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24 hours in pictures, 27 April 2021

This handout image released on April 27, 2021 courtesy of NASA, shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour as it approached the International Space Station less than one day after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 24, 2021. - The SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts, Commander Shane Kimbrough and pilot Megan McArthur with astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, joined the Expedition 65 crew shortly after docking to the Harmony module's forward-facing international docking adapter. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP)

This handout image released on April 27, 2021 courtesy of NASA, shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour as it approached the International Space Station less than one day after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 24, 2021. - The SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts, Commander Shane Kimbrough and pilot Megan McArthur with astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, joined the Expedition 65 crew shortly after docking to the Harmony module's forward-facing international docking adapter. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP)

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This handout image released on April 27, 2021 courtesy of NASA, shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour as it approached the International Space Station less than one day after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 24, 2021. - The SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts, Commander Shane Kimbrough and pilot Megan McArthur with astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, joined the Expedition 65 crew shortly after docking to the Harmony module's forward-facing international docking adapter. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) more
Members of the medical staff vaccinate patients with a dose of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, at a vaccination centre in Bishkek on April 27, 2021. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)
This NASA photo released on April 27, 2021 shows a black-and-white image taken by the navigation camera aboard NASA's Ingenuity helicopter during its third flight on Mars, on April 25, 2021. - The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was built by JPL, which also manages this technology demonstration project for NASA Headquarters. It is supported by NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, and Space Technology Mission Directorate. (Photo by Handout / NASA/JPL-Caltech / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA/JPL-Caltech/HANDOUT"more
Members of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an Iranian opposition group, attend a protest in front of the 'Grand Hotel Wien' for the closed-door nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna on April 27, 2021, where diplomats of the UK,EU, China, Russia and Iran hold their talks. - A third round of negotiations opens on April 27 in Vienna in an attempt to salvage the Iran nuclear deal, a new stage in the rocky discussions to get Iran and the United States back on track. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP)more
A worker pushes a trolley that carried the body of patient who died of the Covid-19 coronavirus into an furnace during the cremation at an electric crematorium in Allahabad on April 27, 2021. (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP)more
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is displayed on a screen as she attends the digital dialogue series "in conversation with the German Chancellor" at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on April 27, 2021. (Photo by Carstensen,Jörg / POOL / AFP)more
Kuwaiti members of parliament wait for the parliamentary session to start at Abdullah al-Salem Hall at Kuwait's National Assembly headquarters in Kuwait City on April 27, 2021. - The parliament session was cancelled after cabinet ministers refused to attend when opposition lawmakers occupied seats traditionally used by the ministers. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)more
Sheep graze on the hillside as smoke is seen after a resurgence of the moor fire on Marsden Moor, near Huddersfield in northern England on April 27, 2021. - 50 firefighters were deployed on April 25 to tackle the blaze with a mile-long flame front. Marsden Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest famous for rare ground-nesting birds and blanket peat bogs. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)more
Former driver Robert Doornbos (L) rides an E-Race together with King Willem-Alexander on King's Day on the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, on April 27, 2021 (Photo by Mischa Schoemaker / ANP / AFP)
An Ukrainian serviceman patrols at the checkpoint in the village of Shyrokyne near Mariupol, the last large city in eastern Ukraine controlled by Kiev on April 26, 2021. - With weapons in hand and their backs to the sea, Ukrainian soldiers in the war-torn east said the clashes continue despite Moscow's announcement of its troops withdrawal from Ukraine's borders. (Photo by Aleksey Filippov / AFP)more
People work on the "Castel Plage" beach to prepare the opening of the beaches, on the French Riviera city of Nice, during the lockdown imposed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, on April 27, 2021. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP)more
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage Museum, during their meeting in Saint Petersburg, on April 27, 2021. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / AFP)more
An Algerian volunteer from the "Amel Djazair" or "Algeria's Hope" association prepares 'iftar' meals to distribute to poor families who break their fast at sunset every day during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in the Bab el-Oued district of the capital Algeirs on April 26, 2021. - In Algeria, strikes, unemployment and poverty amid soaring prices and shortages of basic foodstuffs, have aggrevated an already deep economic crisis born from the fall of oil prices and aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by RYAD KRAMDI / AFP)more
This handout picture obtained from Italy's Pavillion for EXPO 2020 in Dubai shows Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio (R) during a ceremony held at the Italian pavillion in the Gulf emirate to unveil a 3D-printed copy statue of Michelangelo's David (L) in the United Arab Emirates on April 27, 2021. (Photo by Massimo SESTINI / Italy Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai / AFP)more
This handout picture obtained from Italy's Pavillion for EXPO 2020 in Dubai shows the Italian pavillion in the Gulf emirate from above during a ceremony held to unveil a 3D-printed copy statue of Michelangelo's David (not seen) in the United Arab Emirates on April 27, 2021. (Photo by Massimo SESTINI / Italy Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai / AFP) more
Residents start to flee from their home after recent crashes between the Somali security forces and the Somali military force supporting anti-government opposition leaders erupted over the president's bid to extend his mandate in Mogadishu, Somalia, on April 27, 2021. - The political clashes in the streets of Mogadishu mark a dangerous new phase in a dispute triggered by the failure to hold February's planned elections. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, best known by his nickname Farmajo, earlier this month signed a law approved by parliament that extended his mandate by two years. (Photo by - / AFP)more
Artwork by Japanese painter Akira Yamaguchi titled 'Imayou yuraku-zu' is displayed at Narita International Airport terminal 1 in Narita, Chiba prefecture on April 27, 2021, as part of the Look of the Games - the visual identity of the Tokyo 2020 Games to welcome athletes and Games stakeholders from around the world to Japan. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) more
Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger (L) is welcomed by European Council President Charles Michel ahead of a meeting at the European Council in Brussels, on April 27, 2021. (Photo by STEPHANIE LECOCQ / POOL / AFP)more
A man holds a dish reading “Bankrupcy, anger, inactivity, injustice” during a protest called by workers of stores, nightclubs and the tourism industry, who plead they are the most affected by the measures imposed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, in Bogota, on April 26, 2021. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP)more
Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon (R) taps elbows with a member of the public as she campaigns in Wigtown, south west Scotland, on April 27, 2021, ahead of the upcoming Scottish Parliament election which is to be held on May 6, 2021. (Photo by RUSSELL CHEYNE / POOL / AFP)more
People walk along blossom-lined paths near Wavertree Botanic Gardens Liverpool, north west England on April 27, 2021. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on April 27, 2021 shows protesters taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. (Photo by Handout / DAWEI WATCH / AFP)



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