Day in Photos: Heavy Rains in DR Congo, Detained Lawyers, and Extraordinary Congress in Turkey

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Day in Photos: Heavy Rains in DR Congo, Detained Lawyers, and Extraordinary Congress in Turkey

Residents wade through murky floodwaters following heavy rains in the Ndjili district of Kinshasa, DR Congo, on April 6, 2025. Heavy downpours in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa have left around 30 people dead while wrecking havoc in the central African megacity, an official told AFP. Hardy Bope/AFP via Getty Images

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The “Matisse” towers collapse after being demolished by controlled explosions in Nimes, France, on April 6, 2025. Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images

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A homeowner secures an American flag as the Kentucky River rises in Frankfort, Ky., on April 6, 2025. The city is expected to experience record flooding as the river continues to rise. Michael Swensen/Getty Images

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Detained lawyers, linked to Bangladesh’s former government, look through a police van outside a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 6, 2025. A court ordered at least 70 lawyers linked to the former government to be held in custody for the attempted murder of fellow lawyers during last year’s revolution. Abdul Goni/AFP via Getty Images

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Stones are placed on a stele that is part of the memorial dedicated to the murdered Sinti and Roma at the memorial site of a former Nazi concentration camp before a commemoration ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near Weimar, eastern Germany, on April 6, 2025. Jens Schlueter/AFP via Getty Images

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A girl dressed in traditional attire waits to take part in the annual Hindu festival of Ram Navami on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, on April 6, 2025. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images

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Emergency personnel gather at an impact scene following a hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza strip in Ashkelon, Israel, on April 6, 2025. Amir Cohen/Reuters

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The Republican People’s Party leader, Ozgür Ozel (C), sits next to an empty seat, reserved for arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, during the party’s extraordinary congress in Ankara, Turkey, on April 6, 2025. Ozel called the urgent meeting amid concerns that party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of Imamoglu, the main challenger for the opposition party in the next presidential election, who was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country’s largest wave of demonstrations since 2013. Serdar Ozsoy/Getty Images

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A woman walks past blossoming trees in a park during a heavy spring snowfall in Sofia, Bulgaria, on April 6, 2025. Nikolay Doychinov/AFP via Getty Images

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People inspect a heavily-damaged building used to store solar energy panels that was reportedly hit by a U.S. air strike in Yemen’s northern province of Saada on April 6, 2025. -/AFP via Getty Images

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Marine Le Pen, president of the Rassemblement National parliamentary group, arrives on stage during a Rassemblement National meeting in support of Le Pen following her conviction for false employment at the European Parliament in Paris on April 6, 2025. Bastien Ohie/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images

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William Byron, driver of the No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet, and Ryan Preece, driver of the No. 60 Kroger/Country Crock Ford, lead the field on a pace lap prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C., on April 6, 2025. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

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A Palestinian boy works at a makeshift plant extracting fuel from recycled plastic in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 6, 2025. Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images

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Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to supporters during a rally at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 6, 2025. This was Bolsonaro’s first demonstration since the Supreme Court decided to try him on charges of leading a coup plot. Miguel Schincariol/AFP via Getty Images

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A stork stands on the decorated roof of the historical building of the university, in Alcala de Henares, near Madrid, Spain, on April 6, 2025. Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images

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Shopkeepers selling clothes and fabric wait for customers at their roadside stalls in Karachi, Pakistan, on April 6, 2025. Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images

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Stefano Belotti and Matteo Santoro of Italy compete during the Men’s Synchronized 3m Springboard Final on day four of the World Aquatics Diving World Cup 2025 Stop 1 at Centre Acuatico Code Metropolitano in Guadalajara, Mexico, on April 6, 2025. Hector Vivas/Getty Images

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French President Emmanuel Macron (C) greets people as he walks alongside his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (CL) at the Khan al-Khalili market area in Cairo on April 6, 2025. The French president arrived in Cairo on the eve of talks with his Egyptian counterpart on Gaza. Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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A flock of sheep quenches their thirst at a canal in Rabat village, Afghanistan, on April 6, 2025. Atif Aryan/AFP via Getty Images

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Sikhs take part in the annual procession in Glasgow as part of the Vaisakhi celebration to celebrate the Birth of the Sikh Nation in Glasgow, Scotland, on April 6, 2025. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

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