From the funeral of 24 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean's worst maritime disaster since WWII, to the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC Gallipoli landings, Times of Malta presents a selection of its photographers' choice of their best photos over the past days.
Armed Forces of Malta soldiers carry coffins with the bodies of migrants to an inter-faith burial service as mourning migrants arrive at Mater Dei Hospital in Tal-Qroqq on April 23. European Union leaders who decided last year to halt the rescue of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean reversed their decision at a summit hastily convened after nearly 2,000 people died at sea. Public outrage over the deaths peaked this week after up to 900 migrants died when their boat sank on its way to Europe from Libya. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
As the bodies of 24 migrants are brought out of the mortuary, African migrants make their way to the Inter Faith ceremony at Mater Dei on April 23. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Armed Forces of Malta soldiers carry coffins with the bodies of migrants to an inter-faith burial service at Mater Dei Hospital in Tal-Qroqq, on April 23. European Union leaders who decided last year to halt the rescue of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean reversed their decision at a summit hastily convened after nearly 2,000 people died at sea. Public outrage over the deaths peaked this week after up to 900 migrants died when their boat sank on its way to Europe from Libya. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Marked only with a number, the bodies of twenty-four migrants who were among 850 feared dead in the Mediterranean on Saturday night are carried to a tent on the helipad at Mater Dei Hospital in on April 23. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Marked only with a number, the bodies of twenty-four migrants who were among 850 feared dead in the Mediterranean on Saturday night are carried to a tent on the helipad at Mater Dei Hospital in on April 23. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Armed Forces of Malta soldiers carry a coffin with the body of a teenage migrant to an inter-faith burial service at Mater Dei Hospital in Tal-Qroqq on April 23. European Union leaders who decided last year to halt the rescue of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean reversed their decision at a summit hastily convened after nearly 2,000 people died at sea. Public outrage over the deaths peaked this week after up to 900 migrants died when their boat sank on its way to Europe from Libya. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Flowers are laid near Mater Dei Hospital on April 23, during a funeral ceremony of 24 migrants who died after a fishing boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Imam Mohammed El Sadi makes his way to the Inter Faith ceremony at Mater Dei Hospital in Msida, where together with the Bishop of Gozo, Mgr Mario Grech he led the service for the 24 drowned migrants on April 23. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
An Armed Forces of Malta officer salutes the bodies of twenty-four migrants who were among 850 feared dead in the Mediterranean on Saturday night as they lay in a tent on the helipad at Mater Dei on April 23. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
A woman cries during an inter-faith service for the twenty-four migrants who were among 850 feared dead in the Mediterranean at Mater Dei on April 23. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
An Armed Forces of Malta stands guard over the bodies of twenty-four migrants who were among 850 feared dead in the Mediterranean on Saturday night as they lay in a tent on the helipad at Mater Dei on April 23. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat watches as the bodies of twenty-four migrants who were among 850 feared dead in the Mediterranean on Saturday night are laid in a tent on the helipad at Mater Dei Hospital on April 23. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
A migrant cries during an inter-faith burial service for 24 dead migrants at Mater Dei Hospital in Tal-Qroqq on April 23. European Union leaders who decided last year to halt the rescue of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean reversed their decision at a summit hastily convened after nearly 2,000 people died at sea. Public outrage over the deaths peaked this week after up to 900 migrants died when their boat sank on its way to Europe from Libya. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Religious leaders embrace near the coffins with the bodies of 24 migrants after an inter-faith burial service at Mater Dei Hospital in Tal-Qroqq, on April 23. An imam and a bishop led a poignant inter-faith funeral for 24 drowned migrants, the only victims whose bodies were recovered from the Mediterranean in the weekend shipwreck that shocked Europe. The dead were picked up by the Italian vessel Gregoretti and brought to Malta after their vessel capsized and sank. As many as 900 people are believed to have died. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Hospital workers put a coffin with the body of a migrant into a hearse after an inter-faith burial service for 24 migrants at Mater Dei Hospital in Tal-Qroqq on April 23. An imam and a bishop led a poignant inter-faith funeral service for 24 drowned migrants, the only victims whose bodies were recovered from the Mediterranean in the weekend shipwreck that shocked Europe. The dead were picked up by the Italian vessel Gregoretti and brought to Malta after their vessel capsized and sank. As many as 900 people are believed to have died. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
