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24 hours in pictures, 21 April 2021

Russian riot police officers block a street during a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in Moscow on April 21, 2021. - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's team called for demonstrations in more than 100 cities, after the opposition figure's doctors said his health was failing following three weeks on hunger strike. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

Russian riot police officers block a street during a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in Moscow on April 21, 2021. - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's team called for demonstrations in more than 100 cities, after the opposition figure's doctors said his health was failing following three weeks on hunger strike. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 21: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduces former US Senator Bill Nelson, nominee to be administrator of NASA, at a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on April 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. Nelson was a senator representing Florida from 2001-2019. Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by POOL / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)more
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 21: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) speaks at a ceremony honoring the late Congressman Alcee Hastings in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol April 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. Rep. Hastings, the longest-serving member of the Florida congressional delegation, died at the age of 84 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Tasos Katopodis-Pool/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by POOL / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)more
A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attending Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in a socially distanced, hybrid session at the House of Commons, in central London on April 21, 2021. (Photo by JESSICA TAYLOR / various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, ADVERTISING PURPOSES - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / Jessica Taylor /UK Parliament"more
A fan holds a poster reacting to the collapse of the planned creation of a European Super League, outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London on April 21, 2021, ahead of the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton. - In just 48 hours, English football fans forced four billionaires, a Russian oligarch and an Emirati sheikh into a hasty retreat as the European Super League collapsed with the withdrawal of six Premier League clubs. The owners of Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham had signed up with six other Spanish and Italian clubs to a money-spinning ESL project, but with far-reaching consequences for the rest of the football pyramid. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)more
Italy's Vanessa Ferrari competes in the Women's floor qualifications during European Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the St Jakobshalle, in Basel, on April 21, 2021. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)more
Demonstrators gather in front of Bellevue presidential palace in the Tiergarten during a demonstration against restrictions implemented by the government in order to limit the spread the coronavirus, in Berlin on April 21, 2021, amid the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. - The German parliament passed a controversial amendment to the law to give Angela Merkel's government power to impose tougher anti-coronavirus measures. The new law, which prescribes school closures and night-time curfews in areas with high infection rates, aims to end a political tug-of-war between the federal government and the 16 regional states over virus restrictions. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)more
Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Belarus' Ilya Ivashka during their ATP Barcelona Open tennis tournament singles match against Belarus' Ilya Ivashka at the Real Club de Tenis in Barcelona on April 21, 2021. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP)more
Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, takes a photo with members of the Congressional Black Caucus before the start of a ceremony for the late Congressman Alcee Hastings, in Statuary Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on April 21, 2021. - Rep. Hastings, the longest-serving member of the Florida congressional delegation, died at the age of 84 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / POOL / AFP)more
The trophy of the UEFA Euro 2020 football competition is pictured on Sant'Angelo bridge on April 20, 2021 in Rome. (Photo by Fabio FRUSTACI / ANSA / AFP) / Italy OUT
The trophy of the UEFA Euro 2020 football competition is pictured on Sant'Angelo bridge on April 20, 2021 in Rome. - Euro 2020 will kick-off as scheduled on June 11 in Rome after European football's governing body UEFA on April 14, 2021 "fully confirmed" the Italian capital after receiving guarantees that fans would be present in the Stadio Olimpico. (Photo by Fabio FRUSTACI / ANSA / AFP) / Italy OUTmore
Estonia's Anett Kontaveit returns the ball to USA's Sofia Kenin (not in picture) during their singles match on day 3 of the Women's Tennis Grand Prix WTA 500 tournament in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, on April 21, 2021. (Photo by Thomas KIENZLE / various sources / AFP)more
ALBA Party Leader Alex Salmond poses as he launches the ALBA Party manifesto at The Falkirk Wheel in Stirlingshire, Scotland on April 21, 2021, ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary election on May 6. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / AFP)more
Hungary's Zsofia Szekely competes in the Women's uneven bars qualifications during European Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the St Jakobshalle, in Basel, on April 21, 2021. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)more
Russian riot police officers block a street during a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in Moscow on April 21, 2021. - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's team called for demonstrations in more than 100 cities, after the opposition figure's doctors said his health was failing following three weeks on hunger strike. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)more
Russian riot police officers block a street during a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in Moscow on April 21, 2021. - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's team called for demonstrations in more than 100 cities, after the opposition figure's doctors said his health was failing following three weeks on hunger strike. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)more
Fans hold a banner reacting to the collapse of the planned creation of a European Super League, outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London on April 21, 2021, ahead of the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton. - In just 48 hours, English football fans forced four billionaires, a Russian oligarch and an Emirati sheikh into a hasty retreat as the European Super League collapsed with the withdrawal of six Premier League clubs. The owners of Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham had signed up with six other Spanish and Italian clubs to a money-spinning ESL project, but with far-reaching consequences for the rest of the football pyramid. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)more
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-FL, speaks during a ceremony for the late Congressman Alcee Hastings, in Statuary Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on April 21, 2021. - Rep. Hastings, the longest-serving member of the Florida congressional delegation, died at the age of 84 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. (Photo by TASOS KATOPODIS / POOL / AFP)more
A picture shows empty stands with a banner reading "People's football: property of the supporters" prior to the French Cup quarter-final football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and SCO Angers at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on April 21, 2021. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)more
Police personnel stand guard at the entrance of the Zakir Hussain Hospital after an oxygen tanker leaked outside the hospital, in Nashik on April 21, 2021. (Photo by VIRU Kadam / AFP)
Relatives pay their respect at a graveyard for St. Sebastian's Church bomb blasts victims in Negombo on April 21, 2021, marking the second anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people at three churches and hotels. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP)more
An ambulance car rushes to an emergency with blue lights flashing on April 21, 2021 in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district. (Photo by David GANNON / AFP)



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