Picture This: April showered us with 50 memorable photos
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Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife Sister Wendy Watson Nelson, hold up Four Tanapumtonger after a devotional in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday, April 20, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Brigham Young University Cougars Jarrett Perns OF (5) throws the ball back to the cut-off man after it bounced off the wall as the Brigham Young Cougars host the University of Utah Utes at Larry H. Miller Field in Provo on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Adam Fondren, Deseret News
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Taj Thompson tells Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s story "Fun Town" at a Stand Against Racism panel discussion at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 27, 2018. Moderator Robyn Badon is on the right. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) looks up at cheering fans after drawing a foul from Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) with the Jazz up 94-91 and 7 seconds left Game 6 of the NBA playoffs first round series at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 27, 2018. Mitchell made both free-throws for the Jazz to win the game, 96-91. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Karl Malone messes around with Yanjie Zhang at Gracie's in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 26, 2018.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Queensley Ituah is greeted by Samuel Appiah during Sacrament Meeting at the Bantama Stake Center in Kumasi, Ghana on Sunday, April 22, 2018. Samuel was a primary student when Sister Ituah was in the primary presidency. Ravell Call, Deseret News
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Ada Ahamba looks at a Mary Jackson bookmark during the school renaming ceremony at Mary Jackson Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 26, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Alta and Brighton boys battle to a 1-1 draw as they play a high school soccer match at Alta on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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First graders Aaliyah Cabrera-Utai, of Sandy, and Henry Tovar, of Draper, breathe in and out during an exercise with Breathe Utah's Dawn Monson, of Salt Lake City, during a clean air assembly for kindergarten to second grade at Saint John the Baptist Catholic Elementary School on Monday, April 23, 2018, in Draper. Monson said she hoped to impart on the students knowledge about why the air quality in the valley gets worse because of the inversion, its affects on people and what can be done about it such as not letting cars idle and utilizing alternative forms of transportation. Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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Nina Dewberry, left, and her husband David Dewberry attend Sunday services at Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church on 355 S 300 E in downtown Salt Lake on Sunday, April 22, 2018. The Church is planning on building a new building and are trying to find funding, but having a difficult time doing so while staying in the same location. Adam Fondren, Deseret News
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Mike Kennedy sweeps confetti as people cast their votes for senate elections during the Utah Republican Party state convention at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Saturday, April 21, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Jenny Wilson, center, is congratulated after winning the democratic nomination for Utah's U.S. Senate race at the Utah Democratic Party 2018 Convention at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Spenser Heaps
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Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife Sister Wendy Watson Nelson, and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and with his wife Sister Patricia Holland shake hands after a devotional in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday, April 20, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Twinkies teammates Reese Branch, of Bothwell, 9, and Eric Mildenhall, of Perry, 9, prepare to intercept the ball during their matchup against the Gummy Worms in the Utah Goalball Championship Tournament at the Copperview Recreation Center on Friday, April 20, 2018, in Midvale. Goalball is a sport for the blind and visually impaired where competitors where an "eye shade" to level the playing field for those with varying degrees of visual impairment. Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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Skyline High School student Jackie McNamara cries during a song honoring the Parkland High School students who died during the National School Walkout at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 20, 2018.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Sen. Stuart Adams, R-Layton, gets a hug from Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, during a special session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The Republican-dominated House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to o Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Mr. Inspiration Sam Eliason, Everest coordinator Heather Yates, Miss Inspiration Tiera Cowden, Miss American Fork Lisa Leikam and others cut the ribbon at the opening of the new Everest Arts and Learning Center, a TURN Community Services Day Program, in American Fork on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Horticulturist Fritz Kollmann plants a beaked yucca in the Water Conservation Garden of Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Despite the snow and rain that has fallen recently snowpack levels in Salt Lake City, Provo and Ogden area remain 50-70% below normal. https://www.ksl.com/?nid=978.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Shaun Coon, who received a heart transplant in 2006 and organizes an annual motorcycle ride to raise awareness about organ donation, holds up his award during National Donate Life Month at Intermountain Donor Services in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Alex McDonald, director of public education and public affairs for Intermountain Donor Services, is on the left. Tracy Schmidt, executive director of Intermountain Donor Services, is on the right. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Utah Royals FC midfielder Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir (23) reacts at the end of the Royals' 1-0 loss to the Chicago Red Stars at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Righton Lukalo Mutasi, left, Bbosa Joseph Malusi and Kennedy Nzuki talk before a special devotional with President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday, April 16, 2018. Ravell Call, Deseret News
