Pictures of the month: April | Reuters.com

2022-05-29 21:20:38 By : Mr. peter huang

SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Yana Bachek is consoled by her partner Yevgeniy Vlasenko and her mother Lyubov Gubareva, as she mourns over the body of her father Victor Gubarev, 79, killed by shelling during Russia's invasion of...more

SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB    Wounded people lie at the 36th Street subway station after a shooting in Brooklyn, New York, April 12, in this picture obtained from social media. Armen Armenian/via REUTERS

A woman cries as she takes part in a rally demanding international leaders to organize a humanitarian corridor for evacuation of Ukrainian military and civilians from Mariupol, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, April 27. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A man receives a bag of vegetables while standing behind barriers sealing off a residential compound under COVID lockdown in Beijing, April 28. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he arrives to deliver a speech after being re-elected as president, following the results in the second round of the 2022 French presidential election, during his victory rally at the Champs de Mars in...more

Vice President Kamala Harris applauds Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during a celebration of Judge Jackson's confirmation as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, April 8....more

Wild bluebells turn the forest floor blue in the Hallerbos, also known as the 'Blue Forest', in Halle, near Brussels, Belgium, April 19. REUTERS/Yves Herman

A local resident Mykola, 70, climbs down with a stepladder from a destroyed bridge destroyed in the village of Kukhari in Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 19.  REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying three NASA astronauts and one ESA astronaut on a six-month expedition to the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 27. REUTERS/Steve Nesius

Demonstrators pull down metal barriers as they try to enter the main road towards the parliament during a protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa near the parliament, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 8....more

SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB A body with hands bound by white cloth, who according to residents was shot by Russian soldiers, lies in the street in Bucha, Ukraine April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Local boy Faddei plays in a destroyed Russian military truck in the village of Kolychivka, in Chernihiv region, Ukraine April 27.  REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

Supporters of Marine Le Pen, French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, react after early results in the second round of the 2022 French presidential election, as they gather in...more

Megan Thee Stallion performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, April 23.  REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona

Elvia Garcia kisses her two-year-old son Joshua while they wait with hundreds of other residents to pick up free groceries from the food pantry run by La Colaborativa in Chelsea, Massachusetts, April 20.   REUTERS/Brian Snyder

A woman reacts as she says goodbye to her serviceman husband before he leaves for the frontline, amid Russia's invasion, in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, April 26. REUTERS/Serhii Hudak

Jon Batiste poses with their Grammys for Best American Roots Performance for "Cry," Album of the year for "We Are," Best American roots song, Best music video and Best score soundtrack for visual media for “Soul," at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at...more

A woman flees from the polluting foam generated by a river full of waste, at the entrance of her house, in Mosquera, Colombia April 27. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

An aerial view of Lake Powell is seen, where water levels have declined dramatically to lows not seen since it was filled in the 1960s as growing demand for water and climate change shrink the Colorado River, in Page, Arizona, April 20. ...more

A girl selling water uses an umbrella to protect herself from the sun as she waits for customers on a hot summer day, in New Delhi, India, April 27. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missiles take part in a nighttime military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 26. KCNA via REUTERS

People pose for a picture in front of the debris of destroyed Russian military machinery in the village of Rusaniv, Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 25. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

A woman dressed in traditional clothes reacts as men throw water at her during a traditional Easter celebration in Holloko, Hungary, April 18. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Palestinians protest at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 22. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

A detail of carnival float of Salgueiro samba school is pictured during the first night of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 23. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Military chaplains Maksym and Oleksandr conduct an Orthodox Easter service for Ukrainian servicemen at their position in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, April 24.  REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko

People take pictures as tanks drive along a road past a “Z” sign on a building, as they are relocated for a Victory Day parade preparation, to mark the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow, Russia, April 21....more

A woman says goodbye to her relative aboard a train traveling to Przemysl, Poland, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine, April 25. REUTERS/Igor Tkachenko

Dorcas Lyoya mourns over the body of her eldest son Patrick Lyoya, an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed by a Grand Rapids Police officer during a traffic stop on April 4, at Renaissance Church of God in Christ in Grand Rapids, Michigan, April...more

Children depict a Soviet-era monument to friendship between Ukraine and Russia, after its demolition in central Kyiv, Ukraine, April 26. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Afghan women wait to receive a food package being distributed by a Saudi Arabian humanitarian aid group at a distribution center in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 25. REUTERS/Ali Khara

SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Medical workers rescue an injured man following Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 27. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

A detainee sits in a bus while being transferred to a jail from a police detention center after El Salvador's government invoked emergency powers to curb gang violence, in San Salvador, El Salvador, April 26. REUTERS/Yessica Hompanera

