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Painted eggs sit inside a basket during the Easter Eggs Festival in Kyiv, Ukraine, 30 April 2024. Eastern Orthodox believers will celebrate Easter Day on 05 May 2024. Picture: EPA-EFE/SERGEY DOLZHENKO
Former US President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom following a short break in his criminal trial at New York State Supreme Court in New York, New York, USA, 30 April 2024. Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. Picture: EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE / POOLSupporters of the Rise Mzanzi political party gather during a picket prior to the 2024 general elections held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 April 2024. The party’s picket aimed to highlight the plight of jobseekers who are subjected to sex-for-jobs and cash-for-jobs in primarily the retail and mining sectors.South Africa will hold general elections 30 years after the end of minority white rule and the end of the Apartheid system. The ruling liberation party the ANC (African National Congress) has seen its majority rule decreasing in the face of widespread corruption at state level, high crime rates, 30% unemployment and years of power outages. Picture: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOKA slow shutter speed picture effect shows visitors react as they swim under a waterfall during a hot day in Hulu Selangor, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 30 April 2024. The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) issues a Level 1 hot weather alert for 18 areas on 30 April. Picture: EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAILPeople carry a body that was trapped in debris during ongoing rescue operation after flash floods in Kamuchira village, in Mai Mahiu, Kenya, 30 April 2024. According to Water Resources Management Authority, a blocked tunnel accumulated water before its wall burst causing flash floods through several villages with Kamuchira being the most affected after the whole village was swept out in Mai Mahiu. The flash floods left behind a trail of damaged houses that got swept away, claiming 46 deaths so far and 76 reported missing and 110 rescued as search and rescue mission continues, according to Kenya Red Cross Society. Kenya and the wider East African region continue to experience flooding due to the ongoing heavy rainfall. Picture: EPA-EFE/DANIEL IRUNGUA woman walks through a pedestrian bridge at Shinjuku’s office district in Tokyo, Japan, 30 April 2024. According to data released by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on 30 April 2024, the job availability ratio for FY2023 was 1.29, down 0.02 points from the previous year and the first decline in three years. Also, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced the average unemployment rate for FY2023 was 2.6 percent, unchanged from the previous year. Picture: EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHONepaselect epa11309148 Riot police clashes with people protesting against the G7 Energy and Environment summit, in Turin, Italy, 29 April 2024. Demonstrators were pushed back by police as they tried to reach Piazza Castello, where the dinner for the summit delegations would be held. Picture: EPA-EFE/TINO ROMANOIranian women jump together from the 280-meter-high bungee jumping platform at the Milad tower in Tehran, Iran, 29 April 2024. According to Amir Badri, the head of the Gmax entertainment department manager, the 280-meter-high bungee jumping platform was inaugurated at the Milad tower on 29 April 2024. Picture: EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREHA local man sits on the shore at Syiah Kuala beach in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 30 April 2024. The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) urged the public to be careful about increasing temperatures by avoiding outdoor activities to avoid dehydration due to the recent heat wave in the Southeast Asia region. Picture: EPA-EFE/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAKSmoke billows from a ship on fire at the port of Koege, Denmark, 30 April 2024. The fire on a ship loaded by metal and plastic waste led authorities to issue an alert for citizens to stay indoors as the smoke was drifting over the city. Picture: EPA-EFE/Mads Claus RasmussenThe return capsule of the Shenzhou-17 manned spaceship, carrying astronauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin, touches down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 30 April 2024. The three astronauts are all in good health, according to the China Manned Space Agency. Picture: EPA-EFE/XINHUA / Lian ZhenBritain’s King Charles III (R) and Queen Camilla (L) wave as they arrive to visit the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, Britain, 30 April 2024. This is the King’s first public appointment following the King’s cancer diagnosis. He will continue to receive treatment but his medical team have said they were pleased with his progress. Picture: EPA-EFE/TOLGA AKMEN
