The Pope’s apostolic journey to Africa; Russian strike on a civilian storage facility in Kyiv – these and more pictures from around the world in this week’s selection.
April 16
Pope Leo XIV releasing a white dove after he met the people of Bamenda, at Saint Joseph’s Cathedral in Cameroon, on the fourth day of his 11-day apostolic journey to Africa.
PHOTO: AFP
April 16
Ukrainian rescuers working at the site of a Russian strike – which killed at least four people and injured 49 others – on a civilian storage facility in Kyiv, Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion.
PHOTO: EPA
April 17
Iranian women brandishing their rifles as they take part in a rally dubbed “Sacrificed Girls” to pay tribute to women killed during the Middle East war in Tehran.
PHOTO: AFP
April 14
FC Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Fermin Lopez (left) colliding with Club Atletico de Madrid's Argentine goalkeeper Juan Musso during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg match between the two football teams at Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid, Spain.
PHOTO: AFP
April 14
Hindu devotees carrying burning torches take part in a procession marking the Bisket Jatra festival to celebrate the Nepali New Year in Thimi, Nepal.
PHOTO: AFP
April 18
A dog standing next to United Nations peacekeepers as displaced people make their way back to their homes, crossing the bridge linking southern Lebanon to the rest of the country, after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon.
PHOTO: REUTERS
April 19
Staff carrying a humanoid robot that crashed after the finish line at the second Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in China.
PHOTO: REUTERS
April 13
People playing with soap suds during celebrations for Myanmar's Buddhist New Year water festival, also known as Thingyan, in Yangon.
PHOTO: AFP
April 13
Sumo wrestlers taking part in a training session before the “Honozumo” ceremonial sumo tournament at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan.
PHOTO: REUTERS
April 15
Veterinarians checking Yuji, a patas monkey born in early March at Guadalajara Zoo's Integral Centre of Animal Medicine and Wellbeing in Mexico, after his mother was unable to care for him.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Produced by: Kevin Lim and Suneeta Devi
