Today in Photos (April 28)
View a gallery of photos from around the world, April 28, 2016.
Section:Gallery
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A pelican looks into the camera at the zoo in Frankfurt, central Germany, Thursday, April 28, 2016.
Frank Rumpenhorst Associated Press
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Christie's employees display a portrait from 1778 by Sir Joshua Reynolds, centre, as a family portrait from 1992 by Lucien Freud hangs left, and a portrait from 1864 by Frederic, Lord Leighton hangs right, at Christie's auction rooms in London, Thursday, April 28, 2016. The three paintings will be part of a curated evening sale called Defining British Art, and marks the start of Christie's 250th anniversary celebrations.
Kirsty Wigglesworth Associated Press
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An elderly woman spreads incense near a grave at sunrise in the village of Copaciu, southern Romania, early Thursday, April 28, 2016. On Maundy Thursday, during the Holy Week, many Romanians visit the graves of their loved ones, light fires and share food with community members in memory of the departed, ahead of Orthodox Easter, celebrated this year on May 1.
Andreea Alexandru Associated Press
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The Christ the Redeemer statue is lit in green and yellow to mark 100 days left to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. The Olympic countdown clock hits 100 days to go on Wednesday.
Felipe Dana Associated Press
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A vendor carries a billboard of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump buttons during a campaign stop at Old National Events Plaza, Thursday, April 28, 2016, in Evansville, Ind.
Darron Cummings Associated Press
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a racegoer struggles to cope with the windy conditions on arrival at the Punchestown Festival of horse racing at Punchestown, Co. Kildare, Ireland, Thursday April 28, 2016. The normal clement spring weather has taken a turn for the worst in many parts of the region.
Niall Carson Associated Press
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Tomoaki Ishizuka, left, and Yurika Yonekura, right, watch the hologram of Japanese skater Yuzuru Hanyu, center, with ballet dancers with their scanned faces attached at newly opened Hologram Dance Theater at Madame Tussauds in Tokyo, Thursday, April 28, 2016. Madam Tussauds in Tokyo is launching an event allowing visitors to virtually join a 3D world to dance with holograms of celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Lady Gaga.
Eugene Hoshiko Associated Press
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A ranger from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) adjusts the positioning of tusks on one of around a dozen pyres of ivory, in Nairobi National Park, Kenya Thursday, April 28, 2016. The wildlife service has stacked 105 tons of ivory consisting of 16,000 tusks, and 1 ton of rhino horn, from stockpiles around the country, in preparation for it to be torched on Saturday to encourage global efforts to help stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos.
Ben Curtis Associated Press
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In this image made from video and posted online from Validated UGC, a man carries a child after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, April 28, 2016. A Syrian monitoring group and a first-responders team say new airstrikes on the rebel-held part of the contested city of Aleppo have killed over a dozen people and brought down at least one residential building. The new violence on Thursday brings the death toll in the past 24-hours in the deeply divided city to at least 61 killed.
Validated Ugc Associated Press
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A Pakistani laborer bathes in a polluted stream as the temperature rises in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, April 28, 2016.
B.K. Bangash Associated Press