• A soldier stands in front of buildings that collapsed during a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Manta, Ecuador. Rodrigo Abd / AP Photo
    A soldier stands in front of buildings that collapsed during a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Manta, Ecuador. Rodrigo Abd / AP Photo
  • Marcus Johansson of the Washington Capitals scores past Steve Mason of the Philadelphia Flyers in the first period of Game Three of the Eastern Conference quarter-finals in Philadelphia. Elsa / Getty Images / AFP
    Marcus Johansson of the Washington Capitals scores past Steve Mason of the Philadelphia Flyers in the first period of Game Three of the Eastern Conference quarter-finals in Philadelphia. Elsa / Getty Images / AFP
  • The Aurora Australis, southern lights, in an image taken by ESA astronaut Tim Peake from the International Space Station. Tim Peake / ESA / Nasa via Getty Images
    The Aurora Australis, southern lights, in an image taken by ESA astronaut Tim Peake from the International Space Station. Tim Peake / ESA / Nasa via Getty Images
  • An Israeli woman takes a selfie in a buttercup field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel. Amir Cohen / Reuters
    An Israeli woman takes a selfie in a buttercup field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel. Amir Cohen / Reuters
  • Lutz Bachmann, a co-founder of the right-wing Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA), arrives in court in Dresden, Germay with his wife, Vicky. Jens Meyer / Reuters
    Lutz Bachmann, a co-founder of the right-wing Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA), arrives in court in Dresden, Germay with his wife, Vicky. Jens Meyer / Reuters
  • Rescuers work to search for earthquake survivors in Manta, Ecuador. Luis Acosta / AFP Photo
    Rescuers work to search for earthquake survivors in Manta, Ecuador. Luis Acosta / AFP Photo
  • Indian policemen try to detain supporters of the Indian Kashmir politician, Engineer Abdul Rashid Sheikh, during a protest in Srinagar. Farooq Khan / EPA
    Indian policemen try to detain supporters of the Indian Kashmir politician, Engineer Abdul Rashid Sheikh, during a protest in Srinagar. Farooq Khan / EPA
  • A man walks in the rain in Santiago, Chile. Esteban Felix / AP Photo
    A man walks in the rain in Santiago, Chile. Esteban Felix / AP Photo
  • Toronto Blue Jays centre fielder Kevin Pillar makes a diving catch on a fly ball hit by the Boston Red Sox’s Jackie Bradley Jr. Mary Schwalm / AP Photo
    Toronto Blue Jays centre fielder Kevin Pillar makes a diving catch on a fly ball hit by the Boston Red Sox’s Jackie Bradley Jr. Mary Schwalm / AP Photo

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World in focus — best photos for April 19, 2016

Rob Gurdebeke

April 19, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world today.

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