Displaced people at an encampment in Beirut; Stations of the Cross re-enacted during Good Friday service in Sydney – these and more pictures from around the world in this week’s selection.
March 30
A family standing outside their tent at a temporary encampment for displaced people amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in Beirut.
PHOTO: REUTERS
April 1
The Artemis II crewed lunar mission lifting off from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US.
PHOTO: AFP
March 31
Singapore national footballer Irfan Fandi looking on as pyrotechnics light up the National Stadium after the Asian Cup qualifier against Bangladesh.
ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
April 3
Parishioners re-enacting the Stations of the Cross during a Good Friday service at St Charbel’s Maronite Catholic Parish in Sydney, Australia.
PHOTO: EPA
April 1
Newly hired employees of Japan Airlines Group attending an initiation ceremony in a hangar at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
PHOTO: REUTERS
April 4
A demonstrator wearing a mask depicting US President Donald Trump and holding a baby puppet with a mask of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an anti-war protest calling for an end to the US-Israeli conflict with Iran in Tel Aviv, Israel.
PHOTO: REUTERS
April 2
Hindu devotees bathing under 22 water spouts during Balaju Purnima, a full moon festival, in Kathmandu, as thousands gather for a ritual bath in the hope of protection from skin diseases and a better life.
PHOTO: EPA
April 4
A Muslim man offering prayers at an ethnic Hui cemetery on the eve of the Qing Ming Festival, also known as the tomb-sweeping festival, in Beijing.
PHOTO: AFP
April 1
A worker cooking soya bean paste to produce traditional tofu in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.
PHOTO: AFP
April 1
A squirrel eating pollen cones on a fir tree in a park as warmer weather signals the arrival of spring in Warsaw.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Produced by: Kevin Lim and Jananee Yegambaram