The coffin of a teenage migrant is lowered into a grave at the Addolarata cemetery on April 23. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos, right, chats with fellow Commissioner Karmenu Vella prior to a news conference held on April 23, held following a funeral for 24 migrant victims. Italian Home Affairs Minister Angelino Alfano, third from right, is also in picture. Photo: Jason Borg
Italian Minister for Home Affairs Angelino Alfano, left, and European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos address each other during a press conference on April 23, held following a funeral for 24 migrant victims. Photo: Jason Borg
Italian Minister for Home Affairs Angelino Alfano speaks during a news conference held following a funeral for 24 migrant victims on April 23. “The scenes today were a punch in the stomach for those who are indifferent,” he said. Photo: Jason Borg
Bird hunter Kirsten Mifsud leaves court after being jailed for one year and fined €5000 after being found guilty of shooting a protected bird that fell into a school playground, at the Law Courts in Valletta on April 28. The incident led to the spring hunting season being closed before time. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A military veteran takes a picture before a service to mark the 100th anniversary of ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) landings at Galllipoli, at the Pieta Military Cemetery in Pieta on April 25. The Gallipoli campaign has resonated through generations, which have mourned the thousands of soldiers from the ANZAC cut down by machinegun and artillery fire as they struggled ashore on a narrow beach. The fighting would eventually claim more than 130,000 lives, 87,000 of them on the side of the Ottoman Turks, who were allied with imperial Germany in World War One. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Flag bearers stand at attention during a service to mark the 100th anniversary of ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) landings at Galllipoli, at the Pieta Military Cemetery in Pieta on April 25. The Gallipoli campaign has resonated through generations, which have mourned the thousands of soldiers from the ANZAC cut down by machinegun and artillery fire as they struggled ashore on a narrow beach. The fighting would eventually claim more than 130,000 lives, 87,000 of them on the side of the Ottoman Turks, who were allied with imperial Germany in World War One. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Military veterans take part in a service to mark the 100th anniversary of ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) landings at Galllipoli, at the Pieta Military Cemetery in Pieta on April 25. The Gallipoli campaign has resonated through generations, which have mourned the thousands of soldiers from the ANZAC cut down by machinegun and artillery fire as they struggled ashore on a narrow beach. The fighting would eventually claim more than 130,000 lives, 87,000 of them on the side of the Ottoman Turks, who were allied with imperial Germany in World War One. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A remembrance cross is seen on the cenotaph after a service to mark the 100th anniversary of ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) landings at Galllipoli, at the Pieta Military Cemetery in Pieta on April 25. The Gallipoli campaign has resonated through generations, which have mourned the thousands of soldiers from the ANZAC cut down by machinegun and artillery fire as they struggled ashore on a narrow beach. The fighting would eventually claim more than 130,000 lives, 87,000 of them on the side of the Ottoman Turks, who were allied with imperial Germany in World War One. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Dancers of the Zfin Malta Dance Ensemble, Malta's national dance company, perform short live-art works in commemoration of migrants' lives lost at sea as people holding candles watch, in St Anne's Square in Sliema on April 29. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
British former police officer Swasie Turner abseils for charity in a wheelchair down the fortification bastions of Valletta on April 27. Turner has wheeled himself more than 38,000 miles and raised over £1 million for charity since 1997 after losing his wife to cancer. The traumatic loss came months after he was confined to a wheelchair when he was deliberately run down by a motorcycle while on duty as a police officer. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
British former police officer Swasie Turner abseils for charity in a wheelchair down the fortification bastions of Valletta on April 27. Turner has wheeled himself more than 38,000 miles and raised over £1 million for charity since 1997 after losing his wife to cancer. The traumatic loss came months after he was confined to a wheelchair when he was deliberately run down by a motorcycle while on duty as a police officer. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
British former police officer Swasie Turner abseils for charity in a wheelchair down the fortification bastions of Valletta on April 27. Turner has wheeled himself more than 38,000 miles and raised over £1 million for charity since 1997 after losing his wife to cancer. The traumatic loss came months after he was confined to a wheelchair when he was deliberately run down by a motorcycle while on duty as a police officer. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Swasie Turner pushes his wheel chair in St Julians on April 26. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
