Today in Pictures, April 27, 2017

Tactical demonstration in Singapore, memorial in Slavutich, Ukraine, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Apr 27, 2017, 09:17 AM

Troopers from the Police National Servicemen (PNSmen) Public Order (PO) Troop demonstrated their fire manoeuvre and tactical arms handling skills at the Home Team tactical Centre in Mandai Road on April 26, 2017. PHOTO: STRAITS TIMES/NG SOR LUAN

Young Ukrainians hold candles during a mourning ceremony near of the memorial for 'liquidators' who died during cleaning up works after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, in Slavutich city, some 190 km north of the capital Kiev, Ukraine, early April 26, 2017. In the early hours of 26 April 1986, the Unit 4 reactor at the Chernobyl power station blew apart. Facing nuclear disaster on unprecedented scale Soviet authorities tried to contain the situation by sending thousands of ill-equipped men into a radioactive maelstrom. PHOTO: EPA

Iraqi paramilitary troops fire towards Islamic State militants during a battle with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of the ancient city of Hatra near Mosul,Iraq April 26, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Opposition activists clash with riot police during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on April 26, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Seiichiro Nishimoto, CEO of Shelter Co., poses wearing a gas mask at a model room for the companyÃ•s nuclear shelters in the basement of his house in Osaka, Japan April 26, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

This US Air Force handout photo shows an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:03 a.m., PDT, on April 26,2017 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. PHOTO: AFP/US AIR FORCE/SENIOR AIRMAN IAN DUDLEY

President Tony Tan Keng Yam taking a tour of the observation tower in Jurong Island on April 26, 2017 where he visited operationally ready national servicemen from the 823rd Battalion of the Singapore Infantry Regiment. PHOTO: STRAITS TIMES/ ARIFFIN JAMAR

Relatives escort a Dinka woman affected by malaria to a temporary hospital in Mingkaman, a camp for the Internally displaced people (IDPs) on April 26, 2017, in the Eastern Lakes States. PHOTO: AFP

A White Bengal tiger cub is pictured at the White Zoo in Kernhof, lower Austria, April 26, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

Memphis Grizzlies players Mike Conley (R) and JaMychal Green (2-L) commit a foul against San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard (C) in the second half of the NBA Western Conference playoffs first round basketball game five between the Memphis Grizzlies and the San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, USA, April 25, 2017. EPA

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