Today in Photos (April 20)

View a gallery of photos from around the world, Aprill 20, 2016.

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Wed., April 20, 2016

A royal fan adjusts her Union flag glasses, in Windsor, England, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Royal fans are gathering in Windsor ahead of Thursday's celebrations for the 90th birthday of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.

Kirsty Wigglesworth Associated Press
A priestess releases a white pigeon during the dress rehearsal for the lighting of the Rio Rio de Janeiro Olympics flame, in Ancient Olympia, southern Greece, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The meticulously choreographed ceremony will be repeated Thursday in the ruined birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece, in the presence of top International Olympic Committee and Rio organizing officials. That will touch off a relay that will conclude with the Rio Games opening ceremony in August.

Petros Giannakouris Associated Press
Fishermen prepare dinner before they go fishing in the river Brahmaputra in Gauhati, Assam state, India, Wednesday, April 20, 2016.Brahmaputra is one of Asia's largest rivers, which passes through China's Tibet region, India and Bangladesh before converging into the Bay of Bengal.

Anupam Nath Associated Press
An Indian vendor selling onions on a sidewalk rests under the shade of a tree on a hot summer day in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Weeks of sweltering temperatures have caused more than 160 deaths in southern and eastern India, officials said Tuesday, warning that any relief from monsoon rains was still likely weeks away. Most of the heat-wave victims were laborers and farmers in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, though temperatures elsewhere in India have also hit 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit).

Mahesh Kumar A. Associated Press
Kyoji Okubo, 61, and his wife Mutsuko sit in their car in the compound of an elementary school turned shelter in Kumamoto city, Japan, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. More than 100,000 people are homeless or have fled their homes as aftershocks continue to shake southern Japan. Many are living in cramped conditions in shelters or even their cars, with limited food and water.

Yu Nakajima Associated Press
President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Salman walk together to a meeting at Erga Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The president began a six day trip to strategize with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia, England and Germany on a broad range of issues with efforts to rein in the Islamic State group being the common denominator in all three stops.

Carolyn Kaster Associated Press
Mitsubishi Motors President Tetsuro Aikawa listens to a reporter's question during a press conference in Tokyo, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday it used improper testing methods to make some of its vehicle models look more fuel efficient than they actually are.

Shizuo Kambayashi Associated Press
Rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) stack elephant tusks into pyres, after carrying it from shipping containers full of ivory transported from around the country, in Nairobi National Park, Kenya Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Around 105 tonnes of ivory and other endangered animal products are due to be burned next week, the largest single destruction of ivory in history according to the KWS, to coincide with the Giants Club summit for the protection of elephants which will be held in Kenya April 28-30. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ORG XMIT: ABC107

Ben Curtis Ap
Ultra-Orthodox Jews prepare special matzoh, a traditional handmade Passover unleavened bread, at a bakery in Bnei Brak, Israel. Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Jews are forbidden to eat leavened foodstuffs during the Passover holiday that celebrates the biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery and exodus from Egypt. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) ORG XMIT: XOB108

Oded Balilty Ap
A unit from the Royal Swedish Navy fire a 21-gun salute to celebrate the newborn Prince, from the Skeppsholmen Island in front of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Sweden's Princess Sofia has given birth to a baby boy. He is the first child of Prince Carl Philip and Sofia, who got married last year.\

Jessica Gow Tt