A painted lady butterfly sits on a flower in a field at the village of Mrouj, Lebanon, on April 13, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

This picture shows crops at Mars Base 1, a C-Space Project, in the Gobi desert, some 40 kilometers from Jinchang in China’s northwest Gansu Province, on April 17, 2019. (By AFP)

People walk on a bank of the river Seine with the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in background, in the aftermath of a fire that devastated the cathedral, in Paris, France, on April 17, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

A general view during sunny spring weather of Monte Bre shows Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano, Switzerland, on April 17, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

In this photo, taken on April 16, 2019, an Afghan child is seen standing as she looks on along the street in Mazar-i-Sharif. (By AFP)

A man pours water on a competitor during a cycling race as part of traditional festival games to mark the Sri Lanka national New Year celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 16, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

A wind turbine is pictured during the inauguration day of the Arkona wind park on April 16, 2019, in the Baltic Sea, northern Germany. (Photo by AFP)

A man on a boat collects plastic materials from dirty water in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 17, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

A man jogs in front of the skyline of lower Manhattan in New York City, the US, on April 16, 2019. (Photo by AFP)