Sands, sky, storms, and sculptures

A storm casts a rainbow along the coast of Barcelona in Spain on 1 April 2024.

Ahead of the summer season opening, a sculptor takes a break at Weymouth's SandWorld Sculpture Park in the UK on 27 March 2024.

A man prays during Ramadan in the middle of the salt Lake Karum, in the Danakil Depression of the Afar region, in the heart of the Horn of Africa.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits the 344th Army Aviation Centre of aircrews combat training and transition in Torzhok in the Tver region on 27 March 2024.

A police officer stands guard at a border checkpoint during a sandstorm in Erenhot in northern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on 27 March 2024.

Christians attend a Good Friday mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore on 29 March 2024.

The Jordanian army conduct a humanitarian aid airdrop over the northern Gaza Strip on 31 March 2024.

Christian worshippers and clergy circle the Unction Stone at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Easter Sunday.

Iranian protesters shout anti-Israeli and anti-U.S. slogans after an Israeli air strike against the Iranian consulate in Syria, on 1 April 2024.

Flares and dancing as supporters celebrate the victory of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul mayor and Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate, on 1 April 2024 in Istanbul, Turkey.