Preparing for Easter, South Korean drill, and South Carolina flooding — in pictures

Saturday, April 1 A man wears the traditional ‘Tora’ outfit used during the medieval carnival of masks and characters in the small village of Casavieja, Spain

People take pictures of a burning ship as the government destroyed foreign boats that had been caught illegally fishing in Indonesia waters, at Morela village in Ambon island, April 1, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken April 1, 2017. Antara Foto/Izaac Mulyawan/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. MANDATORY CREDIT. INDONESIA OUT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — © Antara Foto/Reuters

Saturday, April 1 Government officials destroy a foreign boat that had been caught fishing illegally in Indonesian waters near Morela village, on Ambon island

PABest Over 50 people install the 36-feet high cross ahead of Easter on Surprise View at the top of Otley Chevin in Yorkshire. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday April 1, 2017. The cross on the Chevin, first installed in 1969, has now become a well-known Easter symbol and is erected two weeks before Easter and removed two weeks after. The cross has been installed every year apart from 2001 because of restrictions caused by foot and mouth disease. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire — © Danny Lawson/PA

Saturday, April 1 Devotees install a 36-feet-high cross ahead of Easter on Surprise View, at the top of Otley Chevin in Yorkshire, England

Britain Rowing - 2017 Oxford v Cambridge University Boat Race - River Thames, London - 2/4/17 Cambridge celebrate winning the womens boat race Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs Livepic — © Paul Childs/Reuters

Sunday, April 2 Cambridge celebrates winning the women's boat race in the Oxford v Cambridge university boat race on the Thames river in London, England

Prostesters throw bottles to French CRS riot police after a ceremony in memory of 56-year-old Shaoyao Liu, who was shot dead by police at his Paris home last Sunday, in Paris, France April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — © Charles Platiau/Reuters

Sunday, April 2 Protesters throw bottles at French riot police after a ceremony in memory of 56-year-old Shaoyao Liu, who was shot dead by police at his home on March 26, in Paris, France

Britain Football Soccer - Arsenal v Manchester City - Premier League - Emirates Stadium - 2/4/17 Arsenal's Shkodran Mustafi scores their second goal past Manchester City's Willy Caballero Reuters / Eddie Keogh Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 45 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Please contact your account representative for further details. — © Eddie Keogh/Reuters

Sunday, April 2 Shkodran Mustafi gets Arsenal’s second goal past Manchester City’s goalkeeper, Willy Caballero, at the Emirates Stadium, London, England

POHANG, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 02: South Korean marines participate in landing operation referred to as Foal Eagle joint military exercise with US troops Pohang seashore on April 2, 2017 in Pohang, South Korea. South Korea military troops held for joint annual military exercise with the U.S. drawing criticism from North Korea, arguing that these training exercises will worsen the standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX*** — © Chung Sung-Jun/Getty

Sunday, April 2 South Korean marines participate in a landing operation with US troops in Pohang, South Korea

Farmers from the southern state of Tamil Nadu pose half shaved during a protest demanding a drought-relief package from the federal government, in New Delhi, India April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — © Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters

Monday, April 3 Farmers from Tamil Nadu were half shaved during a protest demanding a drought-relief package from the federal government, in New Delhi, India

People walk at the entrance of the "Giro Giro Tondo design for children" exhibition, at the Triennale museum, in Milan, Italy, Monday, April 3, 2017. The Milan Design week is taking place in various locations across Milan from April 4 through 9, 2017. (i) — © Antonio Calann/AP Photo

Monday, April 3 Visitors enter the ‘Giro Giro Tondo design for children’ exhibition at the Triennale di Milano museum in Milan, Italy

Syrians carry an injured man following a reported government air strike on the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on April 3, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ABDULMONAM EASSAABDULMONAM EASSA/AFP/Getty Images — © AbdulMonam Eassa/Getty

Monday, April 3 Syrians carry an injured man after a reported government air strike on the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria on the outskirts of the capital Damascus

A child dressed as Jesus participates in a mass in honour of Jesus del Rescate at the Popoyuapa National Sanctuary, Nicaragua April 3,2017. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — © Oswaldo Rivas

Tuesday, April 4 A child dressed as Jesus participates in a mass honouring Jesús del Rescate at the Popoyuapa National Sanctuary in Nicaragua

