Picture the Day

Members of the Velokhaya cycling team train in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township. South African cycling is slowly being transformed as a new wave of black professional riders make their presence felt two decades after white-minority rule ended. Picture: Reuters

South African singer and Afrikaner activist, Sunette Bridges, chains herself to the statue of Paul Kruger in central Pretoria on Wednesday. Afrikaners announced plans to protest and to chain themselves to the Paul Kruger statue to prevent a possible dismantling. Picture: EPA

South African singer, songwriter, actor and activist for Afrikaner rights, Steve Hofmeyer (centre) talks to a protester as he arrives to give the main speech at the statue of Paul Kruger in central Pretoria on Wednesday. Picture: EPA

South African comedian Trevor Noah during an interview. Jon Stewart is voicing full support for his "Daily Show" successor Noah, calling the incoming host "incredibly thoughtful and considerate and funny and smart." Picture: AP

A protester holds a sign during a rally at city hall in North Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday. A bystander's video of a white police officer gunning down Walter Scott was long-awaited confirmation of what many residents have been saying for years. Activists said the footage is chilling evidence of what they portray as "an atmosphere of racism" that allows African-Americans to be targeted across the state. Picture: Reuters

An Orthodox nun participates in the Holy Thursday Easter procession of the Washing Feet ceremony of the Greek Orthodox at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel on Thursday. Picture: EPA

A morgue worker observes a row of photographs of some of those killed in the Garissa attack. Picture: AP

French workers in Marseille walk behind a banner and wave labour union flags during a demonstration against austerity plans which affect salaries and pensions on Thursday. Picture: Reuters

Women rush out of the tribunal building in Milan, Italy, after a shooting erupted inside a courtroom on Thursday. Italy's interior minister says the gunman who opened fire in Milan's courthouse has been detained as he tried to flee. Picture: AP

Children from an impoverished community attend school in Bhubaneswar, India. According to the Unesco Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2015, two out of three countries where lower secondary education was not compulsory in 2000 had changed their legislation by 2012, including India, Indonesia, Nigeria and Pakistan. Picture: AP

Coffee artist Zach Yonzon demonstrates making coffee latte art with a caricature of Filipino World Boxing Champion Manny Pacquiao at Bunny Baker cafe in Manila. Customers can request to have their coffee decorated with caricatures as part of the cafe's special service. Picture: Reuters

A giant inflated doll lies in a square in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The 30-metre-long, 7-metre-wide doll was made by a local company, and also serves as a inflated "castle" for children to play inside, local media reported. Picture: Reuters

A man walks through a market street of Athens on Thursday. Greece's new left wing-led government has been locked in strained negotiations with creditors since winning elections in January on pledges to abolish the deeply resented budget austerity measures required by the rescue program. Picture: AP

The statue of Cecil John Rhodes is bound by straps as it awaits removal from the University of Cape Town on Thursday. UCT's Council voted on Wednesday to remove of the statue of the former Cape Colony governor, after protests by sudents. Picture: Reuters

A worker dries incense sticks under the sun light at a small incense stick handy craft of Sopheak Maingkol at Prek Thleung village in west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, April 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

epa04696508 A visitor poses for photographs in front of the painting 'Angel Wings' by artist Colette Miller in the revived mural and street art scene of Los Angeles, California. The city has recently seen a dramatic increase in murals after a decade-long moratorium was lifted. Picture: EPA

An Indian farmer displays wheat partially damaged in unseasonal rainfall, on the outskirts of Ajmer, India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced a 50 percent raise in the compensation paid to farmers for crop damage. Picture: AP

Joe Wong, 31, poses for photograph at his apartment. The 31-year-old transgender man from Singapore, underwent surgery to remove his breasts in 2007 and legally changed his name from Joleen to Joe. He had his uterus removed in 2009, and is legally recognised as a male. Picture: Reuters