From World Health Day to the International Day of Human Space Flight, from the image of the black hole at the centre of galaxy M87 to the photo of Julian Assange in a police van, from the Arctic: Territory of Dialogue international forum to German Chancellor Angela Merkel playing with a handball — these are just some of the events that have been taking place around the world over the past week.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen inside a police van after he was arrested, in London, the UK, 11 April 2019.
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A participant in the mass race on the roller skates along the highway "Tavrida" near the village of Skalistoye of Bakhchsarai district in the Crimea. The rally is held on World Health Day.
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Public service employees wash a monument to cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on Leninsky Prospekt in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Alexey Kudenko
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Soldiers during the opening of the international field training competition among military units of the Airborne Troops "Airborne Platoon" within the framework of the Army International Games-2019 in Novorossiysk.
© Sputnik / Vitaly Timkiv
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Russian President Vladimir Putin with his Turkish colleague Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) during a meeting.
© Sputnik / Aleksey Nikolskyi
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Figure skater Alexandra Stepanova performs in Ilya Averbukh's gala-show "15 Years of Success" at the Small Luzhniki Arena in Moscow.
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Using the Event Horizon Telescope, scientists obtained an image of a black hole at the centre of galaxy M87, outlined by emission from hot gas swirling around it under the influence of strong gravity near its event horizon.
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Elephants and people play with water as part of celebrations for the water festival of Songkran, which marks the start of the Thai New Year in Ayutthaya, Thailand 11 April 2019.
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People sowing sunflowers in the village of Dvubratsky.
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Girls at the Arctic: Territory of Dialogue international forum in St. Petersburg.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel plays with a handball given to her by the German Handball Federation's president (not in picture) as she received the German national handball team at the Chancellery in Berlin on 8 April 2019.
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Algerian security forces use a water cannon to disperse students taking part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on 9 April 2019.
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Supporters of Malawi's Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) ruling party dance during the official launch of its manifesto and election campaign on 7 April 2019, at Kamuzu Institute for Sports in Malawi's capital Lilongwe, ahead of next month’s elections.
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People attend horse races at the Grand National Festival, Aintree Racecourse, in Liverpool, Britain.
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Sun Rongchun, 57, exercises with an improvised cervical traction device attached to a high bar at a sports complex in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China.
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A boy peers from inside a bus in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
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A girl from the Zenit-Kazan support group during a break in the men's volleyball Champions League match between Zenit-Kazan VK (Russia, Kazan) and Perugia VK (Perugia, Italy).
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Anti-Brexit demonstrators from Yorkshire demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on 8 April 2019.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks in Caracas at a demonstration of his supporters.
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Women, members of "Will be Fat" movement, take part in a protest against fatphobia on a beach in Salvador in Bahia state, Brazil, on 7 April 2019. The movement aims to fight the prejudice suffered by people who are overweight and restore women's self-esteem. The banner reads "Will be Fat, Respect".
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French web humorist on Youtube Lena Situations (L) and French singer Bilal Hassani pose on the pink carpet during the closing night of the 2019 Cannes International Series festival Canneseries, at the Palais des festival, in Cannes southern France.
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A homeless man sleeps on a pile of plastic bags and newspapers under a porch in Rome.
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A costumed participant skiing on a pool as part of the "Californication 9.0" humour competition, marking the end of the winter season outside the town of Lahoysk some 40 km north of Minsk.
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The Detroit Pistons Dance Team performs while playing the Memphis Grizzlies at Little Caesars Arena on 9 April 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 100-93.
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