Pictures of the day: April 12, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world
Multimedia Desk | April 12, 2017

An opposition fighter walks in a field of poppies in a rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. PHOTO: AFP

A devotee takes a holy bath at the Balaju Baise Dhara (22 water spouts) during the Baishak Asnan festival in Kathmandu. PHOTO: REUTERS


Coal sits at the Hay Point and Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminals that receive coal along the Goonyella rail system, that services coalmines in the Bowen Basin, located south of the Queensland town of Mackay in Australia. PHOTO: REUTERS


A man walks home with feed for his goat on the outskirts of Islamabad. PHOTO: REUTERS


People carry the body of Ali Mohammed Dagga, a driver who according to local media reports died after he was hit by a stone while driving his vehicle during clashes between Kashmir demonstrators and Indian police on Monday evening during a protest against recent civilian killings, for his funeral in Srinagar, India. PHOTO: REUTERS


South Sudanese refugee women, displaced by fighting, rest at Imvepi settlement in Arua district, northern Uganda. PHOTO: REUTERS


Indian salt pan worker Nirmalbhai Jakhodia working in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. PHOTO: AFP



A Christian pilgrim is baptised by a priest in the muddy water of the Jordan River at the Kasser-Al-Yahud baptismal site near the West Bank city of Jericho. PHOTO: AFP


Swiss tennis superstar Roger Federer (R) serves a ball to world number one Britain's Andy Murray during a promotion on a raft on the river Limmat before a charity tennis match in Zurich. PHOTO: AFP


Faithful fancy dressed as "talciguines" --characters of the local folklore-- take part in the celebration of an ancient local tradition that marks the start of Holy Week. PHOTO: AFP


An Afghan refugee woman climbs onto a truck at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) repatriation centre on the outskirts of Peshawar, as they prepare to return to their home country after fleeing civil war and Taliban rule. PHOTO: AFP


A Pakistani snack vendor carries a basket of items for sale as he looks for customers on a street on the outskirts of Islamabad. PHOTO: AFP


Iraqis bathe in a sulphur pond in the Hamam al-Alil area, about 14 kilometres from the southern outskirts of Mosul. PHOTO: AFP


An electrical storm passes after the sun sets in Bangkok. PHOTO: AFP

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