Floods devastate parts of KwaZulu-Natal, a grim investigation in Ukraine, fuel shortages in Sri Lanka, China battles Covid-19 and more
15 April 2022 - 07:00
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April 11-13 — Shipping containers that were caught in floods after heavy rains lie abandoned on a road in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. By Wednesday, the death toll from floods had risen to more than 260. President Cyril Ramaphosa toured the area.
April 12 — Drivers push their three-wheelers in Colombo, Sri Lanka, while waiting in a line to buy petrol at a Ceylon Ceypetco fuel station on a main road, amid the country’s economic crisis.
Picture: REUTERS/DINUKA LIYANAWATTE
April 12 — Medical workers in protective suits wave at Changchun residents during a farewell ceremony before returning to Meihekou, from which they were dispatched to help curb Covid-19 in Changchun, Jilin province, China.
Picture: CHINA DAILY/REUTERS
April 13 — International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan stands next to a grave where the remains of three bodies were found, in the town of Bucha, outside Kyiv, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
April 13 — Hindu devotees dance after applying paints to their bodies as they celebrate the Lal Kach festival in Munshiganj, Bangladesh.
Picture: REUTERS/MOHAMMAD PONIR HOSSAIN
April 13 — Women carry rubbish bags after collecting recyclable materials among rubbish at the Goudkoppies landfill site near Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg.
Picture: REUTERS/ SIPHIWE SIBEKO
April 13 — Orthodox Jewish men prepare matza, a traditional unleavened bread eaten during the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, in Komemiyut, Israel.
Picture: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN
April 13 — Bette-May Waine, right, welcomes her grandchild Mackenzie Waine and family from Australia for a holiday, at Auckland International Airport. New Zealand borders reopened to Australian tourists from midnight on Tuesday.
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The week in pictures
Floods devastate parts of KwaZulu-Natal, a grim investigation in Ukraine, fuel shortages in Sri Lanka, China battles Covid-19 and more
April 11-13 — Shipping containers that were caught in floods after heavy rains lie abandoned on a road in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. By Wednesday, the death toll from floods had risen to more than 260. President Cyril Ramaphosa toured the area.
April 12 — Drivers push their three-wheelers in Colombo, Sri Lanka, while waiting in a line to buy petrol at a Ceylon Ceypetco fuel station on a main road, amid the country’s economic crisis.
April 12 — Medical workers in protective suits wave at Changchun residents during a farewell ceremony before returning to Meihekou, from which they were dispatched to help curb Covid-19 in Changchun, Jilin province, China.
April 13 — International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan stands next to a grave where the remains of three bodies were found, in the town of Bucha, outside Kyiv, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
April 13 — Hindu devotees dance after applying paints to their bodies as they celebrate the Lal Kach festival in Munshiganj, Bangladesh.
April 13 — Women carry rubbish bags after collecting recyclable materials among rubbish at the Goudkoppies landfill site near Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg.
April 13 — Orthodox Jewish men prepare matza, a traditional unleavened bread eaten during the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, in Komemiyut, Israel.
April 13 — Bette-May Waine, right, welcomes her grandchild Mackenzie Waine and family from Australia for a holiday, at Auckland International Airport. New Zealand borders reopened to Australian tourists from midnight on Tuesday.
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