineer Min Bahadur Sherchan, aged 85, performs morning exercise at the roof top of his home in Kathmandu, Nepal. Sherchan is moving to Everest for his new attempt to the world record title as oldest man to climb Mount Everest. Japanese mountain climber Yuichiro Miura is holds record of the oldest person to conquer the world’s highest mountain. EPA
  • Visitors pose for photos as they visit a 200-metre-long corridor covered with lavender flowers in Shenyang, in northeast China’s Liaoning province. AFP
    Visitors pose for photos as they visit a 200-metre-long corridor covered with lavender flowers in Shenyang, in northeast China’s Liaoning province. AFP
  • A girl dressed as Kumari drinks as she sits on stairs after attending rituals to celebrate the Navratri Festival inside the Adyapeath Temple, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    A girl dressed as Kumari drinks as she sits on stairs after attending rituals to celebrate the Navratri Festival inside the Adyapeath Temple, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • Indian youngsters from Khalsa College wearing traditional Punjabi attire perform the Bhangra, the folk dance from the state of Punjab, as they take part in Visakhi festival celebrations at a wheat farm on the outskirts of Amritsar city. Visakhi is the festival of the first harvest of the year right after the winter season. It is widely celebrated as traditional harvest festival in many northern states of India such as Haryana, Himachal, Pradesh and Uttaranchal. EPA
    Indian youngsters from Khalsa College wearing traditional Punjabi attire perform the Bhangra, the folk dance from the state of Punjab, as they take part in Visakhi festival celebrations at a wheat farm on the outskirts of Amritsar city. Visakhi is the festival of the first harvest of the year right after the winter season. It is widely celebrated as traditional harvest festival in many northern states of India such as Haryana, Himachal, Pradesh and Uttaranchal. EPA
  • A woman looks at artworks by Lebanese artists Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige during the presentation of the exhibition 'Two Suns in a Sunset / Se Souvenir de la Lumiere' at the Modern Art Institute of Valencia (IVAM) in Valencia, Spain. EPA
    A woman looks at artworks by Lebanese artists Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige during the presentation of the exhibition 'Two Suns in a Sunset / Se Souvenir de la Lumiere' at the Modern Art Institute of Valencia (IVAM) in Valencia, Spain. EPA
  • A Hindu priest spreads rose petals around different food items on the occasion of Ramnavmi festival inside a temple in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters
    A Hindu priest spreads rose petals around different food items on the occasion of Ramnavmi festival inside a temple in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters

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Fatima Al Marzouqi

April 05, 2017

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