Pictures of the day: April 19, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world


Multimedia Desk April 19, 2017
A farmer harvests wheat on farmland outside Lahore, Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman poses for a photographer in a buttercup flower field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel, just outside the Gaza Strip. PHOTO: REUTERS A woman poses for a photographer in a buttercup flower field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel, just outside the Gaza Strip. PHOTO: REUTERS

A machine works its way through the snow, clearing the road crossing the mountain Sognefjellet, in Krossbu, Norway. PHOTO: REUTERS A machine works its way through the snow, clearing the road crossing the mountain Sognefjellet, in Krossbu, Norway. PHOTO: REUTERS

Displaced Iraqi children who fled their homes with their families play outside Hammam al-Alil camp south of Mosul, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS Displaced Iraqi children who fled their homes with their families play outside Hammam al-Alil camp south of Mosul, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of the Members of the "Yenisei walruses" winter swimming club, Alexander Alexandrov (R), 39, and Konstantin Kindinov, 15, step from one floe to another during an ice drift on the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

A competitor jumps over a cow during a Course landaise (cow race) in the Landes region in Aignan, France. PHOTO: REUTERS A competitor jumps over a cow during a Course landaise (cow race) in the Landes region in Aignan, France. PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of an Egyptian archaeological team work on a wooden coffin discovered in a 3,500-year-old tomb in the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis, near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor. PHOTO: AFP Members of an Egyptian archaeological team work on a wooden coffin discovered in a 3,500-year-old tomb in the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis, near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor. PHOTO: AFP

This picture taken shows a North Korean man standing amid fog next to the Yalu river near Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong. PHOTO: AFP This picture taken shows a North Korean man standing amid fog next to the Yalu river near Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong. PHOTO: AFP

Sudanese people dance at the Um Bager market near the Dinder national reserve, a protected region 480 kilometres from the capital Khartoum, in Sudan's southern Sennar state. PHOTO: AFP Sudanese people dance at the Um Bager market near the Dinder national reserve, a protected region 480 kilometres from the capital Khartoum, in Sudan's southern Sennar state. PHOTO: AFP

Nepal's President Bidhya Devi Bhandari (2nd R) attends a ceremonial reception at the Presidential palace in New Delhi. PHOTO: REUTERS Nepal's President Bidhya Devi Bhandari (2nd R) attends a ceremonial reception at the Presidential palace in New Delhi. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man casts his net to catch fish in the waters of Rawal Lake in Islamabad, Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS A man casts his net to catch fish in the waters of Rawal Lake in Islamabad, Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy picks buttercup flowers in a field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel, just outside the Gaza Strip. PHOTO: REUTERS A boy picks buttercup flowers in a field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel, just outside the Gaza Strip. PHOTO: REUTERS

An internally displaced boy looks on as his family cattle drinks water at a camp near Kodok, in the north-eastern South Sudanese state of Western Nile. PHOTO: REUTERS An internally displaced boy looks on as his family cattle drinks water at a camp near Kodok, in the north-eastern South Sudanese state of Western Nile. PHOTO: REUTERS

Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, US. PHOTO: REUTERS Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

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