Harpist Lucinda Taylor performs during the rehearsal of Son Et Lumiere as part of Ripon Cathedral's 1350th anniversary celebrations in Ripon, Britain, April 27. REUTERS/Lee Smith

An Orthodox priest Oleksandr conducts the Orthodox Easter service next to The Nativity of the Holy Virgin Church, damaged by shelling, in the village of Peremoha, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 24.   REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

Amanda Soares, 21, hugs her mother Celia Ferro, 62, after evacuating their house following a fire that broke out at a household items warehouse in Guarulhos, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 27. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Dr. Shelly Tien, 40, performs an abortion while a nurse assists with ultrasound during the procedure at Planned Parenthood in Birmingham, Alabama. Picture taken March 14, 2022.   REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB    Serhii Lahovskyi, 26, mourns by the body of his friend Ihor Lytvynenko, who according to residents was killed by Russian Soldiers, after they found him beside a building's basement in Bucha,...more

Russian President Vladimir Putin walks past a guard during a ceremony honoring the country's Olympians and Paralympians at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, April 26. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

A worshipper guides her child after lighting a candle during Easter vigil prayers at the St. Joanes, Legio Maria of African Church Mission within Fort Jesus in Kibera district of Nairobi, Kenya, April 17. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

A person in a protective suit squeezes through a locked gate of a residential compound amid a COVID lockdown in Shanghai, China, April 21. REUTERS/Andrew Galbraith

Elvis Presley impersonator Ross Mancini chats with fellow enthusiasts while boarding a train at Sydney Central Railway Station before departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, as the event returns following the coronavirus pandemic, in Sydney,...more

A search and rescue team member looks for bodies with the help of a dog, following torrential rains that triggered floods and mudslides, in Umbumbulu, near Durban, South Africa, April 18. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

Revellers from Academicos do Tucuruvi samba school perform during the first night of the Carnival parade at the Anhembi Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 222. REUTERS/Carla Carniel

Actor Johnny Depp testifies at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse as his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard continues, in Fairfax, Virginia, April 19. Jim Watson/Pool

An Israeli security forces member moves in position during clashes with Palestinian protestors at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 15....more

People take belongings out of a residential building, which was destroyed during the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, April 17. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

A view of at least three rows of new graves for people killed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at a cemetery in Irpin, Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 18. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

A dog stands in front of an operating room while a medical team performs surgery on a Ukrainian soldier at a hospital in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, April 19. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

A shop owner picks an item for a customer by candlelight during power outages by South African utility Eskom due to more breakdowns at its ageing coal-fired plants, in Soweto, South Africa, April 20. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

People gather amidst damaged buildings for Iftar (breaking fast), during the holy month of Ramadan in the town of Tadef, on a frontline between Russian-backed Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed Syrian rebel-held territory, in northern Syria,...more

A woman walks past official campaign posters of French presidential election candidates Marine le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party, and French President Emmanuel Macron, candidate for his re-election,...more

Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir celebrates winning the elite women's race at the Boston Marathon, April 18. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

A believer takes part in the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during the Holy Week celebration in Santiago, Chile, April 15. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

A woman reacts as she hugs another woman outside a heavily damaged apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 13. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Tiger Woods reacts after his tee shot on the 4th during the first round of The Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 7. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party and presidential candidate, exits a polling booth to cast her ballot in the first round of the 2022 French presidential election at a polling station in...more

An armored vehicle of pro-Russian troops is seen in the street in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, April 11. REUTERS/Chingis Kondarov

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walk along a street after a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 9. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout

A clean-up worker walks past buildings that were destroyed by shelling in Borodyanka, in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 7. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Penitents belonging to the Los Gitanos brotherhood wait inside a church to take part in a Palm Sunday procession, after processions were cancelled for the last two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, in Ronda, Spain, April 10. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Ukrainians, who fled to Mexico amid the Russian invasion of their homeland, enjoy the performance of a mariachi band at the Benito Juarez sports complex, set up as a shelter by the local government, after arriving in Tijuana to enter the U.S., in...more

A Muslim woman plays with a child next to the Dome of the Rock, on the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 8. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

A woman stands at her front door after heavy rains caused flood damage in KwaNdengezi, Durban, South Africa, April 12. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

Hindu devotees dance after applying paints on their bodies as they celebrate the Lal Kach festival in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, April 13. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

A supporter of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) holds a stuffed tiger as he celebrates after Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as the country's prime minister, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, April 11. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

A couple hugs while walking past a building that was heavily damaged by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 10. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Epatante, ridden by Aidan Coleman, in action on their way to winning the 15:30 Betway Aintree Hurdle as Zanahiyr, ridden by Jack Kennedy, falls at the Grand National Festival at the Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, Britain, April 7, 2022. ...more

