From Holy Week celebrated ahead of Easter by Christians around the world and the New Year's festival in Thailand, to Italy's Mount Etna eruption and anti-government demonstrations in Venezuela — take a look at this week's events in Sputnik's photo gallery.
Participants of a foam party during Songkran Festival celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 13. Songkran is the Thai New Year's festival, which runs from April 13 to 15 every year.
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Roskosmos cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko, a crew member of the Expedition 49/50 (right) after the landing of the manned Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft in Kazakhstan's prairie on April 10.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and legendary Russian space veterans Valentina Tereshkova (left) and Alexei Leonov (second right) ahead of “The Space Walker” screening on April 11. “The Space Walker” (“Vremya Pervykh”) is a Russian space film that tells the story of Russian cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov who conducted the first ever spacewalk, becoming the first human ever exposed to open space in the process.
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Horses graze at the foot of Belaya Skala (White Cliff) in the Crimea’s Belogorsky District, Russia.
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Su-30SM multipurpose fighter jets of the Russian Knights aerobatic display team during a rehearsal of the Victory Day parade air show on April 10.
A woman takes photos during the procession of the La Paz (The Peace) brotherhood during Holy Week in Seville, Spain, on April 9.
A stuntman rides a motorcycle inside the "Well of Death" attraction during a fair in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on April 12.
A woman reacts as she looks at the site of a strong blast near the riot police headquarters in the center of Diyarbakir, Turkey, on April 11. The explosion, which shook the police headquarters earlier that day, was an accident, which occurred during repair work.
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Miss Crimea 2017 beauty pageant contestants on the stage of the State Academic Musical Theater in Simferopol, Crimea, Russia, on April 8.
Russian Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Vladimir Safronkov votes against a draft resolution condemning the reported use of chemical weapons in Syria at the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, US, on April 12.
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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia holds a service at the Christ the Savior Cathedral on Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday and Covenant Thursday, the Christian holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter), April 13 in Moscow, Russia.
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Korean People's Army soldiers at a ceremony to open a new residential area on Ryomyong Street in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 13.
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Italy’s snow-covered Mount Etna, the most active volcano in Europe, spews lava during an eruption on April 11.
Demonstrators run away from riot police during a rally against President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 10.
Revelers perform along 6th Avenue during the Annual Tartan Day Parade in New York, US, on April 8.
An actor dressed as a demon participates a ceremony known as Los Talciguines, as part of religious activities to mark the start of Holy Week in Texistepeque, El Salvador, on April 10.
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Joint Victory Parade drills of the Russian Army combined parade unit, mechanized column and lineup of aircraft at Alabino range, Moscow Region, Russia, on April 10.
A child plays inside a destroyed vehicle in the opposition controlled town of Thonyor, South Sudan, on April 11. At least 16 civilians were killed in fighting on April 10, 2017, between government troops and rebels in South Sudan's second-largest city Wau, the United Nations peacekeeping mission said in a statement.
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Competitors in the bodybuilding, body fitness and bikini fitness open championship of the Novosibirsk Region hosted by the Chkalov Culture House, Novosibirsk, Russia, on April 8.
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Residents of the city of Tskhinval during the presidential election in South Ossetia and the referendum on changing South Ossetia's name to the State of Alania on April 9.
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A Syrian Air Force MiG-21 jet at the Ash Sha’irat airfield. The air base resumed flights one day after a missile attack conducted by the United States on April 6 at night.
A silhouette of two women is seen against the full moon as they take a ride on the "Jules Verne Tower" merry-go-round at the "Dippemess" fair in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on April 10.
Rescue workers prepare to lift a passenger bus from a pit after a road caved in on April 9 in Chennai, India.
Television personality Kim Kardashian poses at the premiere of "The Promise" in Los Angeles, California US, on April 12.
A man stands on a bullet-riddled building inside the Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon, Lebanon, on April 13.
