2 May 2024

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Former US President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom after a short recess during the second day of his trial in New York Criminal Court in New York, New York, USA, 16 April 2024. 

Photo by JUSTIN LANE / POOL

A view shows drones or missiles vying for targets at undisclosed locations in northern Israel, early 14 April 2024. 

Photo by ATEF SAFADI

Internally 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. 

Relatives of Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike mourn next to their bodies outside Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 18 April 2024.

Photo by HAITHAM IMAD

Motorists drive during a heavy rainfall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 16 April 2024. A severe wave of thunderstorms with heavy rainfall is hitting most UAE's cities.

Photo by ALI HAIDER

Refugees gather during a visit by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tuerk (not pictured) to the Bulengo camp for internally displaced people, near Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, 17 April 2024. 

Photo by MOISE KASEREKA

Greek actress Mary Mina (C) plays the role of High Priestess and holds the cauldron flame with the Olympic Flame during the rehearsal of the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games, at the Ancient Olympia site in Peloponnese, southern Greece,15 April 2024.

Photo by GEORGE VITSARAS

Flames and smoke rise from the old Stock Exchange (Boersen) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 16 April 2024. 

Photo by EMIL HELMS

Family members and relatives of boat accident victims mourn near the accident site, as rescue operation continues, in Jhelum, the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 16 April 2024.

Photo by FAROOQ KHAN

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic from the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) reacts to his victory during the Parliamentary elections, at their head quaters in Zagreb, Croatia, 17 April 2024.

Photo by ANTONIO BAT

Yazidis light candles on the occasion of Charshama Sor (Red Wednesday), the Yazidi New Year, at Lalish Temple, the holiest shrine of the Yazidis, in Shaikhan town, southeast of Dohuk, Kurdistan region, northern Iraq, 16 April 2024. 

Photo by GAILAN HAJI

An Ivorian man participates in a ritual as part of the Dipri festival in Sikensi, southeastern Ivory Coast, 13 April 2024. 

Photo by LEGNAN KOULA

People salvage their belongings after heavy rains in Momand-Dara district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, 15 April 2024. 

Photo by STRINGER

Debris of a self-propelled 220 mm rocket lies in a field near the village of Novoyakovlivka, Zaporizhzhia area, Ukraine, 12 April 2024 amid the Russian invasion. 

Photo by KATERYNA KLOCHKO

A visitor observes the installation 'Listening All Night to the Rain', by British artist John Akomfrah presented in the British pavilion at the Biennale Gardens in Venice, Italy, 16 April 2024. 

Photo by ANDREA MEROLA