Technicians remove old paint before applying new a new coat on a power transmission tower in Karachi, Pakistan April 4, 2017. REUTERS/A worker paints the facade of the Calderon theatre in Madrid, Spain April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — © Susana Vera/Reuters

Tuesday, April 4 Technicians remove old paint before applying a new coat on a power transmission tower in Karachi, Pakistan

TOPSHOT - A peacock is seen inside its enclosure at a zoo in Tbilisi on April 4, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Vano SHLAMOVVANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images — © Vano Shlamov/Reuters

Tuesday, April 4 A peacock at a zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia

A worker paints the facade of the Calderon theatre in Madrid, Spain April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — © Susana Vera/Reuters

Tuesday, April 4 A worker paints the façade of the Calderón theatre in Madrid, Spain

Wednesday, April 5 Demonstrators scuffle with security forces during an opposition rally in Caracas, Venezuela

A girl dressed as Kumari, drinks as she sits on stairs after attending rituals to celebrate the Navratri Festival inside the Adyapeath Temple, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri — © Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters

Wednesday, April 5 A girl dressed as Kumari, or a living goddess, rests after attending rituals to celebrate the Navratri festival inside the Adyapeath Temple on the outskirts of Kolkata, India

Somali women react from an adjacent building as they look at the scene of an explosion at the entrance of a cafe near the compounds housing government ministries in the Somali capital Mogadishu, April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — © Feisal Omar/Reuters

Wednesday, April 5 Somali women react to explosions in the capital Mogadishu

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, India April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — © Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters

Wednesday, April 5 An artist applies make-up backstage, before taking part in a celebration to mark the Hindu festival of Ramnavami in Bangalore, India

An Atlanta Public Works crew got caught in the Peachtree Creek overflow onto the flooded Woodward Way as they were delivering Road Block equipment and had to be rescued by the Atlanta Fire Rescue's Swift Water Dive Team in Atlanta, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Severe storms raking the Southeast unleashed one large tornado and more than a half dozen apparent twisters Wednesday, toppling trees, roughing up South Carolina's "peach capital" and raining out golfers warming up for the Masters. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) — © John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP

Wednesday, April 5 Atlanta Public Works’s team is stranded in deep flood water after severe storms hit South Carolina, US

TOPSHOT - Displaced Iraqis, who fled the northern city of Mosul due to the government forces military operation to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters, wait to receive food aid at al-Khazar camp on April 5, 2017 in the village of Hasan Sham, some 40 kilometres east of Arbil. / AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMEDSAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images — © AFP

Wednesday, April 5 Displaced Iraqis, who fled the northern city of Mosul because of the government’s military operation to retake the city from Isis, wait for food aid at al-Khazar camp in the village of Hasan Sham, 40km east of Arbil.

A young man (C) reacts after being exempted from military service during an army draft held at a school in Klong Toey, the dockside slum area in Bangkok, Thailand, April 5, 2017. Picture taken April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — © Reuters

Wednesday, April 5 A young man celebrates after being exempted from military service during an army draft held at a school in Klong Toey, the dockside slum area in Bangkok, Thailand

TOPSHOT - Chinese students and their parents take part in a chess contest during an Open Day at a primary school in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province on April 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUTSTR/AFP/Getty Images — © AFP/Getty Images

Thursday, April 6 Chinese students and their parents take part in a chess contest during an open day at a primary school in Shenyang in north-east China’s Liaoning province

epa05894269 A handout photo made available by the US Navy Office of Information shows the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launching a missile strike while in the Mediterranean Sea, 07 April 2017. The United States military launched at least 50 tomahawk cruise missiles against al-Shayrat military airfield near Homs, Syria, in response to the Syrian military's alleged use of chemical weapons in an airstrike in a rebel held area in Idlib province on 04 April 2017. EPA/FORD WILLIAMS / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES — © Ford Williams/EPA

Friday, April 7 Guided missile destroyer USS Porter launches a strike in the Mediterranean. The US launched at least 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles against the al-Shayrat airfield near Homs, Syria

Emergency services work at the scene where a truck crashed into the Ahlens department store at Drottninggatan in central Stockholm, April 7, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jonathan NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images — © Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty

Friday, April 7 Emergency services at the scene where a truck crashed into the Ahlens department store in central Stockholm

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