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4)The Making of a Nation

DAY IN PHOTOS

April 18, 2019

April 18, 2019 2:22 PM

A look at the best news photos from around the world.

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1Worshipers take part in a procession during the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony on Easter Holy Week in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City.

2Photojournalists photograph four pages of the Mueller Report laid on the witness table in the House Intelligence Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill. The redacted version of Special counsel Robert Mueller's 400-page report on his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election is released by Attorney General William Barr.

3Special counsel Robert Mueller's report, with heavy redactions, as released is photographed in Washington.

4Wild bluebells blooming turn Hallerbos, a forest also known as the "Blue Forest", into a blue carpet of flowers near Halle, Belgium.

5Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg visits the Senate in Rome, Italy. She is in Rome to headline April 19th “school strike,” the growing worldwide youth movement she spearheaded demanding faster action against climate change.

6Climate change activists listen to speeches at their encampment blocking the road junction at Oxford Circus in the busy shopping district in central London during the fourth day of an environmental protest by the Extinction Rebellion group.

7Photovoltaic solar panels are seen at the power plant in La Colle des Mees, Alpes de Haute Provence, southeastern France, April 17, 2019.

8Pope Francis holds the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday, during Easter Holy Week, at Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

9An image made available by Gigarama.ru on April 17, 2019 shows an aerial shot of the fire damage to Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, France.

10This aerial view shows a tulip field as the sun shines in Korschenbroich, western Germany.

11The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, April 17, 2019. Northrop Grumman's 11th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 7,600 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew.

12Black capped squirrel monkeys are fed treats from a papier-mache Easter egg at ZSL London Zoo.

13Spanish legionnaires sing in the rain outside a church during a ceremony ahead of the Mena brotherhood procession during Holy Week, in Malaga, Spain.

14A gaucho rides an untamed horse during Creole week celebrations in Montevideo, Uruguay, April 17, 2019.