• A dog in a buggy joins hundreds of other well-wishers gathering at Windsor Castle, Britain, to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
    A dog in a buggy joins hundreds of other well-wishers gathering at Windsor Castle, Britain, to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
  • A Bolivian man in a wheelchair takes part in a protest in Ayo Ayo to demand the government to increase their monthly disability subsidy. David Mercado / Reuters
    A Bolivian man in a wheelchair takes part in a protest in Ayo Ayo to demand the government to increase their monthly disability subsidy. David Mercado / Reuters
  • Shinto priests leave he Yasukuni Shrine after a ritual to cleanse themselves during the annual Spring Festival. Issei Kato / Reuters
    Shinto priests leave he Yasukuni Shrine after a ritual to cleanse themselves during the annual Spring Festival. Issei Kato / Reuters
  • Young Yazidi boys sit on top of the shrine of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir during their new years celebrations in Lalish, north of Mosul, Iraq. Andrea Dicenzo / EPA
    Young Yazidi boys sit on top of the shrine of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir during their new years celebrations in Lalish, north of Mosul, Iraq. Andrea Dicenzo / EPA
  • A man stares at the rubble in Portoviejo, Ecuador following this week’s earthquake. Juan Cevallos / AFP Photo
    A man stares at the rubble in Portoviejo, Ecuador following this week’s earthquake. Juan Cevallos / AFP Photo
  • People walk around ‘The Starry Paradise’, a recreation of Van Gogh’s painting ‘The Starry Night’ at the Embrace Cultural and Creative Park in Keelung, Northern Taiwan. The recreated Van Gogh painting is made from four million discarded plastic bottles that covers 53 hectares of the park. Ritchie B Tongo / EPA
    People walk around ‘The Starry Paradise’, a recreation of Van Gogh’s painting ‘The Starry Night’ at the Embrace Cultural and Creative Park in Keelung, Northern Taiwan. The recreated Van Gogh painting is made from four million discarded plastic bottles that covers 53 hectares of the park. Ritchie B Tongo / EPA
  • The sun sets behind the Pilsum Lighthouse in Pilsum, Germany. Matthias Balk / EPA
    The sun sets behind the Pilsum Lighthouse in Pilsum, Germany. Matthias Balk / EPA
  • Children play football at a makeshift camp for refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni. Joe Klamar / AFP Photo
    Children play football at a makeshift camp for refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni. Joe Klamar / AFP Photo
  • Catholic nuns from the Missionaries of Charity arrive to cast their votes during the third phase of West Bengal Assembly elections in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    Catholic nuns from the Missionaries of Charity arrive to cast their votes during the third phase of West Bengal Assembly elections in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • A woman rides her bicycle in Beijing. Fred Dufour / AFP Photo
    A woman rides her bicycle in Beijing. Fred Dufour / AFP Photo
  • Athletic Bilbao midfielder Raul Garcia gives the thumbs up sign during his club’s La Liga match against Atletico de Madrid. Ander Gillenea / AFP Photo
    Athletic Bilbao midfielder Raul Garcia gives the thumbs up sign during his club’s La Liga match against Atletico de Madrid. Ander Gillenea / AFP Photo

World in focus — best photos for April 21, 2016


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