INDONESIA RAMADAN ISLAM BELIEF
epa09130762 Aceh Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) staff are preparing equipment to observe new moon sightings to determine the beginning of holly Ramadan in Lhok Nga, Aceh Besar, Indonesia, 12 April, 2021. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in Koran was during its last 12 nights EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK
RUSSIA FACTORY FIRE
epa09130757 Smoke and fire rise over the building of the factory 'Nevskaya manufactory' located near the Oktyabrskaya embankment of the Neva in St. Petersburg, Russia, 12 April 2021. Some 300 firefighters and 60 pieces of equipment and a helicopter are taking part in extinguishing the fire. One firefighter was killed when extinguishing the fire. EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV
ITALY CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC COVID19
epa09130756 Artisans of San Gregorio Armeno display a sign reading ''to be sold'' as they protest in front of their closed shops along the famous street of the ancient center of Naples, Italy, 12 April 2021. Campania, the region including Naples, is shunted into another week extension of being a red zone in Italy's four-tier colour-coded system, red being the strictest. This means the closure of most shops, which pushed some the San Gregorio artisans to protest in Naples on 12 April. EPA/CIRO FUSCO
GERMANY YEMEN USA UN DIPLOMACY
epa09130735 UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths (L) and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas deliver a press conference following talks at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, 12 April 2021. EPA/JOHN MACDOUGALL / POOL
ISRAEL US DEFENCE POLITICS
epa09130718 US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a statement after their meeting at the Premier's office in Jerusalem, 12 April 2021. Austin is the first top US official to visit Israel since the beginning of the talks in Vienna aimed to revive the nuclear deal with Iran. EPA/MENAHEM KAHANA / POOL
EGYPT RUSSIA DIPLOMACY
epa09130712 Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) give a joint press conference following their meeting in Cairo, Egypt, 12 April 2021. Shoukry said Russia can play a role in resolving the disagreement between Egypt and Ethiopia regarding the GGrand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
PERU ELECTIONS
epa09130708 The candidate for the presidency of Peru Pedro Castillo (C-L), from the Peru Libre party, celebrates at his campaign venue, in the district of Tacabamba in the department of Cajamarca, Peru, 11 April 2021 (issued 12 April 2021). The first results, according to an exit poll published as soon as the polling stations closed, indicated that the Castillo received the most votes. EPA/Francisco Vigo
BRITAIN ROYALTY PRINCE PHILIP OBIT AFTERMATH
epa09130702 People lay flowers outside Windsor Castle following the passing of Britain's Prince Philip, in Windsor, Britain, 12 April 2021. Britain's Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has died on 09 April 2021 aged 99, the Buckingham Palace announced and his funeral is expected to take place in Windsor on 17 April. In a statement released by the Buckingham Palace they were encouraging the public not to bring flowers to the royal palaces during the pandemic but consider to make a donation to a charity instead as well as asking the public to express their condolences in the safest way possible, and not to gather at Royal Residences. EPA/JOSHUA BRATT
MALAYSIA RAMADAN ISLAM BELIEF
epa09130688 A silhouette of Malaysian Islamic religious officers as they observe the position of the moon using a theodolite to determine the sighting of the new moon to mark the start of the fasting month of Ramadan in Putrajaya, Malaysia, 12 April 2021. During Ramadan, the ninth month of Islam's lunar calendar, observant Muslims abstain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. Fasting is one of Islam's five pillars, alongside declaration of faith, prayer five times a day, alms-giving, and the pilgrimage to holy sites in Saudi Arabia EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL
PAKISTAN BELIEF RAMADAN PREPARATIONS
epa09130680 A worker prepares vermicelli at a factory ahead of the holy month of Ramadan during coronavirus pandemic in Hyderabad, Pakistan, 12 April 2021. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan, by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in Koran was during its last 10 nights. EPA/NADEEM KHAWAR
