Daily life in April | Pictures in the news
Sometimes, the best photos don’t come from photo stories, but are just slices of every day life found by photographers or taken on daily assignments.
- A lone tulip sprouts up in a field of blossoming hyacinths near Lisse, Netherlands, Thursday, April 16, 2015. Flowers are left to blossom in the field to harvest the bulbs, one of the country’s well known export products. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- Palestinian Hussein Al-Najjar, 14-years-old, stands with a donkey-pulled cart loaded with recyclable waste and other items he collected in hope to be able to sell them, at a garbage dump in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on April 16, 2015. (AFP Photo/Said said khatib)
- A skateboarder rides through a bowl at a skate park, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
- Alex Brenner gets hit in the face with a wet sponge during Kidzfest Saturday, April 25, 2015, in Conroe, Texas. (Jason Fochtman/Conroe Courier via AP)
- Egyptian whirling dervishes dance in traditional costumes as they perform Sufi dance known as “whirling dervish.” in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 23, 2015. Whirling dervishes of al-Tannura entertain visitors with their colorful and artistic spinning dance. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
- Tulips bloom on the West Lawn of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
- Elementary school students walk on paving stones covered with sidewalk chalk outside the nursing school at Calhoun Community College, Wednesday, April 8, 2015, in Decatur, Ala. The children were taking part in an event called “Let’s Pretend Hospital,” presented by Calhoun nursing students, to help children feel more comfortable when they need health care. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)
- An internally displaced Pakistani girl from a tribal area attends her daily lesson at a madrassa, a school for the study of Islam, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
- At the Wells Fargo family farm at the Minnesota Zoo, two little piglets got to know each other as Logan Camp looked in the pen, Apple Valley, Minn., Wednesday, April 1, 2015. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
- Tourists take pictures of a floral arrangement depicting Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at Keukenhof, a spring park with approximately seven million flower bulbs, in Lisse, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
- A man enjoys the water in Panama City Beach, Fla., on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. (Andrew Wardlow/News Herald via AP)
- Small boats are gathered at a dock on Fort Point Channel Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
- First-grade twins Zamaria and Zamarea Ward, both 6, follow along with CrimFit coach Amelia Schmid, 23, who leads a morning fitness group of first and second grade students on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at Brownell STEM Academy in Flint, Mich. Community education will expand to three more buildings within the Flint School District beginning next fall. The Crim Fitness Foundation is the lead agency, with about 20 other community partners that are involved. The community education model was created in Flint, but was phased out in the 1980s because of budget constraints. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT (REV-SHARE) (ONLN OUT; IONLN OUT – MBI)
- A young boy reaches up for a cherry blossom while a smaller tree is lit up by a a street lamp at Branch Brook Park, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
- Howard Robinson, 66, of Silver Spring, Md. reads a book under flowering magnolia trees at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, Monday, April 20, 2015. “Over the years I’ve identified this spot,” says Robinson, “to be at one with that positive energy that comes from nature. It’s like a pilgrimage each spring.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
- Jeff Inglee, a Fish Management Specialist from the Warren County Fish Hatchery, releases Brook Trout in Hovey Pond in Glens Falls, N.Y, Monday, April 13, 2015. (Steve Jacobs/The Post-Star via AP)
- Jessie Pittis, of North Bend, goes shirtless with his snowsuit. “I like the powder more, but this will do” he said. Skiers and snowboarders reveled in the last official day of the season at Crystal Mountain Resort on Sunday, April 19, 2015 celebrating with the sort of upbeat goofiness that often marks the season’s end. (Bettina Hansen/The Seattle Times, via AP)
- Whitworth University students Melia Deters, top, and Skyler Noble, take advantage of the warm weather to study in their hammocks strung between pine trees on campus, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Spokane, Wash. ìI like being in fellowship with people, and when you’re in hammocks, it makes it even cooler,î said Deters. (Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review via AP)
- A worker attaches the name tag of a Buddhist who made donation to a lantern, for upcoming celebration of Buddha’s birthday on May 25 at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
- A spectator takes a photo of runners in a 10-kilometer (6.25 mile) road race as a Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Sunday, April 26, 2015. More than 20,000 runners were expected to participate in the annual Beijing Run on Sunday despite unhealthy levels of air quality, according to official Chinese government pollution readings. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
- Runners in a 10-kilometer (6.25 mile) road race pass along a road next to Tiananmen Square on a hazy day in Beijing, Sunday, April 26, 2015. More than 20,000 runners were expected to participate in the annual Beijing Run on Sunday despite unhealthy levels of air quality, according to official Chinese government pollution readings. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
- An Afghan man poses for a photograph as he carries his twin nieces, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
- Children celebrate a spirited Earth Day at Alton Baker Park in Eugene, Ore. Saturday, April 25, 2015. The event, celebrating the 45th anniversary of the first Earth Day in 1970, featured sustainability workshops, activities for children, a plant sale, music and dancing. (Brian Davies/The Register-Guard via AP)
