German Chancellor Angela Merkel plays with a handball given to her by the German Handball Federation’s president (not pictured) as she received the German national handball team at the Chancellery in Berlin, on April 8, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:
A man holds his caged partridge as the sun rises in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 8, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
A worker adjusts lanterns for the upcoming celebration of Buddhas birthday on May 12, at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, on April 8, 2019. (Photo by AP)
A woman climbs on the bough of a tree blooming with flowers on a spring afternoon along Kelly Drive in Philadelphia, the US, on April 8, 2019. (Photo by AP)
A South Korean worker cleans the bronze statue of King Sejong, the 15th-century Korean king, during a street and park clean-up event for springtime at Gwanghwamun plaza in Seoul, South Korea, on April 9, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Tourists cruise on a boat around Sydney Harbour, Australia, on April 9, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
The Boeoegg, a snowman made of wadding and filled with firecrackers, is burning in a bonfire in Sechselaeuten Square in Zurich, Switzerland, on April 8, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
Christian Daniel Gomez from El Salvador gets a bath at an improvised shelter while waiting for his humanitarian visa to cross the country on his way to the United States, in Mapastepec, Chiapas State, Mexico, on April 8, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
Cyclists ride past Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque during the fourth stage of the Malaysian Le Tour de Langkawi cycling race in Shah Alam, Malaysia, on April 9, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
A ball blocks Liverpools Mohamed Salahs face during training Action in Liverpool, Britain, on April 8, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
A view shows a facility, where nearly 100 whales including orcas and beluga whales are held in cages, during a visit of scientists, near the Sea of Japan port of Nakhodka in Primorsky Region, Russia, on April 7, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)