The day in pictures

April 8, 2024: Sparks created by molten iron being splashed during the Zhuang Song Festival, also known as "San Yue San," celebrated by ethnic minorities in Liuzhou, in southwestern China's Guangxi region.

April 8, 2024: A plane flies overhead as Jayden Lenore of Alexandria, Virginia, Sebastian Gonzales-Silba, 16, Alexa Gonzales-Silba, 9, and Persies Gonzales-Silba, 11, of Lorton, Virginia, view the partial solar eclipse at Gravelly Point Park in Arlington, Virginia. People have traveled to areas across North America that are on the "path of totality" in order to experience the eclipse today, but the next total solar eclipse that can be seen from a large part of North America won't happen until 2044.

As solar eclipse festivities heat up Monday morning, Mike Bostwick (left) of Swartz Creek, MI, and Tony Achilles of Downers Grove, IL, plant an American flag at the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio.

April 8, 2024: People buy dry fruits ahead of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a market in Kandahar.

April 8, 2024: An aerial photo shows people taking pictures under crabapple blossoms in Handan in northern China's Hebei province.

April 8, 2024: Rescuers evacuate residents from the flooded part of the city of Orsk, Russia's Orenburg region, southeast of the southern tip of the Ural Mountains. Russia said on April 8, 2024, that more than 10,000 residential buildings were flooded across the Urals, Volga area, and western Siberia as emergency services evacuated cities threatened by rising rivers. On April 7, Russia declared a federal emergency in the Orenburg region, where the Ural River flooded much of the city of Orsk and is now reaching dangerous levels in the main city of Orenburg. Much of the city of Orsk has been flooded after torrential rain burst a nearby dam.

April 8, 2024: A woman on a boat looks at damaged houses on the banks of Cau River in Vietnam's Bac Ninh province.

April 8, 2024: An aerial view shows people visiting a rapeseed garden in Xinghua, in eastern China's Jiangsu province.

April 7, 2024 : Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attacks by Hamas militants lift placards during a demonstration in front of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian militant Hamas movement.

April 6, 2024 : Participants on their traditional boats during the Taizhou Jiangyan Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu National Wetland Park in Taizhou, in eastern China's Jiangsu province.

April 6, 2024 : People attending the 53rd Ann Arbor Hash Bash on the campus of the University of Michigan crawled into a large parachute to hot box with others as they smoked marijuana. The parachute was brought in by Zaza Cannabis from Detroit as a way for people to form a sense of community around marijuana.

April 6, 2024: Women’s World Championship match between Rhea Ripley (black attire) and Becky Lynch (red/white attire) during Wrestlemania XL Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA.

April 5, 2024: The crescent moon rises over LC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after the early morning launch of a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK

April 3, 2024: Workers pick tea leaves at a tea field in Ruichang, in central China's Jiangxi province.

April 3, 2024: An EF1 tornado Tuesday damaged several homes in Jeffersonville, Ind. The National Weather Service said five tornadoes hit the Louisville metro area.

April 3, 2024: This photo taken by Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) shows a damaged building in Hualien after a major earthquake hit Taiwan's east. A major 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's east on the morning of April 3, prompting tsunami warnings for the self-ruled island as well as parts of southern Japan and the Philippines.

April 3, 2024 : Mike Kuen clears heavy snow from his parents home after a large limb broke off a tree in their front yard along E. Florida Avenue during a spring snowstorm in Appleton, Wisconsin.

April 3, 2024 : A woman is reflected on a puddle on the side of the road as she makes her way up Union Street in New Bedford on a rainy day.

April 3, 2024 : St. Louis Cardinals designated hitter Willson Contreras reacts after being hit by a pitch during the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

April 2, 2024: A man cooks traditional curry dishes called 'kuah beulangong' in cauldrons to be shared at iftar, the breaking of the fast, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Banda Aceh.

