Pictures of the day: April 14, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world


Multimedia Desk April 14, 2017
An Iraqi boy walks past a building destroyed during the fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic states militants in Qayyara, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man acting as a terrorist is attacked by a dog from the canine unit of Tunisia's police during an exercise in the police's barracks in Tunis, Tunisia. PHOTO: REUTERS A man acting as a terrorist is attacked by a dog from the canine unit of Tunisia's police during an exercise in the police's barracks in Tunis, Tunisia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Women and children reach for food at a free food distribution centre at the Bari Imam Shrine in Islamabad, Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS Women and children reach for food at a free food distribution centre at the Bari Imam Shrine in Islamabad, Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS

Revellers take part in a water fight at Songkran Festival celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand. PHOTO: REUTERS Revellers take part in a water fight at Songkran Festival celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand. PHOTO: REUTERS

Girls dressed in traditional costumes run as men throw water on them as part of Easter celebrations during a presentation to the media in Mezokovesd, Hungary. PHOTO: REUTERS Girls dressed in traditional costumes run as men throw water on them as part of Easter celebrations during a presentation to the media in Mezokovesd, Hungary. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Hindu holy man (not pictured) touches a child with his feet as part of a ritual to bless him during a religious procession to mark the Gajan festival in Kolkata, India. PHOTO: REUTERS A Hindu holy man (not pictured) touches a child with his feet as part of a ritual to bless him during a religious procession to mark the Gajan festival in Kolkata, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

People perform the fire dragon dance in Taijiang, Guizhou province. PHOTO: REUTERS People perform the fire dragon dance in Taijiang, Guizhou province. PHOTO: REUTERS

Bangladeshi women work in a dry fish-processing yard in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. PHOTO: REUTERS Bangladeshi women work in a dry fish-processing yard in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. PHOTO: REUTERS

Jewish worshippers are seen from above during the priestly blessing prayer on the holiday of Passover, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. PHOTO: REUTERS Jewish worshippers are seen from above during the priestly blessing prayer on the holiday of Passover, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. PHOTO: REUTERS

A gaucho is unseated by an unbroken or untamed horse during Creole week celebrations in Montevideo, Uruguay. PHOTO: REUTERS A gaucho is unseated by an unbroken or untamed horse during Creole week celebrations in Montevideo, Uruguay. PHOTO: REUTERS

An employee of the Brave Heart private horse club plays with orphaned brown bear cubs who temporarily live there, after their mother has been found killed by poachers in Taiga forest, in a suburb of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS An employee of the Brave Heart private horse club plays with orphaned brown bear cubs who temporarily live there, after their mother has been found killed by poachers in Taiga forest, in a suburb of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

A member of the joint Palestinian security takes position through a hole in a wall with a kalashnikov assault rifle in Ain al-Hilweh camp, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, near the southern coastal city of Sidon. PHOTO: AFP A member of the joint Palestinian security takes position through a hole in a wall with a kalashnikov assault rifle in Ain al-Hilweh camp, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, near the southern coastal city of Sidon. PHOTO: AFP

People walk in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris. PHOTO: AFP People walk in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris. PHOTO: AFP

Fishermen clear a fishing net after a catch along Gwader beach, Pakistan April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro Fishermen clear a fishing net after a catch along Gwader beach, Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS

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