Afghan parkour, Japan wildfires and lotus harvests

An Afghan parkour athlete performs a stunt on the back of a vehicle on a weekend in the sandy mountainside at the Sayad area of Reg-e-Rawan in Kapisa province on 24 April 2026.

A tractor and a motorcycle make their way through muddy floodwaters after heavy rains raised water levels at the Al-Siha Dam, affecting nearby villages and farmland in northwestern Syria on 25 April 2026.

Farmers harvest lotus fruits from a field in Kandal province on 25 April 2026.

Candles arranged into a radiation hazard symbol at a memorial dedicated to firefighters and workers who died after the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster, ahead of its 40th anniversary, in Slavutych, Ukraine, on 25 April 2026.

A displaced girl calls her sister from inside a tent at a makeshift encampment, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Beirut, Lebanon, on 25 April 2026.

Colourful houses in Butuh village, popularly known as Nepal Van Java, or Nepal of Java, for its resemblance to hillside villages in Nepal, on the slopes of Mount Sumbing in Magelang, Central Java, on 27 April 2026.

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump host Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla for afternoon tea at the White House in Washington, DC, on 27 April 2026.

A helicopter conducts firefighting operations as wildfires continue in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, on 26 April 2026.

The Milky Way stretches across the night sky as seen from the Atacama Desert, Chile, on 15 April 2026.

Fireworks explode at Saint George church during the Saint George's Day celebrations at the Quintino neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 23 April 2026.