World in photos: Sands, sky, storms, and sculptures

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

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Finnbarr Webster / Getty Images

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

Michelle Spatari / AFP
Michelle Spatari / AFP

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.

Mikhail Metzel / AFP
Mikhail Metzel / AFP

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.

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AFP

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.

Arif Ali / AFP
Arif Ali / AFP

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

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AFP

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

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP
Ahmad Gharabli / AFP

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

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Morteza Nikoubazl / Getty Images

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.

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Chris McGrath / Getty Images

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.