Mourners of Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican, scenes from the the second weekend of Coachella 2025, a humanoid-robot half-marathon in China, a wildfire in Nebraska, a “Big Wheel” Easter race in San Francisco, and much more
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Caretaker Ellie Gifford holds Joseph Mathews in her arms as they look up at the ceiling of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in the wake of the the death of Pope Francis, on April 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. #
People in traditional Ukrainian clothes perform folk dances during celebrations of Orthodox Easter at the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Lviv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. #
A woman walks among the tulips in Amsterdam on April 16, 2025. #
Dozens of contestants attend the "Bring Your Own Big Wheel" Race on Easter Sunday on Potrero Hill in San Francisco on April 20, 2025. #
A costume portraying a hippopotamus is seen during a pirogue race at the Fesmamas Festival in Markala, Mali, on April 19, 2025. #
A person leads a horse into the Mediterranean Sea near Hadera, Israel, on April 19, 2025. #
A church elder prays while standing in the surf during a Good Friday baptism ceremony in Durban, South Africa, on April 18, 2025. #
Children light candles during a blessing of traditional Easter food baskets on Holy Saturday, in the Holy Ascension Church in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on April 19, 2025. #
Penitents of the Jesus Yacente ("Reclining Christ") brotherhood take part in a procession during Holy Week in the northwestern Spanish city of Zamora on the night of April 17, 2025. #
Fiery streaks of handmade rockets light up the night sky over the village of Vrontados on the Greek island of Chios, as two rival congregations engage in a traditional "rocket war" to celebrate Easter on April 20, 2025. Thousands of fireworks were launched between the Saint Markos and Panagia Erithiani churches, turning the solemn resurrection night into a spectacle of light and sound. #
People run for cover as a plume of dirt and smoke rises above tents at a camp for displaced Palestinians in northern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, during an Israeli strike, on April 19, 2025. #
Rescuers and civilians work to pull victims from the rubble of a Russian missile strike on a residential building, resulting in at least two deaths and 54 injuries, on April 24, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. #
Devotees are pictured as large crowds gather to enter the Temple of the Tooth for a public exposition of the sacred Tooth relic of the Buddha in Kandy, Sri Lanka, on April 18, 2025. #
People walk through a woodland covered in bluebells in the Chiltern Hills near Berkhamsted, England, on April 20, 2025. #
President Donald Trump holds up a collectors card that depicts him following the July 2024 assassination attempt, during the Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. #
Corgis take part in a race at the Corgi Derby at Musselburgh Race Course in Musselburgh, Scotland, on April 19, 2025. #
A person dressed as the Easter Bunny pulls an empty cart along a meadow in Bad Wörishofen, Germany, after distributing eggs on April 21, 2025. #
Cherry blossoms are lit up at Hirosaki Park in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, on April 22, 2025. #
A miniature replica of the Statue of Liberty is seen in the Dauphin Narrows stretch of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, on April 24, 2025. #
Megan Thee Stallion performs during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 20, 2025, in Indio, California. #
Bobby Vylan performs during the second weekend of Coachella 2025 on April 20, 2025. #
A vlogger who dressed up to look like a humanoid robot poses at a Shanghai auto show on April 24, 2025. #
A robot and its engineers run in a humanoid-robot half-marathon in Beijing on April 19, 2025. #
Ben Wilkes leads Gucci (left) and Diane Livingston leads Vivienne as they run along 90 Mile Beach during the final day of the Great North Gallop on April 21, 2025, in Houhora, New Zealand. Set against the backdrop of Northland's wild beaches and dense forests, the Born to Run Great Northern Gallop is a fundraising 100-kilometer multiday adventure race, where participants run or walk alongside miniature ponies. #
A view of the Plum Creek Fire as it burned in north-central Nebraska. The fire reportedly began Monday as a prescribed burn but got out of control, scorching more than 6,000 acres. #
A shepherd leads a herd of pashmina goats to grazing grounds during snowfall on the Changthang Plateau in eastern Ladakh in India, on April 19, 2025. #
People line up as they enter St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state on April 24, 2025. #
Catholics mourn Pope Francis on April 24, 2025, at the Esplanade of Tasitolu in Dili, East Timor, where the Pope held a mass in September of last year. #
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