Orion moon mission and more from the world

The Artemis II crewed lunar mission lifts off from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 1 April 2026.

This handout picture by an Artemis II crew member provided by NASA shows Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch looking back at earth through the window of the Orion spacecraft on 2 April 2026.

A view of the Earth from the Artemis II mission's Orion capsule after the spacecraft reached its farthest distance from the planet when it travelled around the Moon, in this screengrab taken from a livestream video on 6 April 2026.

This screen grab from NASA's feed released on 3 April 2026, shows the four Artemis II crew members as they head to orbit the Moon for the first time in more than half a century.

This handout picture by an Artemis II crew member provided by NASA shows a sliver of Earth illuminated against the blackness of space through the window of the Orion spacecraft on 4 April 2026.

In this fully illuminated view of the Moon, the near side, is visible on the right, identifiable by the dark splotches that cover its surface, as viewed by the crew of the NASA Artemis II inside the Orion spacecraft on 6 April 2026.

A sparrow flies among blooming cherry blossoms in Seoul, South Korea, 2 April 2026.

The Iraq national football team greets the Iraqis gathered to celebrate from an open-top bus during a public reception after qualifying for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1986, in Baghdad, Iraq, on 4 April 2026.

A Palestinian child stands outside a house with a broken window, in Al-Luban e-Sharkiya, near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 6 April 2026.

Participants wave burning torches before lighting the Easter fire on a hill in Attendorn, western Germany, on 5 April 2026.