April 13, 2016

A Buddhist nun walks in line with novice nuns to receive food from people during the Songkran Festival at the Sathira-Dhammasathan Buddhist Meditation Center in Bangkok, Thailand.

An aerial view of flower field in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

A Chinese man wearing a mask passes by a sculpture during a smoggy day in Beijing.

Nepalese devotees pull ropes tied to the chariot of Hindu god Bhairava, as houses destroyed by last year's earthquake are seen during Bisket Jatra festival in Bhaktapur.

Lucy Lu, a student from China, takes a photograph under a blossom-covered tree in St James' Park in London.

Soldiers of the presidential guard march up the ramp of the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, April 12, 2016.

This handout picture released by the Vatican press office shows Pope Francis wearing a helmet as he jokes with French firemen of Paris (Pompiers de Paris) at the end of his weekly general audience at the Vatican.

Queen Maxima (R) and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (C) pose in a giant picture frame as they tour the "Hollaender-Saal" (Dutchmen Hall) of the Alte Pinakothek museum in Munich, southern Germany.

Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra of NASA captured this brightly lit night image of the city of Chicago, Illinois, from the International Space Station, on April 5, 2016.

The tongue of a Hindu devotee is pierced with a metal skewer during the annual Shiva Gajan religious festival in Banga village in West Bengal, India. Hundreds of faithful devotees offer sacrifices and perform acts of devotion during the festival in the hopes of winning the favor of Hindu god Shiva and ensuring the fulfillment of their wishes, and also to mark the end of the Bengali calendar year.

Trees and water marks are seen on previously submerged land at Guri dam in Bolivar state. Drought has turned parts of Venezuela's Guri dam, one of the world's biggest, into desert, though the government is optimistic there will be rain within weeks to drive the vast installation that provides the bulk of the OPEC nation's power.

Firemen rescue a boy whose head is stuck between protective bars outside a window in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

A soldier from Indonesia's Rapid Reaction Strike Force (PPRC) jumps from the back of an Air Force transport plane during a parachute training exercise in Tarakan, North Kalimantan province, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Women in Thimphu, Bhutan, prepare for the visit of Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge.