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Pictures of the day 23rd april
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Iberian lynx Lila takes its first steps after being released on a farm near the village of Mazarambros near Toledo on April 24, 2015 part of an initiative to repopulate the endangered species. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU via Getty Images)
(02 of24)
Clerics take part in the canonization ceremony for the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Echmiadzin, outside Yerevan, on April 23, 2015. Armenians prepare to commemorate on April 24 a hundred years since 1.5 million of their kin were massacred by Ottoman forces, as a fierce dispute still rages with Turkey over Ankara's refusal to recognise the mass murder as genocide. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV via Getty Images)
(03 of24)
ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 03: Italian acrobatic aviation team Frecce Tricolori flies over the skyline of Rome as newly elected President of Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella inaugurates his mandate on February 3, 2015 in Rome, Italy. Sicilian judge Mattarella is the 12th President of the Italian Republic. (Photo by Giulio Origlia/Getty Images) (credit:Giulio Origlia via Getty Images)
(04 of24)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SIMON STURDEEBritish artist Tracey Emin poses with one of her art works during a press preview of her exhibition 'Where I Want To Go' at the Leopold Museum in Vienna on April 23, 2015. The exhibition will be open to the public from April 24 to September 19, 2015. AFP PHOTO / JOE KLAMARRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOE KLAMAR via Getty Images)
(05 of24)
This view from Puerto Varas, southern Chile, shows a high column of ash and lava spewing from the Calbuco volcano, on April 23, 2015. Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted on Wednesday, spewing a giant funnel of ash high into the sky near the southern port city of Puerto Montt and triggering a red alert. Authorities ordered an evacuation for a 10-kilometer (six-mile) radius around the volcano, which is the second in southern Chile to have a substantial eruption since March 3, when the Villarrica volcano emitted a brief but fiery burst of ash and lava. AFP PHOTO/DAVID CORTES SEREY/AGENCIA UNO (Photo credit should read DAVID CORTES SEREY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DAVID CORTES SEREY via Getty Images)
(06 of24)
Maltese soldiers hold a coffin during the funeral ceremony of 24 migrants who died after a fishing boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast, on the helipad at Mater Dei Hospital in Malta on April 23, 2015, as part of an Inter Faith ceremony. Calls have mounted for a military response to the Mediterranean migrant crisis, but experts say such plans are totally unworkable and mark an attempt to militarise what should be a purely humanitarian problem. European leaders will gather in Brussels to discuss new strategies in the wake of the latest disaster on April 19, in which hundreds of migrants drowned when their boat capsized on the way from Libya to Italy. AFP PHOTO / MATTHEW MIRABELLI --- MALTA OUT (Photo credit should read Matthew Mirabelli/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MATTHEW MIRABELLI via Getty Images)
(07 of24)
Amnesty International activists and migrants set up mock coffins while taking part in a 'funeral march' to outline the Mediterranean migrants crisis around the European Council in Brussels, April 23, 2015. Amnesty organized the march as European leaders gather at an emergency meeting in Brussels to discuss their response to the Mediterranean migrants crisis. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
(08 of24)
Amnesty International activists and migrants take part in a 'funeral march to outline the Mediterranean migrants crisis around the European Council in Brussels, on April 23, 2015. Amnesty organized the march as European leaders gather at an emergency meeting in Brussels to discuss their response to the Mediterranean migrants crisis. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
(09 of24)
Britain's Prime minister David Cameron (C) addresses reporters upon his arrival at the European Council headquarters for an extraordinary summit of European leaders to deal with a worsening migration crisis, on April 23, 2015 in Brussels. European leaders gather on April 23 to consider military action, at an extraordinary summit to deal with a worsening migration crisis after a series of deadly shipwrecks in the Mediterranean. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PHILIPPE HUGUEN via Getty Images)
(10 of24)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with his Argentina's counterpart Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 23, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ALEXANDER NEMENOV via Getty Images)
(11 of24)
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - APRIL 23: Scottish Labour Leader Jim Murphy enjoys an ice cream, after holding a street rally on Princess Street highlighting how Prime Minister David Cameron is playing with fire by talking up the SNP in his bid to cling to power on April 23, 2015 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mr Murphy also talked of the risk to the UK state pension in Scotland with the SNP's plan for full fiscal autonomy. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)
(12 of24)
Israeli KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing 707 (L) and F-15 fighter jets perform during an air show over the beach in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on April 23, 2015 as Israel marks Independence Day, 67 years since the establishment of the Jewish state. Israel's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion declared the existence of the State of Israel in Tel Aviv in 1948, ending the British mandate. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
(13 of24)
Rescued migrants wait to disembark off the Italian Guardia di Finanza vessel Denaro at the Sicilian harbour of Catania on April 23, 2015. Calls have mounted for a military response to the Mediterranean migrant crisis, but experts say such plans are totally unworkable and mark an attempt to militarise what should be a purely humanitarian problem. European leaders will gather in Brussels to discuss new strategies in the wake of the latest disaster on April 19, in which hundreds of migrants drowned when their boat capsized on the way from Libya to Italy. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ALBERTO PIZZOLI via Getty Images)
(14 of24)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 23: (AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND OUT) Heavy machinery relocates sand as storm clouds start to disipate at Bondi beach April 23, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. Parts of New South Wales this week experienced cyclonic winds and rains, causing eight deaths and damage expected to exceed A$229 Million. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Fairfax Media via Getty Images) (credit:Fairfax Media via Getty Images)
(15 of24)
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 21: Actress Emma Watson attends TIME 100 Gala, TIME's 100 Most Influential People In The World at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 21, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage) (credit:Gary Gershoff via Getty Images)
(16 of24)
PENZANCE, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 23: Prime Minister David Cameron arrives on the night sleeper train at Penzance in south west England on April 23, 2015 in Penzance, England. Britain goes to the polls in a General Election on May 7. (Photo by Toby Melville - WPA Pool / Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
(17 of24)
A view of the tent where a funeral service for 24 migrants drowned while trying to reach the Southern coasts of Italy took place, in Msida, in the outskirts of Valletta, Malta, Thursday, April 23, 2015. The migrants died as a smuggler's boat crammed with hundreds of people overturned off the coast of Libya on Saturday as rescuers approached, causing what could be the Mediterranean's deadliest known migrant tragedy. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Chile Volcano Erupts(18 of24)
Children watch the Calbuco volcano erupt, from Puerto Varas, Chile, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. The volcano erupted billowing a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern Chile. Authorities ordered the evacuation of the inhabitants of the nearby town of Ensenada, along with residents of two smaller communities. (AP Photo/Carlos F. Gutierrez) - CHILE OUT - NO USAR EN PUBLICACIONES O WEBSITES EN CHILE (credit:Carlos F. Gutierrez/AP)
(19 of24)
A surfer rides a wave close to a wall as he takes advantage of the large surf created with wild weather hitting Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. A fierce storm lashing Australia's southeast destroyed homes, left dozens stranded in swirling floodwaters and may have led to the deaths of three people officials said Tuesday.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(20 of24)
'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)
(21 of24)
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
(22 of24)
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)
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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)
(24 of24)
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)