April 2, 2024: Portraits of hostages hang on tents at a camp set up by Israeli anti-government protesters during a four-day sit-in near the parliament in Jerusalem, calling for the dissolution of the government and the return of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since the Oct. 7 attacks by Palestinian Hamas militants.

April 1, 2024: Berdoll Pecan Candy and Gift Company employee Desiree Hodges adjusts the solar eclipse glasses she made for Ms. Pearl The Squirrel, a 14-foot-tall statue, at the store in Cedar Creek. A total solar eclipse will occur Monday.

April 1, 2024 : A herd of wild Asiatic elephants bathe at Khamrenga wetland in Thakurkuchi village, outskirts of Guwahati, India.

April 1, 2024 : Newly-hired employees hold banners as they pose for a group photograph during the entrance ceremony for ANA Group in an airplane hangar at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. 2848 new employees from 37 group companies attended the ceremony, held by the country's largest air carrier group of companies, as Japan's fiscal year starts from April 1.

April 1, 2024 : President Joe Biden blows the whistle as First Lady Jill Biden cheers for children participating in the White House Easter egg roll at the White House.

March 31, 2024 : Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Randy Arozarena makes a leaping catch at the wall against the Toronto Blue Jays in the third inning at Tropicana Field.

March 31, 2024 : Crane barges and tugboats work during a large salvage operation at the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, a major span over the Patapsco River in Baltimore that collapsed after it was struck by a Singapore-flagged container ship 'Dali'. Six road workers were killed in the collapse.

March 30, 2024 : Launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the 6-45 mission to launch another batch of second generation Starlink satellites. Rocket launched from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This was the second SpaceX launch from Florida today. Launch viewed over the Indian River from Cocoa, Fla.

March 30, 2024: Ankelena Mahmuti and her daughter Nolita Mahmuti wear bunny ears during the Easter egg hunt at Parsons Pond Park in Franklin Lakes, N.J.

Flowers are backlit against the setting sun on Henderson Road. Wildflowers are in bloom at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in eastern San Diego County on March 28, 2024.

A caterpillar moves along wildflowers that are in bloom at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in eastern San Diego County on March 28, 2024.

March 29, 2024: A helicopter drops marshmallows during the 39th Wayne County Parks Marshmallow Drop at Nankin Mills in Westland on Friday, March 29, 2024.

March 28, 2024: Inmates from the Leon County Detention Facility learn how to harvest honey and beeswax through the Leon County Sheriff's Office Ecology and Reentry Training Hub (EARTH) Haven on Thursday, March 28, 2024.

March 27, 2024: A model displays a creation from the Mi&Go collection by Long Jing during China Fashion week in Beijing on March 27, 2024.

March 27, 2024: Spain's famous Osborne Bull billboards painted with the Palestinian flag and a writing reading "Free Palestine" in Cabanillas de la Sierra, near Madrid.

March 26, 2024: The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a major span over the Patapsco River in Baltimore, collapsed March 26, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland after it was struck by a large cargo ship, prompting a massive emergency response for multiple people in the water. The Baltimore City Fire Department described the collapse as a mass-casualty incident.

March 26, 2024: Elise Ketch of northern Virginia participated in a protest outside The Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, as the court heard oral arguments over access to mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions. Mifepristone accounts for over half of all abortions performed in the United States.

March 26, 2024: Penitents from the 'Hermandad Penitencial de las Siete Palabras' brotherhood take part in a procession during Holy Week in the northwestern Spanish city of Zamora on March 26, 2024.

March 25, 2024: Women smeared with 'Gulal' as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colors, in Kolkata.

March 24, 2024: People watch cherry blossoms at a campus in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province.

March 22, 2024: A car splashes snow-melting water as a passing throw on Clark Avenue after a snowstorm in the spring weather in Ames, Iowa.

March 24, 2024 : People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk as Russia observes a national day of mourning after a massacre that killed more than 130 people.

