‘French Spiderman,’ Nepal earthquake aftermath, World Table Tennis Championships, Kentucky Derby prep | April 28
The day in photos from around the world.
- Alain Robert, also known as the French Spiderman, climbs the Montparnasse tower a 689-foot office skyscraper located in the Montparnasse area of Paris on Tuesday. Robert decided to climb in solidarity with the victims of Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal. (Christophe Ena/AP)
- Alain Robert, the French urban climber dubbed Spiderman, climbs the Tour Montparnasse skyscraper on Tuesday in Paris. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images)
- Alain Robert, the French urban climber dubbed Spiderman, climbs the 689-foot Tour Montparnasse skyscraper on Tuesday in Paris. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images)
- Nepalese villagers shelter from rain during relief operations following an earthquake at Lapu in Gorkha on Tuesday. Rescuers in Nepal battled to reach remote communities devastated by a huge earthquake that has killed at least 4,349 people, as the impoverished country’s leader said relief workers had still not reached many of the worst-hit areas. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images)
- A man sleeps in his store with the shutters open in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday. Across central Nepal, including in Kathmandu, the capital, hundreds of thousands of people are still living in the open without clean water or sanitation after Saturday’s massive earthquake, one of the worst to hit the South Asian nation in more than 80 years. (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)
- Damaged houses are seen from an Indian Army helicopter following an earthquake in the Nepalese area of Gorkha on Tuesday. Nepalese villagers rushed toward a relief helicopter begging to be airlifted to safety after a huge earthquake that has killed at least 4,349 people (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images)
- Ma Long of China returns a ball during his men’s single match against Noshad Alamiyan of Iran at the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships at the Suzhou International Expo Center in Suzhou, Jiangsu province on Tuesday. (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
- Lebesson Emmanuel of France serves during his men’s single match against Mattias Karlsson of Sweden at the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships at the Suzhou International Expo Center in Suzhou, Jiangsu province on Tuesday. (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
- Horses head to the track for early morning workouts at Churchill Downs on Tuesday in Louisville, Ky. (Charlie Riedel/AP)
- Members of the EU Parliament take part in a voting session, on Tuesday during a session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images)
- Rapeseed begins to bloom and besets Vernons Folly on Tuesday in Sudbury, England. The deercote is known locally as Vernons Folly is believed to have been built in 1723 by Lord George Vernon, the owner of nearby Sudbury Hall. The lord built the fortress like structure to keep his deer in. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
- Rapeseed begins to bloom and besets Vernons Folly on Tuesday in Sudbury, England. The deercote is known locally as Vernons Folly is believed to have been built in 1723 by Lord George Vernon, the owner of nearby Sudbury Hall. The lord built the fortress-like structure to keep his deer in. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
- Supporters of same-sex marriages gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court waiting for its decision on Tuesday in Washington. The court is hearing arguments on whether gay couples have a constitutional right to wed — a potentially historic decision that could see same-sex marriage recognized nationwide. (MLADEN ANTONOVMLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)
- Britain’s Team Sky cyclists compete to win the 19.2 km team time trial prologue between Vallee de Joux and Juraparc at the Tour de Romandie UCI World Tour stage road on Tuesday near L’Abbaye, western Switzerland. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
- This photo taken on Sunday shows Uighur boys playing on the remains of houses in the old city in Kashgar, in China’s western Xinjiang region. (GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
- Barn Swallows are pictured on Tuesday in Barhoeft, Germany. (STEFAN SAUER/AFP/Getty Images)
- Boats of the Finnish border guard patrol in the waters off the coast near Helsinki on Tuesday. Finland said taht its navy had fired warning shots at a possible submarine off the coast of Helsinki early Tuesday. (JUSSI NUKARI/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pakistani farmers harvest wheat on the outskirts of Lahore on Tuesday. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)