Some of the 47,000 runners in the London Marathon cross Tower Bridge. AP

Today's best photos: From London Marathon to Lyrid meteor shower



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Saturday's best photos: from Eid Al Fitr in Iraq to bullfighting in Spain

Friday's best photos: from Welsh horses to macaws in Singapore

Thursday's best photos: from a solar eclipse to swallows at sunset

Wednesday's best photos: from an Alaskan spiral to a T-Rex skull auction

Tuesday's best photos: from practising for King Charles's coronation to a jet refuelling

Monday's best photos: from a Chinese flower park to the Rotterdam Marathon

Points to remember
  • Debate the issue, don't attack the person
  • Build the relationship and dialogue by seeking to find common ground
  • Express passion for the issue but be aware of when you're losing control or when there's anger. If there is, pause and take some time out.
  • Listen actively without interrupting
  • Avoid assumptions, seek understanding, ask questions
In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe

Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010

Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille

Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm

Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year

Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”

Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners

TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013 

Updated: April 23, 2023, 1:00 PM