Today in Pictures, April 1, 2025
A massive inferno caused by a gas pipeline leak in Malaysia, large waves and high winds in Australia, and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A fire caused by a gas pipeline leak in Puchong, Selangor, on April 1, 2025. A massive fire forced people from their homes during Eid celebrations as it towered over residential districts near the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
PHOTO: AFP
A monk walking past a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on April 1, 2025, a few days after a deadly earthquake. After a night sprawled out on cardboard panels under hastily erected plastic tarps, hundreds of Mandalay residents woke to another day of earthquake recovery, wondering when they could return safely to permanent shelter.
PHOTO: AFP
A Muslim attending the Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Hasakah, Syria, on March 31, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Palestinian children playing on a swing during the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on March 30, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Visitors on a boat next to cherry blossoms taking pictures in Chidorigafuchi park, in Tokyo, Japan, on March 31, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People watching large waves breaking at Bronte Beach in Sydney, on April 1, 2025, as large swells and high winds hit the east coast of Australia.
PHOTO: AFP
Supporters of activist group New Generation after they spray-painted the facade of a Tesla dealership to protest against owner Elon Musk, as well as against what organisers say is the destruction of democracy and the climate by the rich, in Berlin, Germany, on March 31, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
New vehicles parked on the pier at the Mercedes-Benz Vehicle Preparation Centre in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 31, 2025. World economies were jittery on March 31 ahead of US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day“, when he is set to unleash tariffs against multiple countries, risking global turmoil to redress what he says are unfair trade imbalances.
PHOTO: AFP
