People ride a boat in the lake in Central Park in New York City, the US, with the San Remo apartment building visible in the background, on April 10, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

Giraffes are seen in their enclosure at the Vincennes zoological gardens in Paris, France, on April 4, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

A cyclist makes his way through a street flooded due to heavy rains, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 9, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Elephants and people play with water as part of celebrations for the water festival of Songkran, which marks the start of the Thai New Year, in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on April 11, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

Algerian security forces use water cannons to disperse students taking part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital, Algiers, on April 9, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

A man competes in the stage 3 of the 34th edition of the Marathon des Sables, between Kourci Dial Zaid and Jebel El Mraier in the southern Moroccan Sahara desert, on April 9, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

A grey heron sits on a tree in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan, on April 8, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

A man in a chicken costume sits in mist inside Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore, on April 11, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

An aerial view of the flower fields of the Keukenhof, known as the Garden of Europe, in Lisse, southern Holland on April 10, 2019 (photo by AFP)

A man walks past a flower display inside Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore, on April 11, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

A woman pushes a stroller along the East River as cherry trees begin to bloom on Roosevelt Island, in New York City, the US, April 10, 2019. (Photo by AFP)