- Timothy Gibb, right, of Cub Scout Pack 257 in Apple Valley, Calif, gets help holding the American flag in high winds on Saturday, April 25, 2015, for the opening of No Drugs America Day at Civic Center Park in Apple Valley, Calif. (James Quigg/The Victor Valley Daily Press via AP)
- A rainbow is seen over a field with the Huayna Potosi mountain in the background as a bus drives by near Batallas, Bolivia, Saturday, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
- A Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil dancer performs during an annual Hindu temple procession in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
- Somali men carry swordfish from the sea to a market in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, April 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
- Members take part in planting pinwheels on the beach in Atlantic City next to Atlantic One The Pier Friday , April 24, 2015 in Atlantic City, N.J. The Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey plant the largest pinwheels garden on the beach.(Edward Lea/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
- Noreen Humes, left, and Danielle Lattuga herd two geese and a gosling toward the Clark Fork River after the birds wandered into the downtown area on Thursday, April 24, 2015 in Missoula, Mont. (Tom Bauer/The Missoulian via AP)
- An Indian laborer sleeps surrounded by mounds of mangoes at a fruit market in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, April 23, 2015. India recognizes the mango as its national fruit and is the world’s largest mango producer. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
- Students bow in prayer during the Memorial Service on Sweetheart Circle at Georgia Southern University Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Statesboro, Ga., for those five nursing students whose lives were tragically lost in a multi-vehicle accident. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
- Cheery blossoms bloom on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Wednesday, April 22, 2015. (Mark Moran/The Citizens’ Voice via AP)
- A man looks out of the window of a tram at Taksim Square in Istanbul on April 22, 2015. Turkey’s central bank decided to leave interest rates unchanged but implement two secondary policy measures aimed at supporting the embattled Turkish lira. (AFP Photo/Dimitar Dilkoff)
- Jaileen Seballo runs on an inflatable path while strapped to a bungee cord during the Cisco College Wrangler Day, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Abilene, Texas. (Nellie Doneva/The Abilene Reporter-News via AP)
- Rain approaches Sand Key Park Monday, April 20, 2015. The Tampa Bay area is in for a rainy week, beginning with severe Monday evening thunderstorms that brought with them a short-lived tornado warning in Pinellas County. Despite the radar warning, no tornado had been confirmed as touching down by 5 p.m., according to 10 News chief meteorologist Jim Van Fleet. Instead, he said, dime-sized hail was spotted in Bartow, and wind gusts reached 50 miles per hour near Kenneth City. (Jim Damaske/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)
- An Afghan day laborer works at a brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 20, 2015. The men generally work for eight hours a day, six days a week, and make about 350 Afghani ($6) per day. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
- A woman and child walk past a mural in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, April 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
- Two great egrets mate in their nest in the mangroves on an island in Cat Bay, in Plaquemines Parish, La., Sunday, April 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- Street performer Zabo makes clustered soap bubbles in downtown Rome, Sunday, April 19, 2015. The bigger bubble is filled with two small ones. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
- Professional fishing guides Dennis Halgren, left, and Amy Shaffer, right, hoist a 50-plus pound catfish and pose Halgren’s granddaughter, Trista Janssen, underneath Monday, April 20, 2015, after they brought two monster cats to show Janssen’s fourth-grade class at Madison School in Dixon, Ill. (Alex T. Paschal/Sauk Valley Media via AP)
- James ‘Vic Torious’ Robertson from Arkansas competes in the Oklahoma State Gunslinger Championship in Owasso, Okla., on April 18, 2015. (James Gibbard/Tulsa World via AP)
- Young women wearing flowers in their hair smile toward the photographer during a spring day, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday April 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
- Josie Black, 4, waves to the audience from the runway during the DisArt Fashion Show at the Woodbridge N. Ferris Building in Grand Rapids, Mich., Friday, April 17, 2015. The third group featured clothing for children with disabilities that is convenient to dress and undress designed by Kendall’s fashion studies that partnered with Spectrum Health. (Hugh Carey/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
- Miami-Dade County firefighter George Edwards, left, shows Eric Brown, 31, from the Association for the Development of the Exceptional (ADE) in Miami, how to use a fire hose during an open house event at Coast Guard Air Station Miami, Friday, April 17, 2015, in Opa-Locka, Fla. About 1,500 students from Miami-Dade and Broward County schools attended the event where they could climb aboard various aircraft and vessels used by the Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
- A homeless man sleeps outside shops with their shutter down New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 16, 2015. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have forecast India’s growth to rise up to 7.5 per cent next fiscal, overtaking China as the fastest growing emerging economy in 2015-16. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
- An Indian girl plays on a handmade swing outside the Nizamuddin Dharga in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 16, 2015. The Nizamuddin Dargah is a complex of tombs, mosques and stalls centered on the burial site of revered Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
- Residents take rest at a pavilion as a bride and groom, dressed a traditional costume, pose for wedding photos near Pingjiang steet in Suzhou in east China’s Jiangsu province, Thursday, April 16, 2015. Pingjiang street was built along a canal and existed as early as the Song Dynasty, and is one of the famous tourist attractions in the country. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
