Day in Photos: Blue Origin Launch, Sandstorm in Iraq, and Newborn Malayan Tapir Calf
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, carrying astronauts Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, Kerianne Flynn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, and Lauren Sánchez lifts off from Launch Site One in Van Horn, Texas, on April 14, 2025. Blue Origin's Mission NS-31 is the first all-female astronaut crew since 1963. Justin Hamel/Getty Images

Day in Photos: Blue Origin Launch, Sandstorm in Iraq, and Newborn Malayan Tapir Calf

A look into the world through the lens of photography.
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President Donald Trump greets Nayib Bukele, president of the Republic of El Salvador, at the White House in Washington, on April 14, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a vote by representatives of the country's Parliament to approve constitutional changes banning LGBT public events, in Budapest, Hungary, on April 14, 2025. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images
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A view of cargo ships in the Singapore Strait, framed between two high-rise buildings, on April 14, 2025.​ Annice Lyn/Getty Images
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Girls light firecrackers during celebrations to mark the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in Pugoda, Sri Lanka, on April 14, 2025. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images
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An aerial view of a coal handling yard at the British Steel Scunthorpe site in Scunthorpe, England, on April 14, 2025. Government officials are scrambling to keep Britain's last two blast furnaces capable of producing virgin steel burning. The UK parliament passed an emergency law on Saturday allowing the government to take control of the struggling Chinese-owned British Steel plant. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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French President Emmanuel Macron visits the exhibition “Treasures rescued from Gaza” at the Arab World Institute in Paris, on April 14, 2025. Macron on April 14 called for reform of the Palestinian Authority as part of a plan that would see the West Bank-based body govern a post-war Gaza without Hamas. Michel Euler/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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Police destroy poppy crops at a field in the Pandialy area of the tribal Mohmand district, Pakistan, on April 14, 2025, as part of an effort to crack down on drug related activities. Abdul Majeed/AFP via Getty Images
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Women and children visit a makeshift memorial at the site of a missile attack in Sumy, Ukraine, on April 14, 2025. The Russian missile strike on April 13 killed at least 34 people, authorities said, as European and U.S. leaders condemned one of the deadliest attacks in months. Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
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Tourists ride in a horse drawn carriage past Vienna City Hall on April 14, 2025. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images
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EU Council President Antonio Costa takes the wheel of the barge “Diplomat” as the captain looks on as they tour the harbor of Hamburg, Germany, on April 14, 2025. Georg Wendt/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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The torches for the Milano Cortina 2026 winter olympic (L) and paralympic (R) games are displayed during their unveiling ceremony at the Italy Pavilion in Osaka, Japan, on April 14, 2025, on the second day of the six-month 2025 Osaka Expo. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman stands in the middle of a field of tulips, in Lisse, Netherlands, on April 14, 2025. Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
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The cell doors of former prisoners are open inside the Montluc Prison during the inauguration of its renovation and refurbishment, in Lyon, France, on April 14, 2025. Matthieu Delaty/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
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The Z-26 Avanti fishing boat in Zeebrugge, Belgium, on April 14, 2025. The ship was one of five boats that were subjected to a strict inspection by the UK on April 8 while fishing in British waters, with their equipment seized on suspicion of misreporting or incorrect registration, said authorities. Kurt Desplenter/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images
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A man sits by moored boats along the bank of the Shatt al-Arab waterway amidst a massive dust storm in Iraq's southern city of Basra, on April 14, 2025. Around 1,500 people were sent to hospitals with respiratory problems on April 14 as the storm hit central and southern Iraq, health officials said. Hussein Faleh/AFP via Getty Images
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Men march down a street during celebrations marking the Bengali New Year in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 14, 2025. Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images
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Wind turbines spin near Nauen, Germany, on April 14, 2025. The government has set a goal of covering 80 percent of Germany's electricity needs by 2030 with renewable energy such as wind and solar. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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A worker winnows wheat at a wholesale grain market in Jalandhar, India, on April 14, 2025. Shammi Mehra/AFP via Getty Images
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A newborn Malayan tapir calf, born on March 29 at the Bioparc Fuengirola zoo, in Fuengirola, Spain, on April 14, 2025. The baby tapir was born after 13 months of gestation and is the first of this endangered species to be born in the country. Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images