April 14, 2017

Sri Lankan children bathe as an elephant walks by in a lake at Kataragama.

Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave national flags during a rally for the upcoming referendum in Konya, Turkey.

A local resident, playing the role of Jesus Christ, reenacts Jesus Christ's crucifixion during a Via Crucis representation on Good Friday in Cuevas del Campo, Spain.

Nepalese revelers ring bells on a wooden chariot during celebrations for the Nepalese New Year or "Bisket Jatra" in Bhaktapur, some 12 kms east of Kathmandu. The festival which began April 10, is celebrated for nine days by the ethnic Newar community in Bhaktapur.

A Syrian Christian woman lights candles during a Good Friday mass at the Syriac church of the Holy Virgin in the northeastern city of Qamishli, during Easter celebrations.

A man climbs up a greasy pole in a climbing competition as part of traditional festival games to celebrate Sinhala, Hindu and Tamil New Year in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

A buyer chooses hand decorated Easter eggs at a market in Belgrade, Serbia. Orthodox Serbs celebrate Easter on April 16, according to old Julian calendar.

Empty beach chairs are placed on a beach near the Baltic Sea town of Travemuende, Germany.

A visitor looks at "A Walk Through the Line," artwork installation Chiharu Shiota, as part of the European Capital of Culture 2017 exhibitions in Paphos, Cyprus.

An owl flies during a performance at the Zooparc de Beauval in Saint-Aignan, central France.

Revelers take part in a water fight at Songkran Festival to celebrate Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand.

Trees are silhouetted against the rising sun in outskirts of capital Minsk, Belarus, during a spring morning.