April 16, 2015

People take part in celebrations marking Thingyan, a water festival which brings in the country's new year, in Yangon, Myanmar. The four southeast Asian nations of Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos started the Buddhist new year.

A man carries an elderly woman from a ship carrying people fleeing violence in Yemen, at the port of Bosasso in the Puntland region.

A gosling looks out from under its mother's wing in Santa Clara, California, April 15, 2015.

A model wears a creation from the Lino Villaventura summer collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Dancers of the Joburg Ballet and the Liaoning Ballet of China company take part in a final dress rehearsal in Johannesburg, South Africa ahead of a two week run of performances of "Swan Lake" which gets under way at the Joburg Theater on April 18.

A Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30MKV fighter jet of the Venezuelan Air Force flies over a Venezuelan flag tied to missile launchers, during the "Escudo Soberano 2015" (Sovereign Shield 2015) military exercise in San Carlos del Meta in the state of Apure, April 15, 2015.

Baby clouded leopards, born early in March 2015, are presented by zoo keepers at the Olmense Zoo in Olmen, Belgium. The clouded leopard is an endangered species with only some 10,000 remaining, said Robby Van der Velden, a biologist at the zoo.
 

A fan of the royal family wears a union flag-themed blazer outside the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's hospital in London. Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is due to give birth to her second child at the hospital some time in the next two weeks.
 

Old airplanes, including Boeing 747-400s, are stored in the desert in Victorville, California.

A 76-meter-high (249-feet) bronze-forged white Buddhist Avalokitesvara or Guan Yin statue, part of the Tsz Shan Monastery, stands behind luxurious houses at Taipo district in Hong Kong.
 

A Mercedes vintage car is on display at the "Techno Classica" trade fair in the western German city of Essen.

A woman walks around the artwork by artist Ernst Hermanns at the art fair in Cologne, Germany.