- Nine-year-old Alejandro Henderson jumps through a hula hoop during a game Tuesday April 14, 2015 at the ROCrageous Sidewalk Ministry at La Promesa Apartments in Odessa, Texas. The sidewalk ministry is an outreach program for Housing and Urban Development housing sites around Odessa which promotes worship and offers a full service while participating in games with the children in the housing areas. (Edyta Blaszczyk/Odessa American via AP)
- Nate Moore, left, and Kyle DesChamps begin testing the course as construction continued nearby for NBC’s American Ninja Warrior, Tuesday, April 14, 2015 in Kansas City, Mo. (Keith Myers/The Kansas City Star via AP)
- A Sudanese couple relax with their newborn son, 40-day old Mahmoud, by the Nile River bank in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
- Principal Dianne Coplin performs yoga as she works from atop the school dressed as the Cat in the Hat, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at Colonel Donald McMonagle Elementary in Mt. Morris Township, Mich. Students at the school read 6,693 books, exceeding their reading month goal of 5,000, resulting in Coplin dressing as the famous Dr. Seuss character. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
- Tourists enjoy the ride while on a tour boat, in Paris, France, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
- A tree in full bloom is reflected in a water feature outside a new office block just north of King’s Cross railway station, London, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The area north of King’s Cross is undergoing dramatic redevelopment after 150 years of industrial use, with the construction of offices, housing, retail space as well as new parks and squares. (AP Photo/David Azia)
- A Filipino girl stands inside a Ferris Wheel in suburban Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, April 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
- Dressed as Oscar the Grouch, Christo Moeller of New York City makes a splash while attempting to ski across a man-made pond at the Whiteface Mountain Ski Center in Wilmington, N.Y. during the resort’s annual Pond Skimming contest on Sunday, April 12, 2015. (Lou Reuter/Adirondack Daily Enterprise via AP)
- Participants march down Main Street during Festifools in downtown Ann Arbor, Mich. (Patrick Record/The Ann Arbor News via AP)
- Kids try to pop bubbles before the start of Festifools in downtown Ann Arbor, Mich. (Patrick Record/The Ann Arbor News via AP)
- Wing walker Ashley Battles stands atop a biplane during the Gulf Coast Salute Air Show, Sunday, April 12, 2015 at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Fla. (Patti Blake/News Herald via AP)
- Central Michigan University student Misty Conley, 22, shows of her dance moves during the Berston Banger dance competition at the Berston Fieldhouse, in Flint, Mich. A pool of 32 competitors were cut down to 16 and performed in dance battles. The winner received $300 and the runner-up received $100. (Sam Owens/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
- Obie Anthony tears up as he talks about leaving his past life behind while building a new life with his wife at his home in Apple Valley, Calif. The city of Los Angeles agreed to pay $8 million to Anthony who was exonerated for a 1994 murder conviction after nearly 17 years behind bars. The settlement with Anthony was reached last month in his lawsuit against Los Angeles Police detectives and the city for wrongful imprisonment, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday, April 12, 2015. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via AP)
- Adherents of the Qadiriyah sufi order attend a weekly gathering at the tomb of Sheikh Hamed Al Nil, a 19th century Sufi leader, where they dance and chant religious hymns until nightfall, in Omdurman, Sudan, Friday, April 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
- A peacock displays its tail feathers at the Tropical Botanic Garden in Lisbon, Wednesday, April 8, 2015. Male peacocks display and shake its tail feather to attract attention to female peahens during courtship. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
- Ella Noack, 4, runs while flying a kite on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 in Walla Walla, Wash. (AP Photo/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Greg Lehman)
- An Afghan vendor waits for customers in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
- A full moon is seen as it rises over the New York City skyline seen from West Orange, N.J., Saturday, April 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
- Motorcyclists ride during the 16th Annual Great Teddy Bear Run at the Warren County Justice Center, Saturday, April 4, 2015, in Bowling Green, Ky. (AP Photo/Daily News, Bac Totrong)
- Visitors to an exhibition by French fashion house Louis Vuitton walk past images of models projected onto screens in Beijing, Saturday, April 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
- Members of a South Korean honor guard throw their guns in the air during a weekly demonstration at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 3, 2015. The honor guard demonstration resumed Friday as it was suspended in winter. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
- An instructor of a South Korean honor guard shows his skill of martial arts by a sword during a weekly demonstration at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
- A visitors take photos with a Easter bunny topiary, Friday, April 3, 2015, at Rockefeller Center’s Easter installation in New York. The installation is on display from April 2 through April 19. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
- Chinese tourists take photographs at Red Square during a snowfall in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
- Part of Singapore’s financial district is seen reflected in a Lily pond, Monday, April 27, 2015, in Singapore, where its economy relies mainly on trade, finance and tourism. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
- People walk past “The Eye of Shinjuku,” a wall art created by Japanese sculptor Yoshiko Miyashita in 1969, near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)