American golfer Scott Stallings's son Finn plays during the Par 3 Contest prior the start of the 78th Masters Golf Tournament at AugustaAFPA swimmer balances a cup on her head during a training session in Chartres, on the eve of the first day of the French swimming championshipsAFPCamille Muffat powers her way to win the women's 100m freestyle final during the French Swimming championships in ChartresAFPPrince George plays with his mother's hair on his first official engagement during their royal tour of New ZealandMarty Melville/AFPPrince William and Kate Middleton are greeted by a Maori man with a tattooed bare bottomAFPPrince William picks up a dart during a Maori welcoming ceremony at Government House in WellingtonAFPPrince William meets children in the crowd after laying a wreath with his wife at the war memorial in Seymour SquareReutersPrince William holds an umbrella above his wife and then spills water on her before boarding two America's Cup yachts on Auckland HarbourReutersA veteran awaits the arrival of Prince William and Kate Middleton at the Blenheim War Memorial in New ZealandGettyThe President of Ireland Michael D Higgins is dwarfed by troops of the Queen's Company, Grenadier Guards as he inspects the guard at honour during the first-ever state visit to Britain by an Irish head of stateReutersThe Queen laughs at Windsor Castle as she bids farewell to Irish President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina at the end of their official visitAFPUkip leader Nigel Farage arrives to speak at a meeting at Old Basing Village Hall in BasingstokeGettyGirls look at their hands after shaking hands with US President Barack Obama at Bladensburg High School in Bladensburg, MarylandReutersFans record Lady Gaga as she performs onstage at Roseland Ballroom in New York CityGettyPeople visit an upside-down home, a tourist attraction, in St PetersburgReutersAerial view of flower fields near the Keukenhof park, also known as the Garden of Europe, in Lisse, NetherlandsReutersNewlyweds Flor Perez and Jose Ramirez kiss in front of "Cupid's Span", a sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, in San FranciscoReutersA performer dressed as the Hindu goddess Kali participates in a procession to celebrate the Ram Navami festival in Allahabad, IndiaAFPA boy prays during a Buddhist novice ordination ceremony in Mae Hong Son, ThailandGettyAssistants use incense and cigarettes to drive bees away from She Ping's face. He covered himself in more than 460,000 drones, weighing over 45 kg (99 lbs)ReutersCompetitors attend the 2nd Russian Beard and Moustache Championships in MoscowReutersTwin polar bear cubs play in their enclosure at Hellabrunn zoo in Munich. The two cubs have now been named – Nela and NobbyReutersKing and Zoe, twin brown bear cubs, play in their enclosure at Juraparc animal park near Vallorbe, SwitzerlandReutersSeven-month-old giant panda Xing Bao explores its new enclosure at the zoo in MadridAFPJimmel, an owl-faced monkey, protects her one-month old baby at the zoo in AntwerpReutersA tourist reacts as an elephant sprays her with water in celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province. Songkran marks the start of Thailand's New YearReutersHungarian women cast their ballots inside a polling station during parliamentary elections in Veresegyhaza near BudapestReutersAfghan women look for brooms at a roadside shop in HeratAFPJyoti Amge, 20, the shortest woman in the world and a first-time voter, shows her voting card and ink-marked finger after casting her vote in Nagpur, IndiaReutersPoliticians come to blows during a session of the parliament in Kiev, UkraineReutersA pro-Russia protester stands at a barricade outside a regional government building in Donetsk, eastern UkraineReutersStreet cleaners sweep away bullet cases as they remove rubbish and a barricade erected by pro-Russian protesters near a building of the state security service in Donetsk, eastern UkraineReutersKenyan men try to put out a fire caused by an electrical fault at the Deep Sea slum in NairobiAFPMen rescue a boy from under the rubble of a building after what activists said was a barrel bomb attack by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Al-Shaar neighbourhood of AleppoReuters
This article was first published on April 11, 2014
