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Our world in photos: April 14

April 14, 2022 Michaela Keil

BRAZIL — Carnival: A reveler of a street party known as blocos, danced during a protest against restrictions by city officials in Rio de Janeiro, on Wednesday. City Hall banned the street parties during Carnival celebrations, which were delayed by almost two months due to the pandemic. Photo: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

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NEPAL — New Year: A Nepalese boy watched devotees pull down the lingo, a long wooden pole symbolizing a phallus, during Biska Jatra festival in Bhaktapur, on Thursday. During this festival, also regarded as Nepalese New Year, images of Hindu god Bhairava and his female counterpart Bhadrakali are enshrined in two large chariots and pulled to an open square after which rituals and festivities are performed.
Photo: Niranjan Shrestha/AP

BRAZIL — March: Indigenous people took part in a march during the 18th annual Free Land Indigenous Camp, in Brasilia, on Wednesday.
Photo: Eraldo Peres/AP

VENEZUELA — Anniversary: Members of the Venezuelan National Bolivarian Militia, a branch of the National Armed Forces created by the late President Hugo Chavez, raised their weapons during the celebration of the militia’s 13th anniversary, in Caracas, on Wednesday. Government supporters also commemorated the 20th anniversary of Chavez’s return to power after a failed coup in 2002.
Photo: Matias Delacroix/AP

INDIA — Bollywood Wedding: Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor, right and Alia Bhatt posed for photographs after their wedding outside their residence in Mumbai, on Thursday.
Photo: Rajanish Kakade/AP

TEXAS — Tornado: Michelle Light salvaged belongings from her home on FM 2843 and Cedar Valley Road near Salado, on Wednesday, a day after a tornado destroyed the house.
Photo: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP

SOUTH KOREA — Tulips: A woman wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus took pictures of tulips at a park in Goyang, on Thursday.
Photo: Ahn Young-joon/AP

PAKISTAN — Vaisakhi Festival: Sikh pilgrims attended the Vaisakhi festival at the shrine of Gurdwara Punja Sahib, the second most sacred place for Sikhs, in Hasan Abdal, on Thursday. Thousands of Sikh pilgrims arrived from neighboring India and other countries to attend the harvest festival that is regionally known by many names and marks the Solar New Year.
Photo: Anjum Naveed/AP

SPAIN — Holy week: Penitents from “Virgen de la Esperanza” brotherhood attended a procession in Zamora on Thursday.
Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP

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