Men with Palestinian flags walk through the fumes from flaming tires during a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Gaza City on April 5, 2023. - Israeli police said they had entered to dislodge "agitators" from Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, a move denounced as an "unprecedented crime" by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. The holy Muslim site is built on top of what Jews call the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
Men with Palestinian flags walk through the fumes from flaming tires during a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Gaza City on April 5, 2023. - Israeli police said they had entered to dislodge "agitators" from Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, a move denounced as an "unprecedented crime" by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. The holy Muslim site is built on top of what Jews call the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
Workers cut the grass at the Geonwonneung tomb of King Taejo, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, in Guri, east of Seoul, South Korea, marking the Hansik holiday. EPA
Workers cut the grass at the Geonwonneung tomb of King Taejo, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, in Guri, east of Seoul, South Korea, marking the Hansik holiday. EPA
Wrecked homes in the aftermath of a tornado in Glenallen, Missouri. Reuters
Wrecked homes in the aftermath of a tornado in Glenallen, Missouri. Reuters
Women carry the procession float of the Virgin of Sorrows through the streets of Guatemala City. AFP
Women carry the procession float of the Virgin of Sorrows through the streets of Guatemala City. AFP
Young Buddhist monks play between prayers at the Tawang monastery in the north-east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. AFP
Young Buddhist monks play between prayers at the Tawang monastery in the north-east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. AFP
Villagers gather round a sperm whale washed up on Yeh Malet beach in Klungkung, Indonesia. AFP
Villagers gather round a sperm whale washed up on Yeh Malet beach in Klungkung, Indonesia. AFP
Yusufeli town is submerged by an artificial lake caused by a dam retaining the flow of the Coruh river in north-eastern Turkey. AFP
Yusufeli town is submerged by an artificial lake caused by a dam retaining the flow of the Coruh river in north-eastern Turkey. AFP
Armed Israeli border police take position near Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
Armed Israeli border police take position near Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
Youths run though clouds of tear gas at a protest in Nantes, western France. AP
Youths run though clouds of tear gas at a protest in Nantes, western France. AP
Guards keep a curtain closed before a meeting between France's President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AP
Guards keep a curtain closed before a meeting between France's President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AP

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April 06, 2023

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