Today's best photos: from colonial militia reenactors to Orthodox Easter in Ethiopia

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Colonial militia reenactors fire a salvo at British regular militia reenactors as they chase them through woods and fields during the Battle Road reenactment at Minute Man National Historical Park in Lincoln, Massachusetts on April 15, 2023. - The reenactment recounts the battle that immediately followed the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Re-enactors came from all over, some from England, some from Virginia and many from New England, to participate in the events of the day. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

A FARC guerrilla keeps watch at the Casa Roja complex in the department of Caqueta, Colombia. EPA

Orthodox worshippers trail candle lights around a church during Orthodox Easter midnight mass in St Petersburg, Russia. AP

Revellers celebrate the Bisket Jatra Festival in Thimi in the Bhaktapur District on the outskirts of Kathmandu. AFP

Italy's Jannik Sinner (bottom) plays against Denmark's Holger Rune during their Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series tournament semi-final tennis match. AFP

Hungarian artist Laszlo Simet Jr walks across the Danube River from one bank to the other on a wire rope, 30 metres above the river, on the World Circus Day in Budapest, Hungary. Reuters

The Virgin Skete of Sviatohirsk Lavra destroyed by a shelling in the village of Bohorodychne, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFP

Protesters are detained by police during day three of the Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool. PA

Peter Carberry riding Gabbys Cross falls off during the Randox Grand National Chase during day three of the Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. Getty Images

A woman runs past a burning barricade holding a scarf to her face during demonstrations in central Paris against the French government's pension law. Getty Images

Ethiopian Orthodox devotees pray at Bole Medhanialem church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AFP

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