Photos of the Day: April 22

SWIMMINGLY: A duck swam past a window, viewed from inside an eye-care center, in a building in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich. The Weather Service reported Monday that the Grand River peaked at around 21.85 feet, topping the 1985 record of 19.64 feet. Previous water levels are marked on…
SWIMMINGLY: A duck swam past a window, viewed from inside an eye-care center, in a building in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich. The Weather Service reported Monday that the Grand River peaked at around 21.85 feet, topping the 1985 record of 19.64 feet. Previous water levels are marked on the wall.
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LOVED ONES CLOSE: A mother and her son attended an interfaith service Sunday in Boston for victims of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings, in which two explosions killed three people and injured scores more.
LOVED ONES CLOSE: A mother and her son attended an interfaith service Sunday in Boston for victims of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings, in which two explosions killed three people and injured scores more.
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CLEAN-CUT: Freshly shorn alpacas stood in a meadow in Winklarn, Germany, Monday. Alpacas are shorn in spring to make the animals more comfortable during the summer months, and to collect expensive alpaca wool.
CLEAN-CUT: Freshly shorn alpacas stood in a meadow in Winklarn, Germany, Monday. Alpacas are shorn in spring to make the animals more comfortable during the summer months, and to collect expensive alpaca wool.
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LIMITED EDITION: Ferrari’s LaFerrari sports car was displayed in Paris Monday. Ferrari is making fewer than 500 of the vehicles.
LIMITED EDITION: Ferrari’s LaFerrari sports car was displayed in Paris Monday. Ferrari is making fewer than 500 of the vehicles.
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ON FOOT: A man walked along an empty avenue on a Day Without Cars in Medellín, Colombia, Monday.
ON FOOT: A man walked along an empty avenue on a Day Without Cars in Medellín, Colombia, Monday.
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SCIENCE OF SNOW: Colorado Avalanche Information Center employee Scott Toepfer, foreground, took depth measurements on Sunday every 50 feet near Colorado’s Loveland Pass, where an avalanche killed five snowboarders a day earlier. Another snowboarder who was buried survived.
SCIENCE OF SNOW: Colorado Avalanche Information Center employee Scott Toepfer, foreground, took depth measurements on Sunday every 50 feet near Colorado’s Loveland Pass, where an avalanche killed five snowboarders a day earlier. Another snowboarder who was buried survived.
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STRANDED: Passengers, who were stranded amid a strike, slept at Ben-Gurion airport near Tel Aviv Monday. Israeli airlines ended their strike Monday after reaching a deal with the Israeli government over its new ‘Open Skies’ deal with the European Union, which is meant to reduce…
STRANDED: Passengers, who were stranded amid a strike, slept at Ben-Gurion airport near Tel Aviv Monday. Israeli airlines ended their strike Monday after reaching a deal with the Israeli government over its new ‘Open Skies’ deal with the European Union, which is meant to reduce restrictions on European carriers.
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SHUT-EYE: U.S. Marines, who deployed from Okinawa, Japan, rested during a Combined Joint Logistics Over the Shore exercise, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday.
SHUT-EYE: U.S. Marines, who deployed from Okinawa, Japan, rested during a Combined Joint Logistics Over the Shore exercise, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday.
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GOING UP: A man looked up at his friends, unseen, as they removed mud from the construction site of a well in Khokana, Nepal, Monday.
GOING UP: A man looked up at his friends, unseen, as they removed mud from the construction site of a well in Khokana, Nepal, Monday.
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BOMB VICTIM: Tania Akhter, 10 years old, lay in a hospital burn unit after a crude bombing in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday. The girl found the bomb near her home and it exploded in her hand, according to police.
BOMB VICTIM: Tania Akhter, 10 years old, lay in a hospital burn unit after a crude bombing in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday. The girl found the bomb near her home and it exploded in her hand, according to police.
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RUN! A man ran with his daughter on his back to avoid falling rocks amid earthquake aftershocks in Ya’an, Sichuan province, China, Sunday. At least 192 people were killed, more than 11,000 were injured and 23 were missing after an earthquake struck the province early Saturday.
RUN! A man ran with his daughter on his back to avoid falling rocks amid earthquake aftershocks in Ya’an, Sichuan province, China, Sunday. At least 192 people were killed, more than 11,000 were injured and 23 were missing after an earthquake struck the province early Saturday.
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CHOWING DOWN: Young earthquake survivors ate noodles outside a tent at a middle school in Baoxing County, Sichuan province, China, Monday.
CHOWING DOWN: Young earthquake survivors ate noodles outside a tent at a middle school in Baoxing County, Sichuan province, China, Monday.
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MUDDY WATERS: A man entered his flooded yard in Tosno, Russia, Monday. Hundreds of area houses are flooded.
MUDDY WATERS: A man entered his flooded yard in Tosno, Russia, Monday. Hundreds of area houses are flooded.
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CRIME SCENE: Police officers gathered evidence after five people were shot to death, including a suspect who was shot by arriving officers, at an apartment complex in Federal Way, Wash., Sunday. There was no immediate word on the motivation for the shooting.
CRIME SCENE: Police officers gathered evidence after five people were shot to death, including a suspect who was shot by arriving officers, at an apartment complex in Federal Way, Wash., Sunday. There was no immediate word on the motivation for the shooting.
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LOVE BLOSSOMS: A young couple lay under blossoming cherry trees on Petřín hill in Prague Monday.
LOVE BLOSSOMS: A young couple lay under blossoming cherry trees on Petřín hill in Prague Monday.
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