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Pictures of the day 22nd april
(01 of27)
'Aleboune Du Genet,' the Poitou donkey looks into the camera in the Arche Zoo inWarder, Germany, 22 April 2015. Worlwide there are only 500 pure-bred animals of the world's heaviest donkey. The zoo has dedicated itself to the preservation of rare animal breeds. Photo:CARSTENREHDER/dpa (credit:Carsten Rehder/DPA)
(02 of27)
SOS signal being created on Morecambe Bay to encourage the nation to keep Britain’s beaches ‘barefoot friendly’ ahead of the eighth annual Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project. 2,309 items of litter were found per every km of beach in the UK last year, with approximately 8 million individual pieces of litter entering the sea each day in the UK
(03 of27)
Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has his picture taken with members of staff on the Oncology ward during a visit to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, where he has pledged to increase testing by GPs and replacing ageing radiotherapy machines. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
(04 of27)
Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon (L) takes a selfie photograph with a supporter in the street as she campaigns for the UK general election in the Portobello area of Edinburgh on April 22, 2015. Britain goes to the polls to elect a new parliament on May 7. AFP PHOTO / ANDY BUCHANAN (Photo credit should read Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANDY BUCHANAN via Getty Images)
(05 of27)
KIPPAX, ENGLAND - APRIL 22: Samantha Cameron and local conservative candidate Alec Shelbrooke paint a bench during a visit to The Growing Zone allotment project, a community project for children and adults with special needs, on April 22, 2015 in Kippax, England. The Prime Minister's wife was in invited to the project by Community Champion June Perkin who she met during a reception at Downing Street. (Photo by Christopher Furlong - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
(06 of27)
Paula Radcliffe owns one of the fiercest competitive spirits the running world has ever seen. But as she prepares to run the London Marathon on April 26, she knows that chances are unlikely she will add a fourth London title to her packed trophy collection. The world record holder is approaching the marathon start line for the first time since 2012, when injury forced her to take a break from competition. Paula Radcliffe's race day kit includes the Nike Air Zoom Elite 7
(07 of27)
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 22: Grayson Perry attends a photocall as he is honoured with the Freedom of the City of London at The Guildhall on April 22, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) (credit:Ian Gavan via Getty Images)
(08 of27)
A chimpanzee is sprayed water to cool off as temperature went up to nearly 40 degree Celsius (104 degree Fahrenheit) at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, April 22, 2015.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(09 of27)
Two hundred black body bags lined up on Brighton beach in East Sussex by campaigners highlighting Britain's "shameful" response to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. (credit:Tom Pugh/PA Wire)
(10 of27)
To congrat-ewe-late Kate and Wills on the new addition to their flock, a brand new sculpture has been created to add to the ‘Shaun in the City’ trail. The ewe-nique sculpture has been specially designed by the Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity in honour of the arrival of the Royal Baby. With mystery still surrounding whether Prince George can expect a new brother or sister, the charity decided to create two designs: twin lambs dressed in blue for a boy and pink for a princess. The charity now hopes to have ‘The Little Prince’ or ‘The Little Princess’ become an official part of the trail, before it ends on 25 May.
