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Supporters of India’s Congress party and their leader Rahul Gandhi take part in a roadshow in Wayanad on April 3, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP)
This photo taken by Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) on April 3, 2024 shows a damaged building in Hualien, after a major earthquake hit Taiwan’s east. At least one person was feared dead and nearly 60 injured on April 3 by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings that extended to Japan and the Philippines before being lifted. (Photo by CNA / AFP)Smoke from make shift fires fills the air as migrants wait to enter and seek asylum in El Paso, Texas from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico on April 2, 2024. An appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments on the constitutionality of Senate Bill 4 that would allow state law enforcement officials to detain and arrest undocumented immigrants suspected of illegally crossing into the United States. (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA / AFP)South African Grammy award-winning musician Tyla (R) interacts with a fan during her pop-up event to celebrate the success of her debut album at the Mall of Africa in Johannesburg on April 2, 2024. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)Protesters during the Stop Live Export South Africa – Cape Town Protest at the Foreshore on April 02, 2024 In Cape Town, South Africa. The protest is aimed to raise awareness about the inhumane conditions that animals are enduring onboard vessels. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)A maritime activist entangles himself in a fishing net during a rally urging the government to ratify International Labour Organization’s convention number 188 in Jakarta on April 3, 2024, to ensure protection for fishermen, particularly domestic and migrant fishing vessel crews, by the state. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)Daria, 8, a Romanian girl suffering from autism, accompanied by her mother Mihaela (not pictured), reacts after having her face painted by a volunteer entertainer during the ‘Blue Festival’, an event dedicated to the World Autism Awareness Day, in Obor Park, Bucharest, Romania, 02 April 2024. Dozens of children suffering from autism, accompanied by their relatives and friends and helped by volunteers, have participated in various games, painting and face painting workshops, skills and other activities organized by the NGOs Help Autism, Autism Romania, National Association for Children and Adults with Autism from Romania, Romanian Association of Therapies in Autism and ADHD under the slogan ‘Not invisible!’, to raise awareness among communities regarding autistic people in Romania. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is estimated that about 1 in 100 children is diagnosed with autism worldwide. World Autism Awareness Day, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007, is observed annually on 02 April. Picture: EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENTA Palestinian boy looks for salvageable items amid the rubble of a destroyed apartment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 2, 2024, following overnight Israeli bombardment of the area amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)A Hindu devotee sits in an open area at the Chobar Machhindranath temple in Kirtipur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 2, 2024. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)Kashmiri Muslims offer afternoon prayers inside the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 03 April 2024. Spread over an area of about 12 hectares, the Tulip Garden in Kashmir, featuring some 1.7 million tulips with 73 varieties of different colors, is one of the largest tulip gardens in Asia and has become a prime tourist attraction. Picture: EPA-EFE/FAROOQ KHANA shoe street vendor uses her phone as she waits for customers along a street in Hanoi on April 3, 2024. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)A visitor walks at a field of nemophila flowers on Miharashi no Oka Hill of Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture on April 2, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)An Israeli army battle tank moves in an area along the border with the Gaza Strip and southern Israel on April 2, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)A man talks on his mobile phone under cherry blossoms during a rainy day at Inokashira Park in Tokyo on April 3, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)An Eurovia Transport Ferroviaire company “ETF” employee walks in the metro tunnel prior to the last welding of the rails on the 15 South metro line of the new “Grand Paris Express”, in the railway station of Clamart on april 3, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)Candles and flowers are placed in front of the Viertola School to pay tribute to victims in Vantaa, in the north of the Finnish capital Helsinki, on April 3, 2024, one day after a 12-year-old opened fire inside the school, killing a classmate and seriously injuring two other children. Finland will fly its flags at half-mast on April 3, 2024. (Photo by Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP)Bangladeshi laborers unload watermelons from a boat at the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 03 April 2024. Watermelon is in harvesting season and is filling the city markets as it arrives from the southern part of Bangladesh. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Barishal has set an ambitious goal to expand watermelon cultivation to 54,002 hectares across six high-yielding districts in the division, which is 14 percent higher than last year. Picture: EPA-EFE/MONIRUL ALAM
