A field of poppies and a beached whale: Friday’s best photos

Moscow, Russia

Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox church releases a bird celebrating the Annunciation preceding the celebration of Orthodox Easter, in front of the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kremlin

Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

Sunderland, UK

People watch the Good Friday Walk of Witness in Sunderland, which returns to Tunstall Hill after a four-year absence

Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Zamora, Spain

Penitents of the Jesus Yacente brotherhood take part in a procession during Holy Week in north-west Spain. Hundreds of processions take place during Holy Week throughout Spain leading up to Easter Sunday

Photograph: Paul Hanna/UPI/Shutterstock

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Thousands of Muslim devotees pay their respects during Jummah prayer at Baitul Mukarram national mosque, one of the 10 biggest mosques in the world

Photograph: Joy Saha/Shutterstock

Cairo, Egypt

A traditional show during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Al-Muizz li-Din Allah Al-Fatimi Street

Photograph: Fadel Dawod/Getty Images

Gaza City, Gaza Strip

A Palestinian man checks a damaged car, in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes

Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Nepal, Kathmandu

Police detain about 16 loan-shark victims during protests in front of Singhadurbar, which houses the prime minister’s office and other ministries

Photograph: Skanda Gautam/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Guangzhou, China

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, speaks as he visits Sun Yat-sen University

Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Santiago, Chile

Police officers grieve after the murder of their colleague, Daniel Palma. Palma is the third officer killed in recent weeks

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Dover, UK

Queues of traffic at the port of Dover. Friday is expected to be the busiest day of the bank holiday weekend at the Port of Dover, with drivers already taking about 90 minutes just to get through passport control.

Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Space

The International Space Station transits the sun as seen from al-Leyah desert, on the outskirts of Kuwait City

Photograph: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images

Karangasem, Indonesia

People stand near a dead sperm whale that washed up at Yeh Malet beach.

Photograph: Antara Foto/Reuters

New York, US

Anna Wintour arrives for the inaugural GQ Global Creativity Awards

Photograph: Caitlin Ochs/Reuters

Lancaster, US

People visit the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve to view the flowers blooming. California’s biologically diverse landscape is home to more than 7,000 species of native plants. The California poppy – also known as golden poppy – a flowering plant native to the US and Mexico, became the official state flower in 1903

Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images