A look at the best news photos from around the world.
April 16, 2019
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is partly hidden by a toy wind wheel as she poses with children during the opening ceremony of the Arkona wind park in Sassnitz, northern Germany.
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A woman throws water at passing motorists during celebrations for the Thingyan festival, also known as the Buddhist New Year, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
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A woman wipes her eyes as she waits to pay her respects before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, as part of celebrations marking the anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, known as the 'Day of the Sun,' on Mansu hill in Pyongyang, April 15, 2019.
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Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace Africa protest against Swiss food giant Nestle for its single-use plastic packages next to a 'plastic monster' object made with Nestle plastic packaging, at the entrance of Nestle's factory in Nairobi, Kenya.