(11 of27)
White Bengal tiger licks a block of ice as the temperature soared to nearly 40 degree Celsius (104 degree Fahrenheit), at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(12 of27)
Stars fill the night sky above Sycamore Gap, which now also known as Robin Hood's Tree, since featuring in the 1991 film 'Robin Hood Prince of Thieves', on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, the area has also been designated the Northumberland International Dark Sky Park, EuropeÕs largest area of protected night sky. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
(13 of27)
DUNGOG, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 22: Sonia Sharrock tries to help a horse stranded in barbed wire in flood waters on April 22, 2015 near Dungog, Australia. Three people have died and more than 200,000 are still without power as cyclonic winds and rains continue to lash the Sydney, Hunter Valley and Central Coast regions of New South Wales. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Getty Images) (credit:Daniel Munoz via Getty Images)
(14 of27)
DUNGOG, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 22: A man search for goods among the debris of a house destroyed by cyclonic winds on April 22, 2015 in Dungog, Australia. Three people have died and more than 200,000 are still without power as cyclonic winds and rains continue to lash the Sydney, Hunter Valley and Central Coast regions of New South Wales. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Getty Images) (credit:Daniel Munoz via Getty Images)
(15 of27)
TOKYO, JAPAN - APRIL 22: An employee displays a Darth Vader mask covered in gold leaf at Ginza Tanaka jeweler on April 22, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. To celebrate the release of the new Star Wars film the jeweler created the Darth Vader mask which is currently not for sale, along side a series of Star Wars saga pieces including gold Darth Vader coins ranging from 5g to 30g as well as a set of coins including a 30g Darth Vader coin and ten 5g Storm Trooper coins selling for 1 million yen. The items will be on sale on May 4th, 2015. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) (credit:Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
(16 of27)
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 22: The Auckland War Memorial Museum's Illuminate programme is pictured on April 22, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. The museum's Illuminate programme highlights the 100-year anniversary of the Gallipoli landing as part of the ANZAC Centenary commemoration in 2015. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) (credit:Phil Walter via Getty Images)
(17 of27)
Honoree and comedian Amy Schumer pretends to trip and fall on the floor in front of honorees Kim Kardashian and Kanye West as they attend the Time 100 Gala celebrating the Time 100 issue of the Most Influential People at The World at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 21, 2015 in New York. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TIMOTHY A. CLARY via Getty Images)
(18 of27)
A pro-democracy protester, center, confronts with pro-Beijing protesters outside the Legislative Council where election reform proposals were unveiled, in Hong Kong Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Hong Kong's government unveiled the proposals that would allow residents to vote for the southern Chinese city's top leader for the first time. But the proposals include Beijing-backed restrictions facing stiff resistance from the city's pro-democracy lawmakers. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(19 of27)
Smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hit a site where many believe the largest weapons cache in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. The Saudi-led coalition pounded Shiite rebels in Yemen on Tuesday, killing at least 19 in a city in the country's west, officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(20 of27)
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 21: (L-R) Aaron Taylor Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr attend the European premiere of 'The Avengers: Age Of Ultron' at Westfield London on April 21, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) (credit:Dave J Hogan via Getty Images)
(21 of27)
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 21: Scarlett Johansson attends the European premiere of 'The Avengers: Age Of Ultron' at Westfield London on April 21, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
(22 of27)
To celebrate the April 23rd release of the Marvel Studios film, LEGO® created a life-size Hulk Buster Smash model. Iron Man’s iconic suit stands over 2.5m high, 2.3m wide and weighs a ton.
(23 of27)
A white Bengal tiger cub plays with its mother in a zoo in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, about 2,800 kilometers (1,750 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Two blue-eyed Bengal tiger cubs were born in March to a couple of white tigers at Novosibirsk zoo. (credit:AP photo/Ilnar Salakhiev)
(24 of27)
German neo-Nazi Thomas Wulff (C) stands in front of the venue of the trial against a former Nazi death camp officer on April 21, 2015 in Lueneburg, northern Germany. 93-year-old Oskar Groening dubbed the 'bookkeeper of Auschwitz' is being tried on 'accessory to murder' charges in 300,000 cases of deported Hungarian Jews who were sent to the gas chambers, and faces up to 15 years jail. AFP PHOTO / RONNY HARTMANN (Photo credit should read RONNY HARTMANN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RONNY HARTMANN via Getty Images)
(25 of27)
Former Nazi death camp officer Oskar Groening leaves the court after the first day of his trial on April 21, 2015 in Lueneburg, northern Germany. The 93-year-old man dubbed the 'bookkeeper of Auschwitz' is being tried on 'accessory to murder' charges in 300,000 cases of deported Hungarian Jews who were sent to the gas chambers, and faces up to 15 years jail. AFP PHOTO / RONNY HARTMANN (Photo credit should read RONNY HARTMANN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RONNY HARTMANN via Getty Images)
(26 of27)
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Business Secretary Vince Cable (left) take part in a pottery class at Richmond Adult Community college in London. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
(27 of27)
A chimpanzee is sprayed water to cool off as temperature went up to nearly 40 degree Celsius (104 degree Fahrenheit) at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, April 22, 2015.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)