White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press conference at the White House in Washington, on April 15, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Elderly men gather near a market at the Kiziba Refugee Camp in Karongi, Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 14, 2025. Created at the beginning of the First Congo War (1996-1997), the camp hosts nearly 15,000 refugees, mainly Congolese who flee instability in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Paloma Laudet/AFP via Getty Images
Ecuador's President-reelect Daniel Noboa, accompanied by his wife, Lavinia Valbonesi, gives the thumbs-up to supporters from a balcony of the Carondelet Presidential Palace during the changing of the guard ceremony in Quito on April 15, 2025. Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images
The Baie des Rois, along the beach in Libreville, Gabon, is seen on April 15, 2025. The project, started by ousted Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, offers a wide range of outdoor activities, including walks, jogging, and water sports. Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP via Getty Images
Excavators do demolition work on the ‘Ringbahn’ bridge of the A100 motorway in Berlin's Charlottenburg district, as seen from the viewing platform of the Funkturm tower, in Berlin on April 15, 2025. The bridge, built in 1963, was closed in mid-March following structural investigations due to the risk of collapse. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images
People look at a damaged police bus parked in a security compound following a bomb explosion in Mastung, in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, on April 15, 2025. An explosion killed at least three officers and wounded 16 others, authorities said. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Israeli police disperse ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and youths protesting a ruling by a top Israeli court that they must be drafted into military service, in the Mea Shearim district in Jerusalem, on April 15, 2025. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images
People take photos and pray as military and police officials carry the coffin of former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ahead of his burial at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, on April 15, 2025. Badawi died on April 14 at age 85. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images
Farmers plough a paddy field in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, on April 15, 2025. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images
A reveler smeared in vermilion powder celebrates “Bisket Jatra,” a festival that marks the Nepali New Year, in Thimi on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on April 15, 2025. Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images
An employee checks bottles at an olive oil packaging plant in Antequera, Spain, on April 15, 2025. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) visit a military hospital in Odesa, Ukraine, on April 15, 2025. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP
Employees work under an element of the stage during a press visit at the St. Jakobshalle multi-purpose indoor arena, which will host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, on April 15, 2025. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
(L-R) Head of the Notre Dame de Paris restoration project Philippe Jost, France's Minister for Labor and Employment Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, French first lady Brigitte Macron, and France's President Emmanuel Macron pose with craftspeople and officials who contributed to the restoration of the cathedral, during an award ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on April 15, 2025. Sarah Meyssonnier/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Britain's secretary of state for business and trade Jonathan Reynolds reacts during his visit to one of the blast furnaces at British Steel's steelworks site in Scunthorpe, England, on April 15, 2025. Britain's government has raced to secure raw materials to keep the country's last steelmaking blast furnaces running, as Beijing warned the UK against politicizing the takeover of Chinese-owned British Steel. Darren Staples - WPA Pool/Getty Images
A damaged crane lies toppled after an accident in which several people were injured in Maasbracht, Netherlands, on April 15, 2025. Rob Engelaar/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
A Somali security officer monitors access as men queue for a voter registration exercise in Mogadishu, Somalia, on April 15, 2025. Somalia on April 15 launched voter registration in the capital, Mogadishu, for the first time in over 50 years, ahead of presidential elections scheduled for 2026. Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP via Getty Images
A farmer harvests wheat in a field on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, on April 15, 2025. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images
Police special forces agents take part in an operation in Tabajara slum in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 15, 2025. According to officials, five suspects died in the operation, which aimed to apprehend the murderers of 38-year-old civil police officer João Pedro Marquini, husband of Tula Mello, a Brazilian criminal court judge. Daniel Ramalho/AFP via Getty Images
King Willem-Alexander (2nd R) and Queen Maxima (L) of Netherlands pose with Princess Amalia (R) and Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of Oman prior to a state banquet at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on April 15, 2025. The Omani sultan is on a two-day state visit to the Netherlands. Remko De Waal/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
A member of the public walks through Middle Temple in the rain in London, UK, on April 15, 2025. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
A ring-tailed lemur enjoys a treat ahead of the Easter weekend in Edinburgh, Scotland, on April 15, 2025. The Five Sisters Zoo outside Edinburgh is home to more than 160 different species from around the world, including rescued animals. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
