Photo highlights of the day Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world Wed 16 Apr 2014 08.57 EDT Last modified on Mon 25 Jan 2021 07.22 EST Members of the brotherhood of Las Siete Palabras attend to a fellow penitent during a procession in Zamora, Spain. Photograph: Andres Kudacki/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, walk from a reception at the Sydney Opera House during their official visit to New Zealand and Australia. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter South Korean coastguards in helicopters trying to rescue some of the 477 passengers and crew aboard a South Korean ferry that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon. As many as 295 people were still unaccounted for after a ferry capsized. Photograph: Yonhap/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter South Korean rescue team boats and fishing boats surround the sinking ferry south of Seoul. See more in the gallery. Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The latest officially confirmed Banksy artwork, named Mobile Lovers, is displayed inside the Broad Plain & Riverside Youth Project in Bristol. The artwork was originally attached to a blocked off doorway on Clement Street. Read more here. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A tourist is seen at the Holocaust Memorial, Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Kangaroo sunbathing at Hangzhou zoo, China. Photograph: Imaginechina/Rex Features Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A gaucho rides a wild horse during the annual celebration of Criolla Week in Montevideo, Uruguay. Photograph: Andres Stapff/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Children swim in a moat during the Songkran water festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photograph: Taylor Weidman/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A great crested grebe nesting in the campus of York University. Photograph: Ben Andrew/REX Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Indian policemen stand by a train that derailed near Jagiroad railway station, India. Photograph: Anupam Nath/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Chimpanzee Ajani looks up while playing under the watchful eye of his mother, Amber, at Artis royal zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, holds her son Prince George as his father, Prince William , holds a giant toy wombat that was given as a present to him from Australia's Governor-General Peter Cosgrove. Photograph: Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Reprieved at the final moment, a man in Iran, convicted of killing Abdollah Hosseinzadeh was forgiven by the victim's mother as the hangman's noose hung around the killer's neck. Read more about this story. Arash Khamooshi Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Relatives wait for news about the capsized ferry at a harbour in Jindo. South Korean rescue teams race to find up to 293 people still missing. Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter People play at the shore of the Mediterranean sea at the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, during the vacation of the Jewish holiday of Passover. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Topics World news Photos of the day Photography
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