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Photos of the Day: Orthodox Christians and Protesters

Picturing the highlights of the day from around the world. We bring you this selection of photos in order to inform you about everything important that happened this day, so don’t miss this article, because you will see Orthodox Christians marking Good Friday.

From anti-fracking protesters who hold a ‘Funeral Friday’ outside a Quadrille shale gas site in Lancashire to mute swans that land on the Serpentine in Hyde Park, all these photos will give you thrills.

Check them out for more information and start to see our world through photos!

Little Plumpton, UK

Anti-fracking protesters hold a ‘Funeral Friday’ outside a Quadrille shale gas site in Lancashire
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Gold Coast, Australia

The Australian gymnast Georgia-Rose Brown competes on the balance beam during the artistic event at the Commonwealth Games
Photograph: Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images

Seoul, South Korea

A supporter of Park Geun-hye reacts after the former president was sentenced to 24 years in prison
Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK

A member of Sotheby’s staff holds aloft the Farnese Blue, a 6.16-carat diamond that is being auctioned for the first time after remaining in the same family for more than 300 years
Photograph: Guy Bell/REX/Shutterstock

Budapest, Hungary

Metallica perform during a concert at the Papp László Budapest Sports Arena
Photograph: Balazs Mohai/EPA

Gaza Strip

A boy takes part in the six-week protest by Palestinians along the border with Israel
Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP

Cádiz, Spain

The historian Rafael Garofano shows one of the first photographic portraits produced in Spain. The image was taken by the American George W Halsey, who travelled to Cádiz in 1841 with a camera, surprising residents by producing 5cm plates in 4 minutes
Photograph: Roman Rios/EPA

Shanghai , China

A woman decorates a grave during the Qing Ming festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day
Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK

Mute Swans land on the Serpentine in Hyde Park. Friday is expected to be the warmest day of the year so far in the UK, with temperatures forecast to rise to 16C
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

 

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