Today in Pictures, April 21, 2023
SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft lifts off from the Boca Chica launchpad in Texas, an indigenous youth from the Guarani Mbya ethnic group is pictured near Rio de Janeiro and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifting off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, on April 20, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
An indigenous youth from the Guarani Mbya ethnic group is pictured during celebrations of Indigenous People Day in Mata Verde Bonita village in Marica near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 19, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A cob horse for conservation grazing along with its foal resting on the clifftops of Rhossili, Swansea, Britain, on April 20, 2023. A cob is traditionally a draft type pony of a stout build with strong bones, large joints and steady disposition. It is a body type rather than a specific breed.
REUTERS
Members of the guard of honour prepareing ahead of the welcome ceremony of Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (not pictured here) at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 21, 2023. Mr Fiala is on an official visit to Vietnam from April 20-22, 2023.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Bloggers live-streaming at the Auto Shanghai Show in China on April 19, 2023. The car show runs from Apr 18, 2023 to Apr 27, 2023. It is a biennial international car show that alternates with the Beijing Auto Show as China's yearly international car exhibition.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Devotees taking a holy bath at Matatirtha to commemorate their departed mothers during Mother's Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 20, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman holding up an umbrella at the Sydney Opera House during cloudy and rainy weather conditions in Sydney, Australia, on April 20, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
An observatory officer using a telescope to sight the new moon ahead of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, on Lhoknga beach in Aceh province, Indonesia, on April 20, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
A child playing in a square in Gaza city on April 19, 2023, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. This year, the Palestinian city of Gaza faces an unstable period following a surge of settler violence and military raids in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
PHOTO: AFP
