Day in Photos: Military Exercises in Philippines, Missile Strike in Yemen, and Blooming Flowers in JapanDay in Photos: Military Exercises in Philippines, Missile Strike in Yemen, and Blooming Flowers in Japan
A U.S. Marine Air Defense Integrated System fires at a drone during a live fire exercise as part of U.S.–Philippines joint military exercises at Naval Station Leovigildo Gantioqui in San Antonio, Philippines, on April 27, 2025. The exercises focus on a "full battle test" between the two defense treaty allies amid heightened security tensions. This year’s deployment of missile systems within firing range of waters near Taiwan and the South China Sea has drawn criticism from China, which called the drills provocative. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

Day in Photos: Military Exercises in Philippines, Missile Strike in Yemen, and Blooming Flowers in Japan

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People take pictures underneath wisteria flowers at Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga, Japan, on April 27, 2025. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
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Refugees wait beside trucks loaded with their belongings before departing to Afghanistan, at a holding center near the Pakistan–Afghanistan border in Chaman, Pakistan, on April 27, 2025. Abdul Basit/AFP via Getty Images
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Birds sit in their cages during a bird-singing contest in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on April 27, 2025. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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People assess damage following overnight strikes, attributed by Yemeni media to the United States, in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on April 27, 2025. Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images
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Waiters compete in the third edition of the Course des Cafe race in Saint-Tropez, France, on April 27, 2025. The race, which began in 1914, was originally known as the Course des Garcons de Cafe. Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images
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Firefighters and rescuers work at the scene of an explosion that took place April 26 at the Shahid Rajaee port dock, at the port of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on April 27, 2025, killing dozens. Meysam Mirsadeh/Tasnim News/AFP via Getty Images
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Women take the metro at King Saud University station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 27, 2025. Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images
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People visit the 21st International Sand Sculpture Festival, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany at the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on April, 27, 2025. Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman walks past a church during Sunday service as part of Sierra Leone's 64th Independence Day celebrations in Freetown, on April 27, 2025. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images
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Kosovo Albanians attend a tribute ceremony marking the Day of Missing Persons at a cemetery where Serbian forces in 1999 left about 400 civilians dead during the Kosovo war, in the village of Meje, Kosovo, on April 27, 2025. The conflict in Kosovo claimed the lives of more than 13,000 people, and more than 1,600 people, most of them ethnic Albanians, are still listed missing from the Kosovo war. Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images
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Israeli soldiers mourn during a funeral for Master Sergeant (res.) Asaf Cafri, in Best Hashmonai, Israel, on April 27, 2025. Cafri was killed in a battle in the northern Gaza Strip. Amir Levy/Getty Images
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A man stands before a memorial wall prior to a commemoration ceremony at the Bergen-Belsen Memorial in Lohheide, Germany, on April 27, 2025. Focke Strangmann/AFP via Getty Images
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A man rides a donkey along a road in Fayzabad district, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2025. Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman takes a selfie as she waits for the start of a campaign rally for Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in Oakville, Canada, April 27, 2025. Polls project a Liberal government, but the race has tightened ahead of the April 28 election day. Peter Power/AFP via Getty Images
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Farmers work near India–Pakistan border fencing near Rajataal village, about 25 miles from Amritsar, India, on April 27, 2025. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images
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Supporters of the nationalist group Antigua Orden Dominicana take part in a protest against Haitian immigration in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on April 27, 2025. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and opposition leader Peter Dutton attend the final leaders' debate in Sydney on April 27, 2025. Lukas Coch-Pool/Getty Images
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Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major) Basilica, the site of Pope Francis's tomb, is seen in Rome on April 27, 2025. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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Lee Jae-myung, presidential candidate for the Democratic Party of Korea, celebrates during the primary election in Goyang, South Korea, on April 27, 2025. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
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Anastasia Potapova of Russia in action against Sofia Kenin of the United States in the Women's Singles Third Round match during day six of the Mutua Madrid Open, at La Caja Magica in Madrid on April 27, 2025. Julian Finney/Getty Images
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Lebanese rescue teams clear rubble from a damaged residential building at the site of Israeli strikes, following evacuation orders, in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 27, 2025. -/AFP via Getty Images
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A man dressed as Star Wars character Chewbacca walks along the promenade on day two of the Scarborough Sci Fi weekend in Scarborough, England, on April 27, 2025. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images