Today in Pictures, April 26, 2023
Electrical installation of the new Skoda Octavia car, one of the world’s smallest Qurans and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A journalist taking a photo of a model featuring the electrical installation of the new Skoda Octavia car by Czech car manufacturer Skoda in Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic on April 25, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
Mr Mario Prushi holding one of the smallest Qurans in the world, in Tirana, Albania on April 17, 2023. Mr Mario Prushi's practice involves carefully washing his hands and face before kissing and pressing the Quran to his forehead. For generations the postage-stamp sized book, with a cover crafted from gold embroidered velvet, has been passed down in his family, surviving authoritarian governments, war, and the perils of time.
PHOTO: AFP
An image of Earth from the Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander built by Ispace. The Japanese company lost contact with the small robotic spacecraft it was sending to the Moon on April 25, 2023, a sign that it may have crashed into the lunar surface.
PHOTO: NYT
Demonstrators standing beneath a large banner during a rally in Tel Aviv to protest the Israeli government's judicial overhaul Bill, as the country begins celebrations for its 75th anniversary on April 25, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
Russian street actors and military orchestra making their way to a rehearsal for a military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St Petersburg, Russia on April 25, 2023. Russia will hold a Victory Day military parade on May 9, 2023 to mark the 78th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A Leeds fan, wearing a hat adorned in pins, arriving prior to the English Premier League football match between Leeds United and Leicester at Elland Road in Leeds, northern England on April 25, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
One of two peacocks that remain from a population of 18 in Holland Park, displaying its plumage as part of an annual courtship ritual despite there being no females left, in London, Britain on April 25, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A Canadair water bomber spraying water during a demonstration of civil security forest firefighting equipment, at their base in the airport of Nimes-Garons, in southern France, on April 25, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP