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Added on the 30/04/2017 15:28:06 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show record-holding Indian climber Baljeet Kaur, 28, as she arrives in Kathmandu after being rescued from Mount Annapurna, Nepal. Rescuers and helicopters were deployed on Tuesday in efforts to rescue Kaur and two other Indian climbers, as Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna was found dead while descending the treacherous mountain range. Annapurna, the world's tenth highest mountain, is avalanche-prone, technically difficult and has a higher death rate than Everest. IMAGES
Coffin transporting body of former president Sebastian Pinera arrives at cathedral as the country holds State funeral. The 74-year-old billionaire died on February 6th when the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a lake. IMAGES
The body of Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was shot dead after holding a campaign rally, arrives at a funeral parlor in Quito. The 59-year-old centrist was one of eight candidates in the first round of the country's presidential election scheduled for August 20. IMAGES
The Swiss Islamic scholar, Tariq Ramadan, arrives in court in Geneva on the second day of his trial, charged with "rape and sexual coercion", allegations which the former Oxford University professor denies. IMAGES
The body of Irish United Nations peacekeeper Private Sean Rooney, 23, who was killed after the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy came under fire near the village of Al-Aqbiya, in the south of the country, is repatriated to Dublin. IMAGES