UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES

Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji （right） and its mother Mei Xiang enjoy an ice cake at the Smithsonians National Zoo in Washington， D.C.， on April 16， marking the 50th anniversary of the China-U.S. giant panda conservation program

IMF

International Monetary Fund （IMF） Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas during a virtual press briefing in Washington， D.C.， the U.S.， on April 19. The organizations World Economic Outlook report slashed the global growth forecast for 2022 to 3.6 percent amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict， 0.8 percentage point below the January projection

TIMOR-LESTE

A woman casts her vote during the final round of the youngest Asian nations presidential election at a polling station in Dili on April 19

ZIMBABWE

President Emmerson Mnangagwa lights the Independence Flame during Zimbabwes 42th Independence Day celebrations in Bulawayo on April 18

TURKEY

People take pictures in front of tulips at a park in Istanbul on April 15

JAPAN

Display shows the exchange rate between the Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo on April 20. The Nikkeis index of the worlds leading currencies showed the yen declined by 5.7 percent in the first quarter of 2022， second only to the Russian ruble， mainly due to major central banks in Europe and the U.S. shifting monetary policies