

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge tries out a magic wand on the set used to depict Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter films, during the inauguration of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in London. Paul Rogers/Reuters
A partially-covered statue under construction is seen at an amusement park in Luoyang, Henan province. The statue, which was designed with its head resembling the amusement park owner's and its body structure resembling Buddha's, was covered up after media exposure resulted in criticism from the public. Reuters
Lightning flashes as political supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League hold a meeting under tight security due to ongoing attacks on political rallies and parties' election offices, in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has ordered the closure of election offices in Karachi following a blast that killed many party workers. B.K. Bangash/AP
A giant panda plays at a "panda kindergarten", a refuge for baby pandas, inside Bifengxia giant panda base in Ya'an, Sichuan province, China, after an earthquake hit Lushan. According to local reports, more than half of the pandas in Bifengxia were resettled from Wolong panda base after an 7.9 earthquake in 2008. Reuters
People protect their ears as a siren sounds to commemorate the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica on the 77th anniversary of the aerial attack during the Spanish Civil War by Germany's Condor Legion. Vincent West/Reuters
South Korean Marine LVT-7 landing craft sail to shores in a smoke screen during the US-South Korea joint military exercises called Ssangyong 2013 as part of their two-month-long Foal Eagle military exercises in Pohang, south of Seoul, South Korea. Kin Cheung/AP
Frogs spawn in a pond outside St.Petersburg, Russia. Dmitry Lovetsky/AP
European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano adjusts his space suit before taking part in a simulation exercise at the Star City cosmonaut training centre outside Moscow. Parmitano is part of a three person team scheduled to launch for the International Space Station in May. Sergei Remezov/Reuters
Bangladeshi garment workers participate in a protest against the collapse of an eight-story building that housed several garment factories and poor safety standards, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The death toll reached hundreds of people as rescuers continued to search for injured and missing, after a huge section of the building splintered into a pile of concrete. AP
Ukrainians hold candles commemorating the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the capital city of Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine marks the 27th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster on April 26. Sergei Chuzavkov/AP
Stelios Zamanos, a Greek member of a World War Two resistance organisation, takes part in a rally outside the German embassy in Athens. Representatives of resistance groups staged the protest demanding compensation from the German government for Greek Nazi war victims. Yorgos Karahalis/Reuters
A young kudu is pictured in front of grown-ups at their compound in the zoo in Duisburg, Germany. Federico Gambarini/dpa/AP
Amber, 5, sports a bee painted on her nose as she joins her mother at a protest in Parliament Square to urge Britain's government to ban the use of pesticides containing neonicotinoids, in central London. EU governments failed last month to agree on a ban of three widely used pesticides linked to the decline of honeybees. Andrew Winning/Reuters
A woman dressed as comic book character "Supergirl", who is one of the many that dress up as costumed characters to pose for photos with tourists for tips on Hollywood Boulevard, takes a break and checks her mobile phone in Hollywood April 25. Fred Prouser/Reuters
People watch the full moon as it rises over the skyline of New York City near 42nd Street (r.), as seen across the Hudson River in Weehawken, New Jersey April 25th. Gary Hershorn/Reuters