Today in Pictures, April 16, 2024
The 10th anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster, a sumo exhibition in Tokyo, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A man taking a look around a replicated classroom of students who died in the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster, which killed 304 people, mostly school students, in Ansan, South Korea on April 16.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A student wearing a police uniform riding a police motorcycle at a carnival to mark National Security Education Day in Hong Kong on April 15.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Palestinians displaced by Israel’s military offensive in south Gaza attempting to return to their homes in north Gaza through an Israeli checkpoint in central Gaza Strip on April 15.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Riders competing in the NETT British Sidecar and Quad Bike Championships at the Iron Works Moto Park in Middlesbrough on April 14.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Workers cleaning debris around sculptures of historical figures on April 15 at the destroyed local history museum in Mariupol, in Russian-controlled Ukraine, amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
PHOTO: AFP
A sumo wrestler stretching ahead of the annual “honozumo”, a ceremonial one-day sumo exhibition, at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 15.
PHOTO: AFP
Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of the High Priestess, holding the Olympic flame during a rehearsal on April 15 for the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the ancient temple of Hera on the Olympia archaeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece.
PHOTO: AFP
US singer Doja Cat performing during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 14.
PHOTO: AFP
Women with their faces covered while riding a two-wheeler on a hot day in Raipur, India, on April 15.
PHOTO: AFP
A Palestinian boy watching aid lorries as they arrive for processing at the Kerem Shalom border crossing on April 15.
PHOTO: AFP
Concertgoers at the Yangtze Finless Porpoise Music Festival in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, on April 14.
PHOTO: AFP
People watching and taking photos during a kite festival at Ao Manao Beach in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on April 15.
PHOTO: AFP
