Pictures of the day: 2 April 2013
South Korean tanks cross the Bukhan River via a pontoon bridge in Hwacheon, 118 kilometers northeast of Seoul under the cover of attack helicopters as part of the unit's drill to enhance its combat readiness against any possible provocations from North Korea.
Picture: Yon Hap/EPA |
New Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio poses for photographers after a photocall at the Academy of Light in Sunderland
Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA |
An Afghan woman in a burqa walks past a gym billboard in Kabul.
Picture: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters |
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Staion (ISS) captures an image of the sun getting ready to set into the horizon of Southwestern Australia.
Picture: Chris Hadfield/NASA/AFP |
Photographer Roeselien Raimond spotted these lambs jumping on their mother in a pasture in her native Holland a few miles from her home
Picture: ROESELIEN RAIMOND / CATERS NEWS |
Ukrainian riot police guard the parliament building during an opposition rally in Kiev, Ukraine. Several thousand demonstrators rallied in Kiev to demand a mayoral election and to complain that the city was slow to clean up after last month's heavy blizzard that paralyzed the capital.
Picture: Efrem Lukatsky/AP |
This photograph of a female common merganser catching a fish was taken by wildlife photographer Henryk Janowski who managed to get inches away from the action by using an ingenious floating canopy crafted to look like a swan
Picture: HENRYK JANOWSKI/CATERS NEWS |
A mosaic of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix made out of thousands of Fender plectrums. The portrait was created by Manchester artist Ed Chapman.
Picture: Ed Chapman/PA |
An elephant holds a piece of ice at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok. The Thai Meteorological Department forecasted temperatures between 38 to 40 degrees celsius.
Picture: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP |
Performers dressed as medievel knights joust at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire
Picture: REUTERS/Olivia Harris |
People wearing clown costumes ride a bicycle during the Humorina carnival in the Ukrainian city of Odessa
Picture: ALEXEY KRAVTSOV/AFP/Getty Images |
Linden Wolbert swims with fish while wearing her mermaid costume at the Rock Islands in Palau. She can hold her breath under water for up to five minutes.
Picture: WENDY CAPILI-WILKIE/Caters |
Star of the 1967 film Thoroughly Modern Millie Mary Tyler Moore was seen arriving at LAX airport in Los Angeles
Picture: Splash |
Competitors take part in the veterans race during the 50th World Coal carrying Championships in Gawthorpe, West Yorkshire
Picture: Dave Thompson/PA |
Performers from the Naxi, Yi and Bai ethnic minorities take part in the production called 'Impression Lijiang' on the slopes of the 5596m peak of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang, in China's Yunnan province. Created by internationally acclaimed Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, and performed at 3310 m above sea level the daily performance of song, dance, horse riding and story telling is the highest altitude production in the world.
Picture: EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL |
A fan of the late Hong Kong canto-pop star Leslie Cheung cries during a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong
Picture: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu |
A man attends a street carnival marking the end of Easter celebrations at Tafawa Balewa square in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos
Picture: REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye |
U.S. President Barack Obama plays tennis during the 135th annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington
Picture: REUTERS/Jason Reed |
A participant dressed in an old-fashioned outfit takes part in the Easter Egg Ski Race in Zakopane, southern Poland
Picture: EPA/GRZEGORZ MOMOT |
People stand on a medieval bridge over the swollen Pisuerga river in Simancas, province of Valladolid, Spain
Picture: CESAR MANSO/AFP/Getty Images |
A man pulls a rickshaw carrying his wife during their wedding ceremony amid snowfall in Weihai, Shandong province
Picture: Reuters
source: telegraph.co.uk |