Today in Pictures, April 22, 2024
Azaleas in full bloom near Tokyo, unique circus troupe from Senegal, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Azalea in full bloom at the Nezu Shrine garden in Tokyo on April 19. About 100 types of azaleas are on show during the Azalea Festival held at the shrine from March 30 to April 30.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Members of the Sencirk circus troupe from Senegal performing on April 19 during the 13th edition of the Market for Abidjan Performing Arts, which ran from April 13 to April 20 at the Culture Palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A large mural created by Italian artist Jorit on a residential building in Mariupol, in Russian-controlled Ukraine, amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
PHOTO: AFP
Mourners lighting flares during a funeral ceremony on April 20 for Mr Damian Sobol, a member of the US-based food charity World Central Kitchen killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, at the cemetery in his home town of Przemysl, Poland.
PHOTO: AFP
A breakwater installed to prevent coastal erosion along the Saeng Chan beach in Thailand’s Rayong province. Breakwaters are offshore concrete walls installed to reduce the erosive and damaging effects of strong waves out at sea.
PHOTO: AFP
Camels participating in a parade to mark the World Year of Camelids outside the Chateau de Vincennes in France on April 20.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Mount Ruang erupting in Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on April 19. Nearly half a dozen eruptions last week forced thousands in the area to evacuate.
PHOTO: AFP
A performance at the People’s Liberation Army Navy Submarine Academy during an open day to mark the navy’s 75th anniversary in Qingdao, in China’s Shandong province, on April 21.
PHOTO: AFP
A Palestinian man waiting for news of his daughter on April 21 as rescue workers search for survivors under the rubble of a building hit in an overnight Israeli bombing in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
PHOTO: AFP
