Today in Pictures, April 5, 2017

A dead whale in New York, the Qingming Festival in China, floodwaters in Australia and more from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Apr 05, 2017, 04:42 PM

Law enforcement personnel standing next to a dead humpback whale that washed up in New York on April 4, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

People visiting a tourist attraction on Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, in Jinan, Shandong province, on April 4, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Floodwaters surrounding the Fitzroy Hotel in the suburb of Depot Hill, in Rockhampton, Queensland, on April 5, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

A woman walking past a mural depicting the Biblical Easter story at the Easter Freayung market in Vienna, Austria, 10 days before Easter, on April 4, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

A woman and her daughter walking past shelters for people who became homeless after heavy rains caused flooding and mudslides, in Mocoa, Colombia, on April 4, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Spain's King Felipe greeting Japan's Empress Michiko upon his arrival for a welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 5, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Turkana women carrying the carcasses of animals they lost to a drought, in northern Kenya, near Lokitaung, on March 20, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Demonstrators scuffling with security forces during an opposition rally in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 4, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Young girls climbing out of a waterhole near Lokitaung in northern Kenya, in the midst of a drought, on March 21, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

A file photo of the International Space Station is seen from the space shuttle Discovery on March 7, 2011. Russia said on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, that it was open to extending its partnership with in the station with the US, Europe, Japan and Canada. PHOTO: REUTERS

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