Best pictures from April 18
Pope Francis lies prostrate as he prays during the Celebration of the Lord's Passion in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 18, 2014.STEFANO RELLANDINI/Reuters
Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, talks to junior surf lifesavers during a visit to Sydney's Manly beach April 18, 2014. Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate are undertaking a 19-day official visit to New Zealand and Australia with their son George.DAVID GRAY/Reuters
Catherine, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, pats Fred, the Merino ram, during a visit to the Royal Easter Show in Sydney April 18, 2014. Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate are undertaking a 19-day official visit to New Zealand and Australia with their son George.POOL/Reuters
Residents use hip waders and a canoe on Willow Road to get out along the flooded Otonabee River near Peterborough Ontario April 18, 2014. Spring run off is causing problems in much of central Ontario as warm temperatures finally melt snow and ice.FRED THORNHILL/Reuters
Young men dressed in traditional Paloc folk costumes pour water from a bucket on a young woman performing an Easter folk tradition, the Easter sprinkling, in Kazar, some 100 kilometers northeast of Budapest, Hungary, Good Friday, April 18, 2014.Peter Komka/The Associated Press
Worshippers are silhouetted during a procession along the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday during Holy Week in Jerusalem's Old City April 18, 2014. Christian worshippers on Friday retraced the route Jesus took along Via Dolorosa to his crucifixion in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.FINBARR O'REILLY/Reuters
Pawanjot Mand competes in a turban tying competition in Surrey, B.C. Friday, April 18, 2014. The turban tying competition is the 12th annual and is a part of Dastar Celebration.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press
Cranes wait near the buoys installed to mark the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea, Friday, April 18, 2014. Rescuers scrambled to find hundreds of ferry passengers still missing Friday and feared dead, as fresh questions emerged about whether quicker action by the captain of the doomed ship could have saved lives.Lee Jin-man/The Associated Press
Students from different classes attend an outdoor joint lesson outside a school building in Guangzhou, Guangdong province April 18, 2014.ALEX LEE/Reuters
The ancient Colosseum is pictured before the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession during Good Friday celebrations in Rome April 18, 2014. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.TONY GENTILE/Reuters
Kevin, a man accused of being a thief by civil servants at the Work Inspection office, lays in pain after being attacked by a man with a machete and sticks, in plain view of others, in Bangui, Central African Republic, Friday, April 18, 2014. Foreign journalists intervened and stopped the beating, as the crowd shouted "he is a thief, he must die." Police arrived and took Kevin into custody. He was then taken to a local hospital for treatment under police surveillance before being brought before a prosecuting officer.Jerome Delay/The Associated Press
Students hold papers with candles for safe return of their friends aboard the sunken ferry Sewol at Danwon High School in Ansan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 18, 2014. Rescuers scrambled to find hundreds of ferry passengers still missing Friday and feared dead in the waters off the country's southern coast, as fresh questions emerged about whether quicker action by the captain of the doomed ship could have saved lives.Uncredited/The Associated Press
Surrounded by reporters, former Ukrainian prime minister and presidential hopeful Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to journalists after her press conference in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, April 18, 2014. Tymoshenko arrived Friday in Donetsk in a bid to defuse the tensions and hear "the demands of Ukrainians who live in Donetsk."Sergei Grits/The Associated Press