Best pictures from April 12
An elephant sprays water at children in celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, about 80 km north of Bangkok. Songkran, the most celebrated festival of the year, marks the start of Thailand's traditional New Year.CHAIWAT SUBPRASOM/Reuters
Afghan refugee boys play on a hill near the slum where they live with their families, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.Muhammed Muheisen/The Associated Press
Ultra-orthodox Jewish gather on a rooftop the funeral of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, son of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, in Jerusalem.Bernat Armangue/The Associated Press
San Diego Padres' Carlos Quentin charges into Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke after being hit by a pitch in the sixth inning of baseball game in San Diego.Lenny Ignelzi/The Associated Press
A local resident sits on a trunk amid the burnt debris of her hut after a fire broke out in a slum area in New Delhi. Two people including a child, died on Friday after a fire broke out in a slum area on the outskirts of Delhi gutting several huts, local media reported.ADNAN ABIDI/Reuters
The sun and atmospheric conditions combine to create a rainbow colored ring around the sun, known as a solar halo, in the skies above Havana, Cuba.Franklin Reyes/The Associated Press
A monument to the late Pope John Paul II is seen covered with a piece of fabric before its inauguration ceremony on a street in Lima.ENRIQUE CASTRO-MENDIVIL/Reuters
Supporters of Venezuela's acting President and presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro watch motorcyclists do wheelies before Maduro's arrival at his closing campaign rally in Caracas. Venezuela will hold its presidential elections on April 14.STRINGER/Reuters
Members of the Korean Children's Union, bottom, chat while spectators take their seats at a stadium before a ceremony to induct children into the union, the first political organization for North Koreans, in Pyongyang, North Korea.Alexander F. Yuan/The Associated Press
Supporters hold a toddler wearing a Maduro-style mustache at the closing campaign rally for Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela.Ramon Espinosa/The Associated Press