Today in Pictures, April 4, 2023
Performers clad in Hanfu traditional costumes posing as flower goddesses in Hangzhou, China, firefighters extinguishing a massive fire in a clothing market in Dhaka, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Performers clad in Hanfu traditional costumes posing as flower goddesses while riding on boats during a tourism event in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province, on April 3.
PHOTO: AFP
Firefighters trying to extinguish a fire that broke out in a popular clothing market in Dhaka on April 4. Hundreds of firefighters were involved in battling the immense blaze, which blanketed the Bangladeshi capital’s oldest neighbourhoods in black smoke.
PHOTO: AFP
Emergency services working at a site of a derailed night train in Voorschoten, a village near The Hague in the Netherlands, on April 4. At least one person died and several people were seriously injured after a passenger train collided with construction equipment on the tracks. A freight train was also involved in the accident.
PHOTO : EPA-EFE
Opponents of former United States president Donald Trump protesting outside the Manhattan District Attorney’s office in New York on April 3. Trump, the first US president to be criminally indicted, will be formally charged on April 4 over hush money paid to a porn star during the 2016 election.
PHOTO: AFP
The China National Traditional Orchestra performing at the Sound and Light Theatre in Egypt’s Giza Plateau on April 3, with the Great Sphinx of Giza as a backdrop.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A man arriving for sunset prayers at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, during the holy month of Ramadan.
PHOTO: REUTERS
The site where the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ will take place during Holy Week celebrations in San Fernando city in the Philippines’ Pampanga province on April 4.
PHOTO: AFP
Pictures of people who went missing during the 1964 Brazilian dictatorship used at a silent march in Sao Paulo on April 2.
PHOTO: AFP
An image of Jesus Christ on horseback silhouetted against the sky during a traditional Palm Sunday procession to mark the beginning of Holy Week in the historic centre of San Salvador on April 2. Christian believers around the world mark the beginning of Holy Week in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
PHOTO: AFP
Toulouse’s French fullback Matthis Lebel (left) scoring a try during the European Rugby Champions Cup round of 16 rugby union match between Stade Toulousain Rugby and Bulls (Pretoria) at the Ernest-Wallon Stadium in Toulouse, south-western France, on April 2.
PHOTO: AFP
