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They're sipping smoothies, snapping phone pics, dealing with crashed email and fixing broken toilets: astronauts, they're just like us. The four crewmembers zipping through space toward the Moon are still muddling on through life's mundanities. u.afp.com/SbbH

Arsenal suffered a shock FA Cup quarter-final exit as the Premier League leaders crashed to an embarrassing 2-1 defeat against second tier Southampton on Saturday. u.afp.com/Sbbr

Humans are set to lay eyes on the dark side of the Moon for the first time, if all goes as planned on NASA's Artemis mission that has sent four astronauts on a lunar flyby. Here are some shots of our nearest celestial neighbor, taken in France, China, the Palestinian Territories and Germany.

A revered historic sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ is paraded in Granada, Spain on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Bushehr nuclear power plant, Iran's only operational civilian nuclear facility, was hit Saturday by a US-Israeli airstrike, Iranian state media reported. Here's a look at the plant's turbulent history. u.afp.com/SbbD

The Middle East war "presents a serious risk to Africa", the African Union and African Development Bank said in a report seen by AFP Saturday. u.afp.com/SbbR

Bayern Munich came from two goals down in the last 10 minutes to win 3-2 at Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday, ahead of their Champions League quarter-final first leg at Real Madrid. u.afp.com/Sbba

⚽ Arne Slot urged his Liverpool flops to stick together after admitting Saturday's dismal 4-0 defeat at Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals summed up their turbulent season. ➡️ u.afp.com/SbbL

🇫🇷 Several thousand people have marched through the streets of Paris' largest suburb to denounce racism after the town's newly elected black mayor was subject to disparaging comments on social media and national television shows. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sbb2

🚣 Cambridge made it four wins in a row as they comprehensively defeated Oxford in the 171st University Boat Race on London's River Thames on Saturday. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sbbh

🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump on Saturday said Iran had 48 hours left to make a deal on opening the vital Strait of Hormuz or face "Hell." ➡️ u.afp.com/SbbW

🇨🇳 🇰🇵 High hopes at China's gateway to North Korea as trains resume At the border city Dandong -- China's gateway to North Korea -- there are high hopes for renewed access to the reclusive nation as daily train service resumes.

🇺🇦 🇹🇷 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Istanbul for security talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ➡️ u.afp.com/SbbP

🇧🇫 Burkina junta chief says country must 'forget' democracy The people of Burkina Faso must "forget" about democracy, says Captain Ibrahim Traore, the leader of the country's ruling junta. "We have to tell the truth: democracy isn't for us," he says, during a press interview broadcast on national television.

🚀 Artemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen felt like he was "falling out of the sky" as his spacecraft followed its complex flight path to the Moon, the Canadian said in a Saturday video call. ➡️ u.afp.com/SbbA

🇬🇷 Tourists test their balance inside Greece's 'unimaginable' leaning church Sitting at a 17 degree angle, a church in the unassuming Greek village of Ropoto has become a tourist magnet for curious visitors keen to test their balancing skills.

🇺🇸 🇮🇷 US-Israeli strikes hit an area near Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, prompting its foreign minister to warn that the effects of any fallout would be felt most keenly by the country's Gulf neighbours. ➡️ u.afp.com/SbLV

🇯🇵 Teams race for rice in Japan's office-chair endurance contest Dozens of competitors take part in the ISU-1 Grand Prix in Japan, a two-hour endurance race inspired by Le Mans run entirely on unmodified, store-bought office chairs.

⚽ Erling Haaland hit a hat-trick as Manchester City thrashed Liverpool 4-0 on Saturday to reach the FA Cup semi-finals and increase the pressure on Reds boss Arne Slot. ➡️ u.afp.com/SbbM

🇱🇧 Israel's military issued an evacuation warning for several neighbourhoods in and around Tyre in south Lebanon Saturday, after the health ministry reported a hospital damaged in strikes on nearby buildings. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sbbg