April 25, 2025: Best photos from around the world
People wait in a queue outside Vatican City, as Pope Francis lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome, Italy April 24, 2025.
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A woman walks near a barbed wire fence before the annual International "March of the Living" through the grounds of the former Auschwitz death camp, to pay tribute to the millions of Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War Two, in Oswiecim, Poland, April 24, 2025.
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Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates winning her round of 64 match against Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska.
People hold a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the victims of terrorist attack in J&K's Pahalgam, in Kolkata, Thursday, April 24, 2025.
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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel during the Beating Retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, near Amritsar, Thursday, April 24, 2025. The Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday said it has "scaled down" the retreat ceremony held at Attari, Hussainiwala and Sadki along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab in the wake of the Pahalgam terrorist attack.
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Josh Hazlewood celebrates the wicket of Rajasthan Royals' Jofra Archer during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals, at M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru, Thursday.
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