A Russian Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft at the launch pad of the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome. Russia‘s Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko is scheduled to blast off to the ISS from Baikonur early on Friday.
Blessing the Soyuz spacecraft
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War torn playground
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Downing Street fox
A fox runs in front of 10 Downing Street in London, England. Campaigning in what is predicted to be Britain’s closest general election in decades will start after Queen Elizabeth II dissolves parliament today
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3D movie
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A disapproving smile
US President Barack Obama smiles after signing a memorandum of disapproval regarding S.J. Res. 8, a Joint Resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation case procedures, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington
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Funeral of Mehmet Selim Kiraz
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Miliband campaigns in Bristol
Labour leader Ed Miliband conducts a workplace Q&A session at the NCC, National Composite Centre in Bristol, United Kingdom
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Cape Cornwall
The sun sets over mist that has formed on the sea from Cape Cornwall near St Just in Cornwall, England. Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the six seats in the county of Cornwall are essential to achieve a Conservative majority when Britain goes to the polls on May 7.
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Serbian Orthodox Good Friday procession
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Attacks on Idlib
A man searches for belongings in a damaged car at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria’s President Assad, at al-Thawra neighborhood in Idlib city, Syria today
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Lemurs at Zoom Torino
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Rescue operation in Nepal
An injured girl is carried by a Nepal Army personnel to a helicopter following Saturday’s earthquake in Sindhupalchowk, Nepal
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On the streets of Philadelphia
Protesters clash with police in Philadelphia on Thursday. The event in Philadelphia follows days of unrest in Baltimore amid Freddie Gray’s police-custody death.
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Farage meets the opposition
UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage reads a leaflet given to him by an anti-UKIP protester as he campaigns in Ramsgate in south east England on the eve of a general election in Britain.
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The Kurdish People’s Protection Units in training
Foreign fighters who joined the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) to fight against jihadists and Islamist rebels in northeastern Syria take part in a training session in the south-west Syrian region of Ras al-Ain, close to the Turkish border
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Bombing in Idlib
Residents inspect a damaged site after what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria‘s president Bashar Al-Assad in Maarat Al-Nouman, south of Idlib
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Cameron conducts new MPs
Prime Minister David Cameron with the newly elected Conservative Party MPs in Palace Yard in London, England. Prime Minister David Cameron continues to announce his new cabinet with many ministers keeping their old positions
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The Morskie Oko
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Protests continue in Bujumbura
Protestors opposed to the Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza’s third term in office gather by a burning barricade during a demonstration in the Cibitoke neighborhood of Bujumbura. Thousands of demonstrators opposed to Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza defied warning shots and took to the streets of Bujumbura, as their leaders called for them to overcome their fears and continue the fight
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Making an entrance
Bullfighters followed by their assistants walk trough the arena during the “paseillo” or ritual entrance to the arena before a bullfight of the San Isidro fair in Madrid, Spain. San Isidro’s bullfighting fair is one of the most important fairs in the world. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain.
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