CHINA HONG KONG SNEAKERS AUCTION PREVIEW
epa09140797 Kanye West 'Grammy Worn' Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototype sneakers (R) are on display during a Sotheby's auction preview in Hong Kong, China, 17 April 2021. The shoes, worn by West in February 2008 during his performance at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, are expected to become the most expensive sneakers ever sold. EPA/JEROME FAVRE
USCHICAGOPROTEST
(210417) -- CHICAGO, April 17, 2021 (Xinhua) -- A protester holds a sign during a protest in Chicago, the United States, on April 16, 2021. Hundreds of protesters gathered in a park northwest of Chicago Friday evening to protest against police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo on March 29. (Photo by Marcus DiPaola/Xinhua)
AFGHANISTANUS TROOP WITHDRAWALCHAOS
(210417) -- KANDAHAR, April 17, 2021 (Xinhua) -- An injured man receives medical treatment at a local hospital in Kandahar city, southern Afghanistan, April 16, 2021. TO GO WITH 'World Insights: U.S. troop withdrawal to throw Afghanistan into chaos' (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)
AFGHANISTANGHAZNIRAMADAN
(210417) -- GHAZNI, April 17, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Muslims perform the first Friday prayer during the holy month of Ramadan in Ghazni, eastern Afghanistan, April 16, 2021. (Photo by Rohullah/Xinhua)
CUBAHAVANAPCCCONGRESS
(210417) -- HAVANA, April 17, 2021 (Xinhua) -- First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Raul Castro presents the Central Report to the Eighth Congress of the PCC in Havana, capital of Cuba, April 16, 2021. The Eighth Congress of the PCC kicked off Friday at Havana's Convention Center. With senior party leaders and delegates from all over the island in attendance, the meeting is scheduled to conclude on Monday. (Ariel Royero/Prensa Latina/Handout via Xinhua)
MYANMAR NEW YEAR
epa09140792 A view of the Uppatasanti Pagoda on the first day of Myanmar New Year in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 17 April 2021. The Thingyan Water Festival, the Burmese traditional New Year, is usually celebrated with family reunions and water-throwing festivities. Anti-coup activists have called for a boycott of the festivities organized by the military junta. EPA/STRINGER
MYANMAR LUNAR NEW YEAR AMNESTY
epa09140783 A prison officer controls the traffic as prisoners are released after being granted amnesty outside the Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar, 17 April 2021. Military Junta granted amnesty to over 20,000 people all over the country, to mark the traditional New Year in Myanmar. EPA/STRINGER
KAZAKHSTAN SPACE PROGRAMES
epa09140777 A handout picture made available by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins (L), Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov (C), and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov (R) siting in chairs outside the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft after they landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, 17 April 2021. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov returned after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. EPA/Bill Ingalls / HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
FRANCEPARISMACRONZELENSKYMEETING
(210417) -- PARIS, April 17, 2021 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron await the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska (both not pictured in the photo) for a meeting at the Presidential Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 16, 2021. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
epaselect SRI LANKA TRADITIONS
epaselect epa09140739 A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk applies drops of herbal oil on an elephant as part of a Sinhalese and Tamils New Year ritual at the Kotte Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17 April 2021. After the New Year, it is customary to anoint the head with a mixture of oil and herbal extracts before bathing. This ritual is performed on people and elephants in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankans celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Year annually in mid of April as soon as the main paddy is harvested.  EPA/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE
