Today in Pictures, April 23, 2024
Temal festival in Kathmandu, Turkish President Erdogan arrives in Arbil, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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People from the Tamang community visit the Bauddhanath Stupa to observe the Temal festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 22. Thousands from across the country gathered to pay respects to loved ones who have died.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan disembarks from his plane upon arrival at Arbil International airport in the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq on April 22.
PHOTO: AFP
A newlywed couple pose at sunset on the Alexandre III bridge in front of the Eiffel Tower, in Paris on April 22.
PHOTO: AFP
Boys ride a donkey-drawn cart past destroyed buildings in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 22, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and militant group Hamas. Israel pulled its ground forces from the area on April 7 after carrying out what it called a "precise and limited operation" at the Nasser Medical Complex, one of the biggest hospitals in the Palestinian territory.
PHOTO: AFP
A photograph taken during the early hours of April 22, in Fully, Switzerland, which shows burning candles placed in a vineyard to keep plants warm and prevent frost from destroying the newly emerging buds. The risk of late frost damage to fruit crops and vineyards is increasing. As a result of climate change, winters are becoming milder and the growing season is getting longer.
PHOTO: AFP
This aerial photograph taken on April 22 shows the church of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, in north-western France, where a dummy depicting a paratrooper hangs. On June 6, 1944, American paratrooper John Marvin Steele landed on the church tower in the village – the first village to be liberated by the US Army in Operation Overlord during World War II.
PHOTO: AFP
Runners decked out in costumes compete during the 2024 London Marathon in central London on April 21.
PHOTO: AFP
A 50m-high anamorphic field painting of a girl holding a globe – created by artists from Sand In Your Eye to mark Earth Day – adorns a hillside above Hebden Bridge, England, on April 19. The artwork aims to encourage people to consider the climate when voting in Britain's forthcoming elections.
PHOTO: AFP
A view of flooded buildings and streets, taken on April 22, after heavy rain in Qingyuan city, in China's southern Guangdong province.
PHOTO: AFP
