American artist Carole A. Feuerman

 

A series of her hyper-realistic swimmer sculptures are on display along Park Avenue from 34th Street to 38th Street in Manhattan's Murray Hill neighbourhood. 

'Twiggy' Forrest flies the flag

 

Businessman Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest waves an Australian flag as he stands on top of a wind turbine during the opening of Squadron Energy’s Bango wind farm.  Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Chinese migrants cross Rio Grande into US

 

Fronton, Texas

Border patrol agents hand out bin bags to migrants from China to use against the rain and cold as they wait for transport to a processing centre next to a cemetery after crossing the Rio Grande into the US from Mexico.  Chinese people represent just a small proportion of the thousands of migrants arriving at the south-west border, but are the fastest growing demographic.  Reuters

 

US commemorates victory over Nazi Germany

 

A dog is seen inside a vintage military vehicle before the traditional Convoy of Liberty commemorating the 78^th anniversary of liberation of the western part of the country from Nazi rule by the US Army in Prague, Czech Republic.

Russia commemorates victory over Nazi Germany

 

Moscow

People watch a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launcher on Tverskaya Street in Moscow during a rehearsal of a military parade which will take place at Red Square on 9 May to commemorate the victory over Nazi Germany in the second world war.  Photograph:  Maxim Shipenkov/EPA

 

German Climate protesters use new glue to stop traffic

 

Abandoned horses in Ukraine

 

Avdiivka, Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers try to load horses into a truck to evacuate them from an abandoned farm in war-hit Avdiivka.  Photograph:  Libkos/AP

 

New KFC restasurants reopen in Russia

 

Several former KFC restaurants in Russia reopened under brand Rostic's on April 25, as local investors fight to bring back the popular fried chicken outlets.  Yum, the US company behind KFC, closed all its 1000 franchises in Russia back in March 2022 to denounce Vladimir Putin's actions in Ukraine.

Traffic jam in India

 

Vehicles are seen stuck in traffic on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway in Gurgaon, India.

UN Security Council Meeting

 

Reuters / Monday, April 24, 2023

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on "Effective multilateralism through the defence of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations," at the U.N. headquarters in New York. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Des Moines, US

 

Kirby waits to be judged during the annual Drake Relays beautiful bulldog contest in Iowa.  Photograph:  Charlie Neibergall/AP

 

 

 

London Eye's Coronation Pod

 

A pod of the London Eye has been transformed into a miniature version of Westminster Abbey before the Coronation of King Charles III.  Visitors to the capsule will have the chance to sit on the pod’s Coronation Chair and hold replicas of the crown jewels.  Photograph:  Jordan Pettitt/PA

 

London tour bus Coronation Tour Route

 

London, UK

Tourist guide Mel Adams sits on a bus on a King Charles III Coronation tour route.  Photograph:  Kin Cheung/AP

Death Valley, US

Tourists visit Mesquite Flat sand dunes at sunset in Death Valley National Park, California.  Photograph:  Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

 

Saudi Navy Rescue Operation from Sudan

 

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

A member of the Saudi Navy carries a baby after arriving at King Faisal Navy Base following a rescue operation from Sudan.  Photograph: SPA/AFP/Getty Images

Jacinda Ardern off to Harvard University

 

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has taken up three new roles at Harvard University, where she will study and speak on leadership, governance and online extremism.  The Guardian https://tinyurl.com/n9n8ywe6

 

 

Indigenous march in Anzac Day parade

 

Community members march along Redfern Street ahead of the Coloured Digger Anzac Day service in Sydney, Australia. The 17th annual Coloured Digger Anzac Day service and march commemorates those Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have served in the Australian Defence Forces. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

 

 

Anzac Day March 2023

 

A young marcher high fives the crowd as Australian military personnel, past and present, commemorate ANZAC day during a parade through the Sydney CBD.  Reuters.

Anzac Day 2023

 

The Sydney suburb of Coogee Anzac Day Dawn Service

Chess prodigy Samuel Reshevsky, 1920

 

Migrants head to Mexico City

 

Migrants walk to Mexico City from Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, 23 April 2023

Sergei Lavroy at the UN Security Council Meeting

 

 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on “Effective multilateralism through the defense of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations” at the UN headquarters in New York.

Evacuation from Sudan continues

 

April 24, 2023: People evacuated from Sudan arrive at a military airport in Amman, Jordan. Foreign countries rushed to evacuate their nationals from Sudan as deadly fighting raged into a second week between forces loyal to two rival generals. Khalil Mazraawi, AFP/Getty Images

Tel Aviv, 22 April 2023

 

Protesters take part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government’s judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, 22 April 2023

 

Sci Fi Scarborough, England

 

A prop-maker loads the upper-bodies of his full size Wookiee models into his car having displayed them at Sci Fi Scarborough at The Spa Complex in Scarborough in north-east England.

George Mitchell, Chair of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement

 

Former US Senator and chairman of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement negotiations George Mitchell was invited by the British and Irish governments to chair the peace talks.  Seen here with Bill Clinton, he was present during the three day International Conference at Queen’s University Belfast to mark the 25^th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement last week.  PA

 

 

Steven Tougher Tribute

 

The sails of the Sydney Opera House were lit up on Friday night in tribute to all emergency service workers in the wake of Paramedic Steven Tougher, who was stabbed to death while he sat in the back of his ambulance in Sydney.   

