The day in photos: April 5, 2017

Emil Lendof

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Apr 5, 2017

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An artiste is reflected in a mirror as he applies make-up backstage before taking part in a celebration to mark Hindu festival of Ramnavami inside the premises of a temple in Bengaluru

An artist is reflected in a mirror as he applies make-up backstage before taking part in a celebration to mark Hindu festival of Ramnavami inside the premises of a temple in Bengaluru, India. Reuters

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Spain’s King Felipe shakes hands with Honda Motor’s humanoid robot Asimo at Miraikan in Tokyo

Spain’s King Felipe, accompanied by Queen Letizia (L), shakes hands with Honda Motor’s humanoid robot Asimo as they visit Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters

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A local resident rows his kayak through floodwaters in the suburb of Depot Hill, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. EPA

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Young Ultra-Orthodox Jews comes out of sacks of onion during food distribution in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. EPA

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Nepalese mountaineer to attempt new world record as oldest man to climb Mount Everest

Nepalese mountaineer Min Bahadur Sherchan, aged 85, performs morning exercise at the roof top of his home in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA

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Pope Francis contemplates at Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican city for his weekly general audience. EPA

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A woman walks past a television screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul. Getty Images

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Afghan security personnel destroy an illegal poppy crop in the Surkh Rod district of eastern Nangarhar province. Getty Images

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A member of the family of a Yemeni captured while fighting on the side of the Shiite-Houthi rebels demonstrates outside the UN offices in the capital Sanaa. Getty Images

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An Indian youth jumps into a polluted reservoir on a hot sunny day on the outskirts of Chennai. Getty Images

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (C) with (front row L-R) Regiment Secretary Major (retired) Martyn Pocock, Quartermaster Captain James Rickett, Padre Graham Collingwood, Colonel of the Regiment Brigadier Andrew Hughes, The Duke of York, Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Henry Searby, Regimental Sergeant Major Warrant Officer Class 1 Craig Borthwick, Chaplain General Reverend Coulter, Regimental Second in Command Tom Prideaux and Adjutant Captain Tom Pritchard, and (standing) members of The Royal Lancers following the presentation of the Guidon to The Royal Lancers by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Getty Images

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Servicemen march in formation at Alabino training ground during a rehearsal for the upcoming 9 May military parade marking the 72nd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Getty Images

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US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley holds photos of victims as she speaks as the UN Security Council meets in an emergency session at the UN about the suspected deadly chemical attack that killed civilians, including children, in Syria. Getty Images

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