Tokyo’s cherry blossoms, Children’s Holy Thursday Procession, Kabul military exercise | April 2
The day in photos from around the world.
- Afghanistan’s interior ministry special forces take position during a military exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Afghanistan’s security forces took over full responsibility for the country’s security on Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
- Afghanistan’s interior ministry special forces demonstrate their skills during a military exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Afghanistan’s security forces took over full responsibility for the country’s security on Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
- The 2016 Nissan Maxima SR is presented at the New York International Auto Show, Thursday, April 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
- A home with a swimming pool sits near hillside, Thursday April 2, 2015, in Altadena, Calif. California Gov Jerry Brown on Wednesday, April 1, ordered a mandatory 25 percent overall cutback in water use by cities and towns, but not farms, in the most sweeping drought measure in history by the United States largest state economy. The water crackdown comes as California moves toward its fourth summer of drought after record low winter snowfall, leaving the state with a years worth of water stored in its reservoirs, and dwindling groundwater for wells. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
- Children dressed as angels lead a boy portraying Jesus Christ and his triumphant return to Jerusalem, in the Children’s Holy Thursday Procession, in Tunja, Colombia, Thursday, April 2, 2015. In this annual Holy Week tradition, now in its 55th year, children carry religious floats, and depict the key moments of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
- Young boys dressed as penitents carry the religious float representing the 14th station of the cross, when the body of Jesus is placed in a tomb, in the Children’s Holy Thursday Procession, in Tunja, Colombia, Thursday, April 2, 2015. In this annual Holy Week tradition, now in its 55th year, children carry religious floats and depict the key moments of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
- Indian Army soldiers carry out a search operation for suspected rebels during a gunbattle at Hardshoora village, 35 kilometers (20 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Suspected Kashmiri rebels and Indian security personnel were engaged in a fierce gunbattle Thursday in the Himalayan territory, officials said. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
- Unidentified women try to comfort Asmat Shafi, center in black, and Sakeena Shafi, third right in black, during the funeral procession of their father Mohammad Shafi, an Indian policeman killed in a gunbattle, in Chenabal, some 21 Kilometers north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Suspected Kashmiri rebels and Indian security personnel were engaged in a fierce gunbattle Thursday after government forces intercepted two suspected militants taking shelter in the village in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, police officer K. Rajendran said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
- A sparrow drinks the nectar of a cherry blossom in full bloom at Ueno park in Tokyo, Thursday, April 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
- Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan and Kentucky head coach John Calipari have some fun after a CBS Sports interview for their NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Thursday, April 2, 2015, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
- A Pakistani woman pays respect to a horse symbolizing the one used by spiritual leader, Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad to fight against his enemies in Karbala, at the shrine of Shah Chun Chirag in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, April 2, 2015. People usually visit shrines on Thursday and Friday to get their wishes fulfilled. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
- Pope Francis Pope presides over Chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican Thursday, April 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)