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Our world in photos: April 23

April 23, 2021 By Michaela Keil
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MINNESOTA — Ceremony: Arbuey and Katie Wright, Daunte Wright’s parents, released three white doves at Lakewood Cemetery after cremating their son, on Thursday, in Minneapolis. Daunte Wright, a young Black man shot by an officer during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis, was not “just some kid with an air freshener,” but a “prince” whose life ended too soon at the hands of police, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Thursday during an emotional funeral.
Photo: Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP

 

RUSSIA — Red carpet: Chinese-born Russian actress, film director, and singer Yang Ge arrived at the opening ceremony of the 43rd Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, on Thursday.
Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/AP

 

BOLIVIA — Earth Day: On Thursday, a Navy soldier carried a bag filled with plastic bottles collected from the shores of Lake Titicaca during a cleanup campaign to mark Earth Day, in Copacabana.
Photo: Juan Karita/AP

 

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PERU — Breakfast: A family cooked breakfast over a campfire at a squatters settlement on a hilltop in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood of Lima, occupied by people who could no longer pay their rent because of restrictions on economic activity aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19, on Thursday.
Photo: Martin Mejia/AP

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