Thursday April 5, Our World in Pictures

April 5, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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INDIANA – Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: A sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. is part of the memorial “Landmark for Peace” commemorating the site where Robert Kennedy delivered his words on the night of King’s assassination in Indianapolis, Wednesday. The park where Kennedy called for peace and unity just hours after the assassination of King is being designated a National Historic Site.

PENNSLYVANIA – Ninth Inning Snow: Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Fernando Rodney stands on the mound during a snow squall in the ninth inning of the team’s baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Wednesday. The Twins won 7-3.

INDIA – Bollywood Star Goes to Court: Bollywood star Salman Khan, center, arrives to appear before a court in Jodhpur, Rajasthan state, India, Thursday. Khan was convicted Thursday of poaching rare deer in a wildlife preserve two decades ago and sentenced to five years in prison, with the trial judge describing him as a “habitual offender.”

ROMANIA – Visiting the Grave of a Loved One: A woman lights candles next to a relative’s grave at dawn in Copaciu, southern Romania, Thursday. On Maundy Thursday during the holy week of Easter, Orthodox Christians in small southern Romanian villages go to local graveyards before sunrise as part of a centuries-old ritual, light candles and small fires, release incense and leave small bags of food on the ground or offer them with other people.