Picture by AAP

Yemen releases 869 prisoners

Yemen government released a new group of detainees last Sunday.  This brings the number of prisoners freed to 869 under a deal reached in March in Switzerland between the government-backed Saudi-led military coalition and the Houthi rebels.

 

 

Henry Ford's horseless carriage 1903

 

Henry Ford with an early version of his horseless carriage, 1903

18th Century Fashions on display

 

Period tailor Zack Pinsent visits the preview of the Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace in London. The exhibition sets out to 'reveal life in the 18th century through the fashions of the day'. Photograph: Jeff Moore

 

World Press Photo of the Year winner

 

Winner of the 2023 World Press Photo of the Year award, Ukrainian photographer Evgeniy Maloletka, who works for the Associated Press (AP), poses next to his winning photo in the Nieuwe Kerk, in Amsterdam. Photograph: AP

SpaceX Starship fail

 

The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. The Starship capsule had been scheduled to separate from the first-stage rocket booster three minutes into the flight but separation failed to occur and the rocket blew up. Photograph: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP

Lviv, Ukraine

 

A woman embraces her husband, a Ukrainian serviceman as he arrives at the Ukrainian city of Lviv on 20 April 2023.  AFP/Getty Images

 

Catherine visits Birmingham

 

The Princess of Wales celebrates Birmingham’s rich Asian culture during a visit to the Indian Streatery, an authentic, family run independent Indian restaurant based in the city centre.

Radio City Rockettes audition

 

Dancers stretch ahead of auditions for a spot on the Rockettes line for the “2023 Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes” at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

 

Central Park, New York

 

A visitor to Central Park sits in a flowering cherry tree.  Photograph:  Sarah Yenesel/EPA

Ganges, France

 

A gendarme falls as protesters push forward, before the arrival of the President a month after his unpopular pension changes.  Photograph:  Sylvain Thomas/AFP/Getty Images

 

Sana’a, Yemen

 

Clothes strewn at the scene of a crowd crush on the steps of a charity distribution centre where more than 80 people were killed and hundreds injured.  Photograph:  Huthi Security Media Office/AFP/Getty Images

Arguineguin, Spain

 

People wait to disembark from a Spanish coastguard vessel in the port of Arguineguin on Gran Canaria.  Photograph: Borja Suarez/Reuters

 

German Panzerhaubitze 2000

 

A Ukrainian soldier sits in a German self-propelled Panzerhaubitze 2000 artillery at his position on the frontline in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, April 13, 2023. LIBKOS, AP

Burlington Gardens, London

 

carpet running the entire length of the 203-year-old arcade from Piccadilly through to 

The London Scottish Band march down Burlington Arcade in London, as it unveils a celebratory installation to mark the coronation of King Charles III and the Queen Consort.  

Photograph:  Matt Alexander/PA Wire.

India set to become most populous country

 

People wait for their train on platforms at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) railway station in Mumbai, India.  India is set to overtake China as the world’s most populous country by the end of June UN estimates show.  AFP

Lawyers who made Murdoch accountable

 

Attorney’s representing Dominion Voting Systems leave the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware after the defamation lawsuit against Fox News was settled just as the jury trial was set to begin, 18 April, 2023. AP

Auto Shanghai 2023

 

Attendees look at a display showing the parts of an intelligent vehicle during Auto Shanghai 2023 in Shanghai, China. AP

 

Lima, Peru

 

At the Maricarmen school in Chorrillos, south of Lima, girls from low-income areas receive free classes.  Words and photographs by Magda Gibelli.  

The Guardian  https://tinyurl.com/mu5rjd8p

 

Moscow, Russia

 

Russian Opposition politician Ilya Yashin appears by video link at a court hearing to consider an appeal against his eight and a half year sentence for spreading ‘false information’ about the Russian army.  Photograph:  Yulia Morozova/Reuters

 

The Firth of Forth, Scotland

 

Jubilee Class steam locomotive 45596 Bahamas crosses the Forth Bridge on its way from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen.  Photograph:  Jane Barlow/PA

 

Londonderry, Northern Ireland

 

Bill Clinton, Colm Eastwood and his wife Rachael enjoy a pint of Guinness in the Tap House pub after speaking at an event to mark the 25^th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement.

Heatwave in India

 

A taxi driver drinks from a bottle during afternoon heat in Kolkata as a heatwave grips India causing deaths and school closures. Photograph: Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Wagner mercenary admits to killing and torturing dozens of Ukrainian prisoners

Ukrainian troops fighting in Bakhmut on 13 April

Alexey Savichev, 49, a former Russian convict recruited by Wagner last September, told the Guardian in a telephone interview that he participated in summary executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war during his six months of fighting in eastern Ukraine.

“We were told not to take any prisoners, and just shoot them on the spot,” he said. 

The Guardian https://tinyurl.com/3cf6rjtu