Today in Pictures, April 8, 2016

American Idol crowns its last champion, a pigeons exhibition in Gaza City, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Apr 08, 2016, 04:31 PM

Singers Trent Harmon (left) and La'Porsha Renae perform during the American Idol Grand Finale in Hollywood, California on April 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A pigeon sits on its cage during a pigeons exhibition in Gaza City, Gaza Strip on April 7, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Students from a martial art school attends a training session as they perform Shaolin Kung Fu and other practices in Dengfeng, Henan Province, China on April 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Hairs of a horse tied with ribbons are pictured during the "Ghodejatra" Horse Race festival, which is organised by the Nepal Army, in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

An assistant poses with a 15.38 carat vivid pink diamond at Sotheby's auction house in London, Britain on April 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Nepalese buddhist pilgrims worship in the Syambhunaath Stupa, a monument listed in a UNESCO World Heritage Sites, in Kathmandu, Nepal on Feb 17, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Pre-school children look at the Gloriosa, the trinity bell from 1721 and the world's largest free-swinging mediaeval bell, in the Erfurt Cathedral, in Erfurt, Germany on April 7, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Pre-school children look at the Gloriosa, the trinity bell from 1721 and the world's largest free-swinging mediaeval bell, in the Erfurt Cathedral, in Erfurt, Germany on April 7, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

The shadow of a bullfighter is cast next to a bull during the bullfight held on the occasion of the April Fair held at Real Maestranza bullring of Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain on April 7, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A carp swims in the Chidorigafuchi moat covered with petals of cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan on April 8, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

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