Mehmet Emin Mengüarslan / Anadolu / GettyFiery streaks of handmade rockets light up the night sky over the village of Vrontados on the island of Chios, Greece, as two rival congregations engage in their traditional “rocket war” to celebrate Easter on April 12, 2026. Thousands of fireworks were launched between Saint Markos and Panagia Erithiani churches, turning the solemn resurrection night into a spectacle of light and sound.Wason Wanichakorn / APPeople participate in the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year in Prachin Buri province, Thailand, on April 13, 2026.Guglielmo Mangiapane / ReutersPope Leo XIV releases a dove next to Archbishop of Bamenda Andrew Fuanya Nkea and other officials after a meeting for peace with the community of Bamenda in Saint Joseph’s Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, on April 16, 2026.Matias Basualdo / ZUMA Press Wire / ReutersA gosling rests among flowers along the banks of the Main River on April 15, 2026, in Frankfurt, Germany.Yves Herman / ReutersWild bluebells, which bloom around mid-April, turn the forest floor blue in the Hallerbos, also known as the “Blue Forest,” in Halle, Belgium, on April 14, 2026.Charlie Riedel / APLightning flashes as a thunderstorm passes in the distance on April 13, 2026, in Lenexa, Kansas.Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty for CoachellaMariqueen Maandig and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Noize perform at the Sahara Tent during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 11, 2026.Avishek Das / SOPA Images / LightRocket / GettyHindu devotees have their bodies painted as part of traditional practices during the annual Gajan Festival in West Bengal, India, on April 12, 2026.Sazzad Hossain / SOPA Images / LightRocket via GettyA giant rooster statue is paraded during celebrations of the Bengali New Year, known as Pohela Boishakh, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 14, 2026.Ina Fassbender / AFP / GettyA bodybuilder performs at the FIBO trade show for health, fitness, and wellness in Cologne, Germany, on April 16, 2026.Markus Schreiber / APFatou, the oldest gorilla in Berlin’s zoo—and believed to be the world’s oldest gorilla—celebrates her 69th birthday on April 13, 2026.Ramil Sitdikov / ReutersNatalia Malinovskaya, a self-described witch, holds a crystal ball during an interview with Reuters at her apartment in Moscow on February 17, 2026.Martin Bernetti / AFP / GettyAn airplane passes in front of the sun during sunrise in Panama City on April 15, 2026.Valentyn Ogirenko / ReutersA Russian Geran 2 attack drone flies past apartment buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, during Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, on April 16, 2026.Serhii Okunev / AFP / GettyA firefighter works to extinguish a blaze at a recycling-materials site following a Russian strike in Kyiv on April 16, 2026. Russian strikes killed at least 12 people in Ukraine, local authorities said on April 16, after Moscow pummeled its neighbor in overnight attacks.McKlein Photography / LAT Images / GettySami Pajari competes in his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 during Croatia Rally, Round 4 of the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship in Zagreb, Croatia, on April 11, 2026.Sheng Jiapeng / China News Service / VCG / GettyA humanoid robot takes part in a test for the upcoming 2026 Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon on April 12, 2026, in Beijing.Bill Ingalls / NASAChristina Koch, a NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist, hugs the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha on April 11, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Koch, along with the astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Jeremy Hansen, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10 at 5:07 p.m. PT, after their trip around the moon.Kevin Frayer / GettyWorkers stand on the roof of the Phoenix Center building as they clean the windows on April 12, 2026, in Beijing.Gerald Herbert / APAn alligator rests on a log in a pond along the batture of the Mississippi River in Harahan, Louisiana, on April 15, 2026.Robert F. Bukaty / APA female eastern bluebird brings material to her nest on April 14, 2026, in Freeport, Maine.Jenny Kane / APPeople walk through the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn, Oregon, on April 11, 2026.Nick Lachance / Toronto Star / GettyShalini Maria teases her husband, Alvin Presley, with a tulip while singing “Kiss From a Rose” by Seal in Christie Pits Park in Toronto, Ontario, on April 13, 2026. Maria had just returned from a trip to New York City, and Presley met her at the airport with flowers, one of their traditions.Hidenori Nagai / The Yomiuri Shimbun / ReutersCherry blossoms are in full bloom at Hirosaki Park in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, on April 16, 2026. Many of the approximately 2,600 trees are lit up at night.Odd Andersen / AFP / GettyA fox pays a visit to the chancellery as journalists wait for the arrival of head of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, in Berlin on April 14, 2026.Joseph Eid / AFP / GettyA boy walks with a flock of sheep along the shore in the Lebanese village of Kfar Aabida, north of Beirut, on April 11, 2026.GreenPeace / ReutersThe Swiss musician To Athena, accompanied by a small group of musicians, performs outside a cave in Morteratsch Glacier to draw attention to climate-change issues, in Pontresina, Switzerland, on March 25, 2026. (Handout photo released by Reuters on April 10.)Amit Machamasi / NurPhoto / GettyNewari women pull Lord Bhairav’s chariot in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on April 16, 2026, during a Hindu festival. Biska Jatra, celebrated to welcome the New Year, spans eight nights and nine days, bringing communities together in a shared spirit of devotion and celebration.
