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Our world in photos: April 1

April 1, 2021 By Michaela Keil
BRAZIL — Cabinet shuffle: A woman wearing a face shield and mask decorated with an image of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took part in a demonstration to show support for Bolsonaro, after leaders of all three branches of the armed forces jointly resigned following the president's replacement of the defense minister, in Rio de Janeiro, on Wednesday Photo: Silvia Izquierdo/AP
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JAPAN — Empty street: Men walked along a pedestrian crossing on Thursday, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 470 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.
Photo: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

 

ARIZONA — Scramble: Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) and Chicago Bulls forward Thaddeus Young scrambled for the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game on Wednesday, in Phoenix.
Photo: Ross D. Franklin/AP

 

MEXICO — Final serenade: A musician’s guitar hung from a cross on a grave at the Valle de Chalco cemetery, amid the new coronavirus pandemic on the outskirts of Mexico City on Wednesday The musician was waiting for clients to come and give their last respects to their loved ones with one final serenade.
Photo: Marco Ugarte/AP

 

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INDIA — Election: A woman walked to cast her vote at a polling booth during the second phase of elections for Assam state on Thursday.
Photo: Anupam Nath/AP

 

NETHERLANDS — 20 years later: Gert Kasteel, left, and Dolf Pasker, right, one of the first four couples who tied the knot when same-sex marriage was legalized in the Netherlands, reacted during an interview at their home in Weesp on Wednesday. Twenty years ago, the mayor of Amsterdam married four couples in City Hall as the Netherlands became the first country in the world with legalized same-sex marriage. It’s now legal in 28 countries, including most of Western Europe, as well as in the self-governing island of Taiwan.
Photo: Peter Dejong/AP

 

ITALY — Another eruption: Lava erupted from Mt. Etna during its seventeenth eruption since the volcanic activity started on Feb. 16, as seen from Pedara, near Catania, Sicily, early Thursday.
Photo: Salvatore Allegra/AP

 

FRANCE — Protected priests: Notre Dame rector Patrick Chauvet led a procession, wearing protective helmets, as part of a Maundy Thursday ceremony, in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, on Thursday, almost two years after a massive fire ravaged the Gothic cathedral.
Photo: Christophe Ena/Pool via AP

 

SOUTH KOREA — Clean election: Workers disinfected ballot boxes ahead of the early voting period for the upcoming Seoul mayoral by-election at a local polling station in Seoul on Thursday. The early voting for the April 7 Seoul and Busan mayoral by-election will be held for two days on April 2 and 3.
Photo: Lee Jin-man/AP

 

MEXICO — Rare bat: A Mexican long-tongued bat was held by Mexico’s National Autonomous University, UNAM, Ecology Institute Biologist Rodrigo Medellin after it was briefly captured for a study at the university’s botanical gardens in Mexico City on Tuesday. Listed as threatened in 1994, the bat normally lives in dry forests and deserts, in a range that extends from the southwestern United States to Central America.
Photo: /Marco Ugarte/AP

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