Day in Photos: New Strikes in the Iran War, Artemis II Monitoring, Good Friday Processions

An Israeli man looks at the tail section of a ballistic missile launched from Iran, in the northern Jordan Valley in Shadmot Mehola, Israel, on April 3, 2026. Iran has continued firing waves of drones and missiles at Israel after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran early on Feb. 28. Erik Marmor/Getty Images

Artemis II controllers monitor the progress of the Orion spacecraft in the White Flight Control Room at Johnson Space Center in Houston on April 3, 2026. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Internally displaced Afghans live in temporary tents due to the ongoing conflict between Pakistani forces and Taliban fighters in the Gurbuz district of Khost province, Afghanistan, on April 3, 2026. The neighbors and one-time allies have been locked in an escalating conflict over claims from Islamabad that Afghanistan is harboring militants responsible for cross-border attacks, which the Taliban government denies. AFP via Getty Images