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US surfer Kelly Slater competes during the Margaret River Pro surfing competition at Margaret River, in Western Australia on April 15, 2024. (Photo by COLIN MURTY / AFP)
Nepalese people sing, dance, and smear vermilion-colored powder on each other during the ‘Sindoor Jatra’ festival as part of the Bisket Jatra festival in Thimi, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, 14 April 2024. Thousands of Nepalese gathered to celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival which is also celebrated to mark the Nepali New Year 2081, especially in the ethnic Newar communities in Bhaktapur. During the festival, ethnic Newar devotees visit temples, carry a chariot of Hindu gods and goddesses, and smear vermilion-colored powder on each other’s faces. It is celebrated in the hope of protection from all-natural calamities and support for a good harvest for the coming year. Picture: EPA-EFE/NARENDRA SHRESTHAA boy rides a donkey near one of the batteries of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system at a village not recognised by Israeli authorities in the southern Negev desert on April 14, 2024. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)A view from the southern Gaza strip shows drones or missiles vying for targets in southern Israel, early 14 April 2024. According to the Israeli army IDF on early 14 April Iran launched missiles from its territory toward the territory of the State of Israel. The IDF called called for people to be alert and act according to the Home Front Command’s guidelines. Picture: EPA-EFE/ATEF SAFADIHindu devotees offer prayers to the Sun god on the banks of river Brahmaputra during ‘Chaiti Chhath Puja’ festival in Guwahati on April 14, 2024. (Photo by Biju BORO / AFP)The Sun sets behind Mount Karancs near Salgotarjan, northern Hungary, 13 April 2024 (Issued on 14 April 2024). Picture: EPA-EFE/PETER KOMKAAerial view taken with a drone showing general destruction in the city of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, following the Israeli army withdrawal from the region, on 14 April 2024. More than 33,700 Palestinians and over 1,450 Israelis have been killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October 2023, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. Picture: EPA-EFE/STRInternally displaced Palestinians who fled from the northern Gaza strip walk along Al Rashid road as they attempt to return from the southern Gaza strip, 14 April 2024. Since 07 October 2023, up to 1.9 million people, or more than 85 percent of the population, have been displaced throughout the Gaza Strip, some more than once, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which added that most civilians in Gaza are in ‘desperate need of humanitarian assistance and protection’. Picture: EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED SABERWomen’s recurve archer Casey Kaufhold of the US celebrates with the two gold medals she won in the individual and team categories, during the Pan American Archery Championships in Medellin, Colombia, 14 April 2024. Picture: EPA-EFE/Luis Eduardo Noriega ArboledaAn aerial view shows concertgoers attending the Yangtze Finless Porpoise Music Festival in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on April 14, 2024. (Photo by AFP)A model presents a creation by Amapo during the last day of Sao Paulo Fashion Week 2024 (SPFW) at the Love Story disco bar in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 14 April 2024. Picture: EPA-EFE/ISAAC FONTANAA sarcophagus depicting a purple cow burns during the cremation ceremony of Tjokorda Bagus Santaka, a member of the Ubud royal family who passed away this February, in Ubud on Bali island on April 14, 2024. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP)Protesters gather during a Pro-Palestine protest at BP headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, 15 April 2024. Picture: EPA-EFE/JAMES ROSSPeople react as they leave flowers outside the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall in Sydney on April 14, 2024, the day after a 40-year-old knifeman with mental illness roamed the packed shopping centre killing six people and seriously wounding a dozen others. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)
