Day in Photos: Illegal Poppy Cultivation, Trump’s Update on Iran, and Morris Dancers

Day in Photos: Illegal Poppy Cultivation, Trump’s Update on Iran, and Morris Dancers
Police destroy poppy cultivation in the Parang Ghar area of Mohmand district in Pakistan on April 6, 2026. Abdul Majeed/AFP via Getty Images
Police destroy poppy cultivation in the Parang Ghar area of Mohmand district in Pakistan on April 6, 2026. Abdul Majeed/AFP via Getty Images
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Ukrainian rescuers work at a site of a heavily damaged residential building following a massive strike in Odesa, Ukraine, on April 6, 2026. Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP via Getty Images
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Foreign tourists drive go-karts past a gas station in Tokyo on April 6, 2026. Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images
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The moon behind the Eiffel Tower in Paris on April 6, 2026. Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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People survey the damage following an Iranian missile strike on the Beit Ya’akov girls' high school in Tel Aviv, Israel, on April 6, 2026. Erik Marmor/Getty Images
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The Hallerbos woodland, renowned for its bluebells, in Halle, Belgium, on April 6, 2026. Emile Windal/Belga Mag/Belga/AFP via Getty Images
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NASA staff pose for a group photo in the White Flight Control Room at Johnson Space Center in Houston, on April 6, 2026. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images
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Visitors walk among the colorful tulips at the Memorial Gardens across from Buckingham Palace as people enjoy the sunny weather on the Easter Monday bank holiday in central London on April 6, 2026. Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images
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A businessman walks down a flight of stairs after crossing a highway near a metro station at the end of the workday in Tokyo's Ginza district on April 6, 2026. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump blows a whistle to start an egg roll race with First Lady Melania Trump and Eric Trump during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn in Washington on April 6, 2026. The Easter Egg Roll is a White House tradition dating back to 1878. The Trumps also honored the 250th anniversary of the United States during the event. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
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Participants on horseback take part in the traditional St. George's Cavalcade in Traunstein, southern Germany, on Easter Monday on April 6, 2026. The annual ride is a horse pilgrimage to honor St. George and takes the participants from the Bavarian town of Traunstein to the chapel of Ettendorf, where they are blessed. Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images
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A Palestinian man looks out the window of a destroyed house following an Israeli settler attack on the outskirts of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus in the West Bank, on April 6, 2026. Violence in the West Bank has risen sharply since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images
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Morris dancers perform in London on April 6, 2026. During the traditional Easter Monday display, the Morris Men lift ladies aloft in a floral-bedecked chair, symbolic of “Ostre's Throne of Flowers,” referring to the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility. The ancient custom was particularly popular in 18th and 19th century Britain. The Blackheath Morris Men group have been performing the ritual in Greenwich for around 40 years. Carl Court/Getty Images
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Orthodox Jews take cover inside a bomb shelter in Bnei Brak in central Israel on April 6, 2026. Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty Images
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People walk among buildings destroyed in a joint attack by Israel and the United States in Tehran, Iran, on April 6, 2026. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
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SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland John Swinney and SNP Eastwood candidate Kirsten Oswald campaign ahead of Holyrood election at Whitelee Onshore Windfarm in Glasgow, Scotland, on April 6, 2026. Swinney is talking about Scotland's energy sources while campaigning with Eastwood local candidate Oswald ahead of the Holyrood election taking place on May 7. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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People watch kites twirling in the air on the beach during the International Kite Festival in Châtelaillon-Plage, south-western France, on April 6, 2026. Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty Images