LATVIA WEATHER
epa09140244 People walk during sunset at the beach of Baltic Sea in Jurmala, Riga, 16 April 2021. There will be spring warm weather in Latvia over the weekend. EPA/TOMS KALNINS
MOROCCO PROTEST JAILED JOURNALISTS
epa09140229 Moroccan security forces disperse a protest in front of the parliament building in Rabat, Morocco, 16 April 2021. The protest was held in solidarity with arrested journalists Suleiman Raissouni and Omar Radi, who are on hunger strike, and to demand their release. EPA/JALAL MORCHIDI
USA ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY OLD GUARD
epa09140217 Flowers bloom in front of a Caisson Platoon of the United States Army's 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 16 April 2021. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
SPAIN SOCCER KINGS CUP
epa09140174 Athletic Bilbao's head coach Marcelino Garcia Toral (front, 2-L) leads his team's training session at La Cartuja stadium in Seville, southern Spain, 16 April 2021. Athleti Bilbao will face FC Barcelona in the Spanish King's Cup 2021 final soccer match on 17 April 2021. EPA/Julio Munoz EPA-EFE/Julio Munoz
RUSSIA WEATHER
epa09140173 Cars drive along Malaya Nikitskaya street during sunset in Moscow, Russia, 16 April 2021. The temperature rose up to 21 degrees Celsius in Moscow. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
USA SPACE PROGRAMMES SPACEX
epa09140166 A handout photo made available by th NASA shows NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough answers a question while crew mates ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, left, NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, center, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, right, look on, after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASAâs Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceXâs Crew-2 mission, in Florida, USA, 16 April 2021. NASAâs SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencyâs Commercial Crew Program. Kimbrough, McArthur, Pesquet, and Hoshide are scheduled to launch at 6:11 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. EPA/NASA/Aubrey Gemignani HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
AFGHANISTANKABULUS TROOP WITHDRAWALCHAOS
(210416) -- KABUL, April 16, 2021 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan boy sells water at a graveyard where a number of war victims have been buried in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2021. U.S. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan before Sept. 11, a decision to end the longest war in American history. Since entering Afghanistan in October 2001, the U.S. troops have caused more than 30,000 civilian deaths, injured more than 60,000 and made about 11 million people become refugees. (Photo by Rahmatullah Alizadah/Xinhua) TO GO WITH World Insights: U.S. troop withdrawal to throw Afghanistan into chaos
PORTUGAL ECOFIN INFORMAL CONFERENCE
epa09140141 Portuguese Minister of State for Finance Joao Leao attends a press conference after an informal video conference of Economic and Finance Ministers (ECOFIN) under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council, in Lisbon, Portugal, 16 April 2021. Ministers took focus on the economic recovery in Europe. They are expected to exchange views on the economic situation and outlook, the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the financing of Next Generation EU. EPA/ANTONIO PEDRO SANTOS
FRANCE TENNIS MONTE CARLO MASTERS
epa09140125 Andrey Rublev of Russia celebrates winning his quarter final match against Rafael Nadal of Spain at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters tournament âin Roquebrune Cap Martin, France, 16 April 2021. EPA/SEBASTIEN NOGIER
USA NEW YORK ECONOMY PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID19
epa09140101 People walk past a closed retail store front in New York, New York, USA, 16 April 2021. As a result of the continuing coronavirus pandemic, many businesses in New York City have closed and there are still large number of retail space vacancies around the city. EPA/JUSTIN LANE
