News in Pictures
Stockholm, Sweden
A new selfie ‘museum’ makes visitors both the artist and the exhibit. The Youseum has no works of art on its walls, instead its brightly decorated rooms are meant to serve as fun backgrounds for visitors’ selfies or videos.
Sydney, Australia
Building operations staff inspect tiles on the Sydney Opera House sails. The ‘tile tapping’ test is conducted every five years.
Naples, Italy
Ukrainian and Russian dancers take part in a benefit concert at the San Carlo opera house to raise funds for the Red Cross and champion the cause of peace in Ukraine.
Doradal, Colombia
The Colombian authorities have declared the deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar’s herd of ‘cocaine hippos’ an invasive species to tackle their growing numbers. As the animals do not have a natural predator in Colombia, they are a potential problem for biodiversity, scientists say.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson visiting the Lorraine motel in Tennessee, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed on April 4, 1968.
Hong Kong, China
An aerial photo shows lines of graves at the Chinese Christian cemetery on the western side of Hong Kong. Relatives visit cemeteries to honour their ancestors during the annual Tomb Sweeping Day, known locally as Ching Ming.
Ronda, Spain