March 24, 2024 : French Felix Lebrun serves to French Simon Gauzy during the men's single semi-final table tennis match in the France 2024 Championship at FDI Stadium in Montpellier, southern France.

March 23, 2024: This photograph taken in Paris, on shows the Eiffel tower with the lights off during the Earth Hour environmental campaign.

March 23, 2024 : A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the company's latest batch of Starlink internet satellites from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on its 6-42 Mission. The rocket launched at 11:09 p.m.

March 22, 2024 : Northwestern Wildcats guard Brooks Barnhizer dives into the scorer's table against the Florida Atlantic Owls in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at the Barclays Center.

March 21, 2024 : Hundreds migrants line up on the border wall after they breached barriers set up by the Texas National Guard on the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The migrants were hoping to be processed by Border Patrol.

March 21, 2024: The moon rises behind a crane at a construction site in Rome, Italy March 21, 2024.

March 20, 2024: Fishing boats sailing around Shenjiamen Fishing Port during sunset in Zhoushan, in eastern China's Zhejiang province.

March 20, 2024: A woman carrying a child runs from the area after gunshots were heard in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Negotiations to form a transitional council to govern Haiti advanced on March 20, as the United States airlifted more citizens to safety from gang violence that has plunged the impoverished country into chaos.

March 20, 2024: US President Joe Biden arrives with union members to speak after touring Intel's Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona. The White House unveiled almost $20 billion in new grants and loans Wednesday to support Intel's US chip-making facilities, marking the Biden administration's largest funding announcement yet as it tackles China's dominance of the crucial technology.

March 19, 2024: A man carries a plastic bucket across the cracked bed of a dried-up pond in Vietnam's southern Ben Tre province. Every day, farmer Nguyen Hoai Thuong prays in vain for rain to fall on the cracked, dry earth of her garden in Vietnam's Mekong Delta -- the country's "rice bowl" agricultural heartland. A blazing month-long heatwave has brought drought, parching the land in Thuong's home of Ben Tre province, 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of business hub Ho Chi Minh City.

March 19, 2024: Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in Montevideo, Uruguay.

March 17, 2024: Elliot Randolph, a full-time street musician, plays the violin for passersby in an effort to make some money as he sits under blooming Cherry trees near the tidal basin in Washington, DC. Washington's cherry blossoms marked the second-earliest peak bloom in more than a century of records.

March 17, 2024: In an aerial view, a Texas National Guard soldier stands atop a barrier of shipping containers and razor wire while guarding the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas National Guard troops have fortified the U.S.-Mexico border with a vast amount of razor wire as part of Governor Greg Abbott's "Operation Lone Star" to deter migrants from crossing into Texas. The U.S. southwestern border stretches nearly 2,000 miles, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, and is marked by fences, deserts, mountains, and the Rio Grande, which runs the entire length of Texas. The politics surrounding border and immigration issues have become dominant themes in the U.S. presidential election campaign.

March 17, 2024 : Austyn Scruggs, Alex Sutton and Josh Taylor, all sailors from NAS Jacksonville make their way down the 18th hole fairway in their St. Patrick's Day dragon costumes during the fourth and final round of The Players Championship PGA golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

March 16, 2024 : People take in the beauty of the cherry blossom trees during the annual Cherry Blossom Day at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore.

March 16, 2024 : Fans of Catholic Central High School from Latham, N.Y. cheer their team during the New York State Girls Basketball Championships in Troy, N.Y. Catholic Central captured the state title with a 64-62 win over Walter Panas of Westchester County, N.Y.

March 16, 2024: Children walk down the aisle during the St. Patrick's Day Mass on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John The Baptist in Savannah, Georgia.

March 15, 2024: Shiite Muslim pilgrims read the Koran at the Imam Hussein shrine during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan in Karbala.

March 14, 2024: Aid shipments slated for Gaza are sniffed by a dog at the Kerem Shalom (Karm Abu Salem) border crossing amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.