A pedestrian walks past the new Parliament in Valletta on April 29. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Journalists walk into the new Parliament house during a tour of the premises in Valletta on April 28. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A plane leaves contrails as it flies over the new Parliament house in Valletta on April 28. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
The parliamentary chamber is seen at the new Parliament house in Valletta on April 28. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A ‘soldier of steel’ points to his name on a monument in Paola Square, unveiled by the General Workers’ Union on April 28. Photo: Jason Borg
President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca and German President Joachim Gauck exchange gifts at the Palace in Valletta on April 29. Photo: Jason Borg
Enthusiasts view the engine of a truck that took part in the Malta Classic Commercial Vehicle Road Run on April 26. Photo: Jason Borg
Old Malta buses in the Malta Classic Commercial Vehicle Road Run on April 26. Photo: Jason Borg
The majestic front of a classic commercial vehicle at the Malta Classic Commercial Vehicle Road Run on April 26. Photo: Jason Borg
Detail of a truck taking part in the Malta Classic Commercial Vehicle Road Run on April 26. Photo: Jason Borg
On the road… Malta classic commercial vehicles take part in a road run on April 26. Photo: Jason Borg
A conveyor of potatoes are checked individually by workers at the potato grading faculty in Ta’ Qali on April 24. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Workers sort through potatoes at the potato grading facility in Ta’ Qali on April 24. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
A worker checks a potato as it passes along the conveyor at the potato grading facility in Ta’Qali on April 24. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Workers sort through potatoes at the potato grading facility in Ta’Qali on April 24. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
A care worker helps a resident at the old people's home of St Vincent De Paul on April 29. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Residents comfort each other at St Vincent de Paul on April 29. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
A man tries to catch multiple bags filled with ravjioli at the Ravjoli feast held in Mqabba on April 26. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina.
A woman and a girl see how much ravjoli bags they caught at the Ravjoli feast held in Mqabba on April 26. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
A woman tries to catch multiple bags filled with ravjioli whilst closing her eyes at the Ravjoli feast held in Mqabba on April 26. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
A teenage boy is caught on camera just moments after he caught a bag paper filled with ravjoli at the Ravjoli feast held in Mqabba on April 26. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
Model makers watch an electric train go by at the Model Engineers exhibition at the Victoria Hall Oratory in Naxxar on April 29. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Scouts from various groups around the island march down Republic street during the annual scout parade on April 26. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Commuters try to figure out the bus routes at the Valletta bus terminus on April 29. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Two men push a portable toilet up a slight hill in Bugibba on April 27. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
An impressive 2.5-metre handmade wooden model of the Great Carrack Sant’ Anna, built for the Order of St John, has joined the collection of the Malta Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa. The museum’s Keeper of Models, Joseph Abela (left), was commissioned to make the model by Heritage Malta and by the Order’s naval historian, Prof. Magisteur Robert Dauber (right). The Sant’ Anna was the largest warship built specifically for the Order’s navy, in Nice in 1522. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Isaac Camilleri demonstrates his parkour skills at a park in Mosta. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Isaac Camilleri demonstrates his parkour skills at a park in Mosta. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Sliema Wanderers’ Clifford Gatt Baldacchino (bottom) pulls down Mosta’s Adrian Borg during their Premier League football match at the Tedesco Stadium in Hamrun on April 25. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Naxxar Lions goalkeeper Julian Azzopardi lies on the floor after letting in a goal during their Premiership match against Floriana at the National Stadium in Ta’Qali on April 26. The Greens won the match 4-1. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Naxxar Lions goalkeeper Julian Azzopardi dives full stretch to close the way for Floriana striker Matteo Piciollo during their Premiership match at the National Stadium in Ta’Qali on April 26. The Greens won the match 4-1. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Hibernians fans celebrate as the team enters the pitch for their premiership match against Balzan at the National Stadium in Ta’Qali on April 26. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Hibernians striker Jorginho is fouled by Balzan defender Clive Brincat at the National Stadium in Ta’Qali on April 26. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli