Day in Photos: Military Exercises in Romania, Nightclub Roof Collapse, and Blue Diamond Debut
Romanian soldiers take part in the Sea Shield 25 multinational military exercise, on board the frigate “Regina Maria” in the Black Sea, off the coast of Constanta, Romania, on April 8, 2025. Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images

Day in Photos: Military Exercises in Romania, Nightclub Roof Collapse, and Blue Diamond Debut

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Traditional South Korean musicians each carry a ‘taepyeongso’, a Korean double reed wind instrument, before their performance on the first day of the Yeouido Cherry Blossom Festival in Seoul, on April 8, 2025. This year's festival was postponed from its original start date of April 4 to April 8 due to the Constitutional Court's verdict on former president Yoon Suk Yeol, who was removed from office over his declaration of martial law. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
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A demonstrator shouts slogans next to riot police during a protest against the visit of U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in Panama City, Panama on April 8, 2025. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images
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Frecce Tricolori and Red Arrows aerobatic units perform in the sky above Rome during the state visit of Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Italy, on April 8, 2025. On Monday, the British monarch began a four-day state visit in which he will address Italy's parliament and tour the Colosseum. The trip comes 10 days after Charles, 76, was briefly admitted to hospital after experiencing side effects from his cancer treatment. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images
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A man stands inside his house following flooding due to heavy rains in Cali, Colombia, on April 8, 2025. Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP via Getty Images
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The New York Stock Exchange is seen during morning trading in New York City, on April 8, 2025. All three major stock indexes bounced back, with the Dow Jones leading the way, opening up over 1,000 points after three days of volatility amid tariff rollouts. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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Young boys apply mud to cool themselves near a makeshift pool along the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi, India, on April 8, 2025. Delhi recorded its highest temperatures of the season on Monday, with the thermometer hitting triple digits. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images
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Graduating police cadets in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia participate in a swearing-in ceremony in Dusseldorf, Germany, on April 8, 2025. Approximately 3,000 new police force members took their oaths of service. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
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The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy blasts off to the International Space Station from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on April 8, 2025. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
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Children from the Roma community play in front of a coal-fired power plant on International Roma Day, in the Kosovar village of Plemetin, northeast of the capital Pristina, on April 8, 2025. The Roma people are Europe's largest ethnic minority. Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images
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Brazilian Indigenous people take part in the “Our future is not for sale!” march within the Free Land Camp in Brasilia, on April 8, 2025. Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte inspects an Unmanned Undersea Vehicle on the frigate FFM Mogami at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Yokosuka Base in Yokosuka, Japan, on April 8, 2025. China's expansion of its armed forces is 'staggering', NATO's chief said on a visit to Japan beginning April 8 aimed at 'projecting' the alliance's power in the Asia-Pacific region. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images
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Rescue workers search for survivors of a roof collapse at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on April 8, 2025. At least 58 people were killed in the collapse during a concert in the early morning hours of April 8. Noticias SIN via AP
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Bob Sceats, 88, is pictured with Hereford cattle on his farm in the rural community of Kaipara Flats, New Zealand on April 8, 2025. Sceats has been breeding Herefords since 1960 and says beef cattle prices are the highest he has ever seen. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images
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Trees blossom in front of the banking district skyline, as pedestrians walk by, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on April 8, 2025. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
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A young man undergoes a physical examination during the annual military draft in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat, on April 8, 2025. Madaree Tohlala/AFP via Getty Images
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A volunteer looks at a Bugatti Royale Type 41 ‘Park-Ward’ at the mechanics workshop of the National Automobile Museum in Mulhouse, France, on April 8, 2025. Ettore Bugatti planned to build twenty-five of the Bugatti Royales, designed as one of the most luxurious cars ever built, but as a result of the Great Depression, only seven were made, and just six remain, after one was destroyed in a crash. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images
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Sotheby's Deputy Chairman, Middle East & Head of Sotheby's UAE, Katia Noun Boueiz wears the Mediterranean Blue diamond during its worldwide debut in Abu Dhabi, on April 8, 2025. Altaf Qadri/AP Photo
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Afghan refugees due for deportation to Afghanistan arrive at a holding center to undergo biometric verification, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman, Pakistan on April 8, 2025. Thousands of Afghans have crossed the border in recent days, as Pakistan set an early April deadline for some 800,000 Afghans carrying Afghan Citizen Cards issued by Pakistan authorities to leave the country. Abdul Basit/AFP via Getty Images
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A bird flies past a hovering drone in Mariveles,  Philippines, on April 8, 2025, at a handover ceremony during which the Australian government donated 20 Unmanned Aerial Systems units to the Philippine Coast Guard. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
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A couple snaps a selfie under cherry trees on a sunny day at the Bispebjerg Cemetery in Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 8, 2025. The avenue of blossoming cherry trees in the Nordvest district of Copenhagen is a major attraction for tourists and locals each year. Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images