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Sun Rongchun, 57, exercises with an improvised cervical traction device attached to a high bar at a sports complex in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China April 9, 2019.

A snowboarder takes part in the comic competition "Californication 9.0" as he jumps into the ice water to mark the end of winter at an entertainment centre near the town of Logoisk, Belarus April 7, 2019.

Dustin Johnson's son Tatum rolls down the hill as he joins his father during the 2019 Masters golf tournament's par 3 contest at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, U.S., April 10, 2019.

The first ever photo of a black hole, taken using a global network of telescopes, conducted by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project, to gain insight into celestial objects with gravitational fields so strong that no matter or light can escape, is shown in this handout released April 10, 2019. Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)/National Science Foundation/Handout via REUTERS

The facade of a building decorated with an Ironman mask is seen at the 16 de Julio suburb in El Alto, outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, April 5, 2019. REUTERS/David Mercado

The Boeoegg, a snowman made of wadding and filled with firecrackers, is burning in a bonfire in the Sechselaeuten square in Zurich, Switzerland April 8, 2019.

Participants pose for photographs as they take part in a 'Hat Walk' during London Hat Week in London, Britain April 7, 2019.

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 April 11, 2019.

A man takes part in "Patriot" obstacle race at the historical complex “Stalin's Line”, a World War Two theme park near the village of Goroshki, Belarus April 6, 2019.

A sanitary worker sprays pesticide to kill ticks carrying encephalitis at the Royev Ruchey Flora and Fauna amusement park in Taiga district near Krasnoyarsk, Russia April 11, 2019.