Today in Pictures, April 20, 2026
A skier taking part in an event to mark the end of ski season in Russia, a robot running the half-marathon in Beijing and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A skier in a festive costume attempting to cross a pool of water during the Gornoluzhnik amateur event at Bobrovy Log park in Krasnoyarsk on April 19. The event marks the end of the ski season in Russia.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A robot running in the second Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon and Humanoid Half-Marathon in Beijing, China, on April 19.
PHOTO: AFP
A view through a scope with a clip-on thermal optic camera of attendees at the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meetings and Exhibits event in Houston, Texas, on April 19.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A family in Corniche al-Mazraa, Beirut, on April 19, during the 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, visiting the site of an Israeli air strike that was carried out on April 8.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Mr Hussein Kouhail (right), a resident of Nabatieh city in Lebanon who was forced to flee to Sidon city by an Israeli strike on March 28, hugging a friend on April 18 upon returning home during the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A screengrab from a video released by the US Central Command showing US marines boarding and seizing the Iranian-flagged vessel Touska after flying by helicopter from the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli in the Arabian Sea on April 19.
PHOTO: AFP
People lying next to flowers during the Tulip Festival at the Parc de la Legion d'Honneur in St Denis, a northern suburb of Paris, on April 19.
PHOTO: AFP
Pope Leo XIV surrounded by believers on April 19, the day of a Holy Rosary prayer, at the Mama Muxima shrine in Angola during his apostolic journey to Africa.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A participant inspecting a kite depicting a whale during the 39th International Kite Festival at the beach of Berck-sur-Mer, northern France, on April 18.
PHOTO: AFP
