Photos of the Day: A Military Dance and an Ancient Tradition
From a blooming cherry tree that stands in a field as the sun sets to a gardener who places flowers on Puppy, the Guggenheim art gallery’s west highland white terrier, designed by the US artist Jeff Koons, these highlights will give you the information you need about everything awesome that happened today around the world.
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Torquay, Australia
The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, plays lawn bowls
Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
Chalatenango prison, El Salvador
A member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang attends a class in prison. About 1,700 gang members who were incorporated into a scheme called ‘ Yo cambio’ (I change), claim they have transformed their lives and are not terrorists, as Donald Trump has called them
Photograph: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images
Chelyabinsk, Russia
A military dance ensemble performs during a regional stage of the 2019 tank biathlon competition
Photograph: Donat Sorokin/Tass/Barcroft Images
Madison, Wisconsin, US
Dan Anderson tends the perimeter of a prescribed burn at Bear Mound Park as he helps residents remove undesirable ground vegetation
Photograph: John Hart/AP
Texistepeque, El Salvador
A man dressed as a ‘talcigüines’ character of local folklore takes part in the celebration of an ancient local tradition that marks the start of Holy Week. Talcigüines are devils who ‘lash’ the Catholic faithful to cleanse their sins
Photograph: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images
Seoul, South Korea
A South Korean Buddhist arranges decorative lotus lanterns at a temple in preparation for the Buddha’s birthday
Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA
Lake Taihu, China
Boats rest on the lake in morning fog in Wuxi, eastern China
Photograph: Pan Zhengguang/Xinhua/Barcroft Images
Berlin, Germany
Fatou, a western lowland gorilla, eats a hard-boiled Easter egg
Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
Bilbao, Spain
A gardener places flowers on Puppy, the Guggenheim art gallery’s west highland white terrier, designed by the US artist Jeff Koons
Photograph: Luis Tejido/EPA