Pictures of the day: April 11, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world


Multimedia Desk April 11, 2017
An airplane of German air carrier Lufthansa passes the moon over Frankfurt, Germany. PHOTO: REUTERS

Relatives mourn the victims of the Palm Sunday bombings during the funeral at the Monastery of Saint Mina Relatives mourn the victims of the Palm Sunday bombings during the funeral at the Monastery of Saint Mina "Deir Mar Mina" in Alexandria, Egypt. PHOTO: REUTERS

Devotees pull the chariot of God Bhairab during the Biska Festival also known as Bisket festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. PHOTO: REUTERS Devotees pull the chariot of God Bhairab during the Biska Festival also known as Bisket festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. PHOTO: REUTERS

A demonstrator is arrested by riot police while rallying against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela. PHOTO: REUTERS A demonstrator is arrested by riot police while rallying against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela. PHOTO: REUTERS

Zeinab, 14, applies her make-up before heading to school inside her shelter at a camp for internally displaced people from drought hit areas in Dollow, Somalia. PHOTO: REUTERS Zeinab, 14, applies her make-up before heading to school inside her shelter at a camp for internally displaced people from drought hit areas in Dollow, Somalia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Russia's Soyuz MS-02 space capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew members, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, descends before landing in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan. PHOTO: REUTERS Russia's Soyuz MS-02 space capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew members, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, descends before landing in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan. PHOTO: REUTERS

People participate in a Jewish religious ceremony called Srifes Chumetz involving a ritual burning of a bonfire before the start of Passover in the Brooklyn borough in New York, NY. PHOTO: REUTERS People participate in a Jewish religious ceremony called Srifes Chumetz involving a ritual burning of a bonfire before the start of Passover in the Brooklyn borough in New York, NY. PHOTO: REUTERS

A couple rides a paddleboat down the Rawal Lake in Islamabad. PHOTO: REUTERS A couple rides a paddleboat down the Rawal Lake in Islamabad. PHOTO: REUTERS

11.prayers on a newly constructed pavement along the beach in Gwadar. PHOTO: REUTERS A man offers evening prayers on a newly constructed pavement along the beach in Gwadar. PHOTO: REUTERS

An Indian Hindu devotee, his body pierced with metal skewers, takes part in a procession to mark the Panguni Uthiram festival in Chennai. PHOTO: AFP An Indian Hindu devotee, his body pierced with metal skewers, takes part in a procession to mark the Panguni Uthiram festival in Chennai. PHOTO: AFP

A woman practices her hooping skills in the sun on Brighton seafront on the south coast of England. PHOTO: REUTERS A woman practices her hooping skills in the sun on Brighton seafront on the south coast of England. PHOTO: REUTERS

A worker shows palm oil fruits at palm oil plantation in Topoyo village in Mamuju, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island. PHOTO: REUTERS A worker shows palm oil fruits at palm oil plantation in Topoyo village in Mamuju, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island. PHOTO: REUTERS

Spanish legionnaires throw their weapons in the air as they warm up before taking part in a change of honour guard at the statue of the Christ of Mena during Holy Week in Malaga. PHOTO: REUTERS Spanish legionnaires throw their weapons in the air as they warm up before taking part in a change of honour guard at the statue of the Christ of Mena during Holy Week in Malaga. PHOTO: REUTERS

Elephants spray a tourist with water in celebration of the Songkran Water Festival in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, Thailand. PHOTO: REUTERS Elephants spray a tourist with water in celebration of the Songkran Water Festival in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, Thailand. PHOTO: REUTERS

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