A tourist walks through an accumulation of Sargassum algae at Gaviota Azul beach in Cancun, Mexico, April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Paola Chiomante

A young man eats inside a subway car, as residents find shelter from shelling in a metro station in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 11. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

A woman carries her cat as she walks past buildings that were destroyed by Russian shelling in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

A Chilean Air Force's aerobatics team member performs ahead of the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) at Santiago international airport in Chile, April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

A Ukrainian service member walks in a front of the Antonov An-225 Mriya cargo plane, the world's biggest aircraft, destroyed by Russian troops as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, at an airfield in the settlement of Hostomel, in Kyiv region,...more

The setting sun illuminates an Indigenous man as he looks on during a protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and for land demarcation in Brasilia, Brazil, April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

U.S. President Joe Biden fist bumps former U.S. President Barack Obama after signing an executive order "continuing to strengthen Americans' access to affordable, quality health coverage" after Biden, Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris all spoke...more

An asylum-seeking migrant hands a child over the railing as they walk out of the Rio Bravo river after crossing it, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Jack Harlow gets slimed on the stage during the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, April 9. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Wine growers gather as heaters are lit early in the morning to protect vineyards from frost damage outside Chablis, France, April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

People take part in a flash mob to commemorate victims, after Ukraine accused the Russian military of massacring residents of the town of Bucha in the Kyiv region in the course of Russian invasion in Ukraine, near the parliament building in Tbilisi,...more

People listen to music while sitting on the back of a car during a protest against Peru's President Pedro Castillo, after he had issued a curfew mandate which was lifted following widespread defiance on the streets, as protests spiralled against...more

Ukrainian servicemen pose for a picture near a destroyed bridge in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv, April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A firefighter uses his mobile phone as he sits on top of a fire truck as smoke billows from burning garbage at the Bhalswa landfill site, during a heatwave, in New Delhi, India, April 27. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Amazon Labour Union (ALU) organizer Christian Smalls and ALU members celebrate their official victory after hearing results regarding their vote to unionize, outside the NLRB offices in Brooklyn, New York City, April 1, 2022. Some 55% of workers at a...more

Oleksii Shcherbo, 98, walks past his burnt out house and destroyed Russian tank in the village of Sloboda, outside Chernihiv, Ukraine, April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

A man digs a pit to obtain water, in a dry river bed, near the village of Tata Bathily in Matam, Senegal. Picture taken March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Edward McAllister

Serhii Lahovskyi, 26, mourns next to the grave of his friend Ihor Lytvynenko, who according to residents was killed by Russian soldiers, after they found him beside a building's basement in Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis...more

Pope Francis holds the Ukrainian flag that was sent to him from the town of Bucha, where tied bodies were shot at close range and a mass grave and other signs of executions were found, during the weekly general audience at the Paul VI Hall at the...more

Local resident Viktoria Mukhina, 33, plants tulips with her daughter Miroslava near a damaged apartment building in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

A person walks next to a mural of Russian President Vladimir Putin, which has been vandalized with red spray paint and the word "War" written instead of the original text reading: "Brother" in Belgrade, Serbia, April 29. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

A Muslim woman with a child leaves after offering prayers during Jumat-ul-Vida or the last Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi, India, April 29. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Red carpet arrivals during the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington.

Tourists pose for photos at the Uyuni Salt Flat, the world's largest playa, in southwest Bolivia.

Burnt-out vehicles are strewn across the war-torn Ukrainian landscape as the Russian military faces stiffer-than-expected resistance.

Resentment at the month-long lockdown in Shanghai grew as China's capital Beijing closed more businesses and residential compounds, with authorities ramping up...

Frantic children called 911 at least half a dozen times from the Robb Elementary School where a massacre was unfolding, pleading for police to intervene, as some 20 officers waited in the hallway nearly an hour before entering and killing the gunman, authorities said.

A group of protesters angered over the shooting deaths of Texas elementary school students converged outside the gun-lobby National Rifle Association's annual convention in Houston.

Apartment blocks have been reduced to rubble and millions of people have been displaced in Ukraine during the Russian invasion.

Shanghai took more gradual steps towards lifting its COVID-19 lockdown while Beijing was investigating cases where its strict curbs were affecting other medical treatments as China soldiered on with its uneven exit from restrictions.

Memorials held for the 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers of Robb Elementary School who were killed in a shooting rampage.

Depp alleges Heard defamed him when she penned a December 2018 opinion piece in the Washington Post about being a survivor of domestic abuse.

Highlights from the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

The faces of students and teachers killed in the shooting rampage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

Fashion highlights from the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

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