• A Kashmiri protester throws back an exploded tear gas shell at Indian policemen during a protest in Srinagar. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
    A Kashmiri protester throws back an exploded tear gas shell at Indian policemen during a protest in Srinagar. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
  • Students stand by the Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism in Berlin. Kay Nietfeld / EPA
    Students stand by the Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism in Berlin. Kay Nietfeld / EPA
  • Supporters of Ammar Al Hakim, the head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), take part in a rally in Baghdad. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP Photo
    Supporters of Ammar Al Hakim, the head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), take part in a rally in Baghdad. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP Photo
  • Sailing boats at the Maschsee in Hanover, northern Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / DPA / AFP Photo
    Sailing boats at the Maschsee in Hanover, northern Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / DPA / AFP Photo
  • The sculpture of a car park by artist and director of the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts, Rita McBride, is seen at the Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf. Monika Skolimowska / EPA
    The sculpture of a car park by artist and director of the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts, Rita McBride, is seen at the Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf. Monika Skolimowska / EPA
  • A man looks at a life jacket floating on the sea near the port of Dikili district in Izmiras, where a Turkish ferry carrying second group of migrants deported from Greece will arrived. Ozan Kose / AFP Photo
    A man looks at a life jacket floating on the sea near the port of Dikili district in Izmiras, where a Turkish ferry carrying second group of migrants deported from Greece will arrived. Ozan Kose / AFP Photo
  • A woman enters a polling booth during the Djibouti presidential election. Karim Lebhour / AFP Photo
    A woman enters a polling booth during the Djibouti presidential election. Karim Lebhour / AFP Photo
  • South Korean army soldiers work on a pontoon bridge during a US-South Korea joint river-crossing exercise near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Yeoncheon. Kim Hong-ji / Reuters
    South Korean army soldiers work on a pontoon bridge during a US-South Korea joint river-crossing exercise near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Yeoncheon. Kim Hong-ji / Reuters
  • A rotten tree reflects in the water of a tributary of the River Oder near Lebus, northeastern Germany. Patrick Pleul / DPA / AFP Photo
    A rotten tree reflects in the water of a tributary of the River Oder near Lebus, northeastern Germany. Patrick Pleul / DPA / AFP Photo

World in focus — best photos for April 8, 2016


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

UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
The specs

Engine: 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbocharged and three electric motors

Power: Combined output 920hp

Torque: 730Nm at 4,000-7,000rpm

Transmission: 8-speed dual-clutch automatic

Fuel consumption: 11.2L/100km

On sale: Now, deliveries expected later in 2025

Price: expected to start at Dh1,432,000

The specs

Engine: 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo

Power: 178hp at 5,500rpm

Torque: 280Nm at 1,350-4,200rpm

Transmission: seven-speed dual-clutch auto

Price: from Dh209,000 

On sale: now

EA Sports FC 26

Publisher: EA Sports

Consoles: PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series X/S

Rating: 3/5

The President's Cake

Director: Hasan Hadi

Starring: Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem 

Rating: 4/5

Our legal columnist

Name: Yousef Al Bahar

Advocate at Al Bahar & Associate Advocates and Legal Consultants, established in 1994

Education: Mr Al Bahar was born in 1979 and graduated in 2008 from the Judicial Institute. He took after his father, who was one of the first Emirati lawyers

Our legal consultant

Name: Hassan Mohsen Elhais

Position: legal consultant with Al Rowaad Advocates and Legal Consultants.

THE SIXTH SENSE

Starring: Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Hayley Joel Osment

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Rating: 5/5

APPLE IPAD MINI (A17 PRO)

Display: 21cm Liquid Retina Display, 2266 x 1488, 326ppi, 500 nits

Chip: Apple A17 Pro, 6-core CPU, 5-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine

Storage: 128/256/512GB

Main camera: 12MP wide, f/1.8, digital zoom up to 5x, Smart HDR 4

Front camera: 12MP ultra-wide, f/2.4, Smart HDR 4, full-HD @ 25/30/60fps

Biometrics: Touch ID, Face ID

Colours: Blue, purple, space grey, starlight

In the box: iPad mini, USB-C cable, 20W USB-C power adapter

Price: From Dh2,099

Liverpool's all-time goalscorers

Ian Rush 346
Roger Hunt 285
Mohamed Salah 250
Gordon Hodgson 241
Billy Liddell 228

Saturday's results

Women's third round

  • 14-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 6-2, 6-2
  • Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) 6-2, 6-1
  • 7-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Polona Hercog (Slovenia) 6-4. 6-0
  • Coco Vandeweghe (USA) beat Alison Riske (USA) 6-2, 6-4
  •  9-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat 19-Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
  • Petra Martic (Croatia) beat Zarina Diyas (Kazakhstan) 7-6, 6-1
  • Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) 6-2, 6-1
  • 7-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Polona Hercog (Slovenia) 6-4, 6-0

Men's third round

  • 13-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) beat Dudi Sela (Israel) 6-1, 6-1 -- retired
  • Sam Queery (United States) beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 6-2, 3-6, 7-6, 1-6, 7-5
  • 6-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat 25-Albert Ramos (Spain) 7-6, 6-4, 7-5
  • 10-Alexander Zverev (Germany) beat Sebastian Ofner (Austria) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
  • 11-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat David Ferrer (Spain) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
  • Adrian Mannarino (France) beat 15-Gael Monfils (France) 7-6, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
The bio

Favourite book: Peter Rabbit. I used to read it to my three children and still read it myself. If I am feeling down it brings back good memories.

Best thing about your job: Getting to help people. My mum always told me never to pass up an opportunity to do a good deed.

Best part of life in the UAE: The weather. The constant sunshine is amazing and there is always something to do, you have so many options when it comes to how to spend your day.

Favourite holiday destination: Malaysia. I went there for my honeymoon and ended up volunteering to teach local children for a few hours each day. It is such a special place and I plan to retire there one day.

WHAT IS A BLACK HOLE?

1. Black holes are objects whose gravity is so strong not even light can escape their pull

2. They can be created when massive stars collapse under their own weight

3. Large black holes can also be formed when smaller ones collide and merge

4. The biggest black holes lurk at the centre of many galaxies, including our own

5. Astronomers believe that when the universe was very young, black holes affected how galaxies formed

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