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Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) pushes up a shot around Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Abrines (8) as the Utah Jazz and the Oklahoma City Thunder play in game one of the NBA playoffs in Oklahoma City on Sunday, April 15, 2018. Utah falls 108-116. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Utah pitcher Josh Lapiana (34) throws from the mound during the Utes' 12-4 loss to UCLA on Sunday, April 15, 2018, at Smith's Ballpark in Salt Lake City. Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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Jason Desmond, of Lehi, rests his Winchester rifle, given to him by his grandfather, on his shoulder while attending a pro-gun rally on the steps of the State Capitol on Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Desmond said he attended to the event because he believes people need to come out to support what they believe in. ÒThis is something I believe in,Ó Desmond said. ÒIÕm not a huge gun nut, but I donÕt like that the Second Amendment is under attack and getting all the attention that it is in the media.Ó At the protest, demonstrators heard from numerous speakers airing their anti-gun control beliefs. Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speaks during Jerusalem District Conference at the BYU Jerusalem Center in Jerusalem on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speaks with Ella Bautista after the Jerusalem District Conference at the BYU Jerusalem Center in Jerusalem on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Darin Day climbs inside a silo to relocate baby barn owls to a nesting box in Perry on Friday, April 13, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Brielle Buchanan waves to friends during the LDS Business College graduation at Temple Square in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 13, 2018.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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A Catholic Priest walks outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old City in Jerusalem on Friday, April 13, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Commander Air Force Sustainment Center, Lieutenant General Lee K. Levy II, stands with incoming commander Col. Jon Eberlan and out going commander Col. Jennifer Hammerstedt as 75th Air Base Wing at Hill AFB conduct a change of command ceremony in ogden on Friday, April 13, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Justin Timberlake performs during his The Man of the Woods Tour on Thursday, April 12, 2018, at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City. Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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Kaysville police officer Cade Bradshaw embraces officer Lacy Turner as she heads to the microphone to speak to reporters about responding to a suicidal subject who set himself on fire at a gas station on April 5, 2018, at the Kaysville Police Station on Thursday, April 12, 2018. Officer Robert Jackson, who is still recovering at the University of Utah Hospital, joined the press conference by Skype.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Sarah Wojtasek and Tory Martin pose as Myles Martin takes their photo at opening night of the musical Hamilton, at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles theater in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Quadruplets Salvador, Gerardo, Leslie and Milagros Ruiz hang out in the girls' bedroom at home in Provo on Monday, April 9, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Golden State Warriors center JaVale McGee (1) argues with referee John Goble (30) after a goaltending call during the game against the Utah Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
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Salt Lake Bees pitcher Osmer Morales (35) prepares to throw from the mound during the Salt Lake Bees' 5-4 win against the Albuquerque Isotopes on Monday, April 9, 2018, at Smith's Ballpark in Salt Lake City. The Bees won after 11 innings of play. Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
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Sam Zachary's tower falls to the floor as he joins a few other University of Utah students in a crate stacking challenge in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Daniel Campbell and his father Robert Campbell walk into the morning session of the 188th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, April 1, 2018. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors, President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, walk onto the stand prior to the Sunday afternoon session of the 188th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, April 1, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Carolina Gonzalez of Salt Lake City walks under a canopy of blooming cherry tress at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 16, 2018. Another spring storm is heading to Utah as a cold front approaches. KSL's Grant Weyman 's weather prediction includes rain and snow tonight... then snow and accumulation tomorrow. Laura Seitz, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson, 93-year-old prophet-leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, kneels with his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, by his side to shake hands with smiling boys in bow ties at the Hyde Park Visitors Center in London.
An attendee at a tulip festival photographs the snow-sprinkled orange and red flowers that match her gloves and purse.
The shadow of a Brigham Young University graduate stands tall as she walks out of the Marriott Center wearing her cap and gown after the university’s commencement ceremony in Provo.
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April showered us with memorable photographs. Take a look at some of our favorite moments below and see the complete collection in our gallery above.
President Russell M. Nelson and Sister Wendy Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints greet the Vargas family at the Hyde Park Visitors Center in London on Thursday, April 12, 2018. The boys are Juan David Vargas Saavedra, right, and Joseph Daniel Vargas Saavedra. | Ravell Call, Deseret News
Myrna Vidal, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, views flowers while it snows at the Tulip Festival on Friday, April 13, 2018, at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi. Friday marked the first day of the 14th annual festival which runs through May 5 and is closed on Sundays. Myrna and her husband, Leo, made a stop at the Tulip Festival while on a road trip from their Florida home. The couple also plan to make stops at Arches, Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks on their trip. | Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
BYU graduate Rebecca Stonehocker, originally of Calgary, Canada, and now living in Paris, walks out of the Marriott Center following Brigham Young University's commencement ceremony Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Provo. Stonehocker said she returned to Provo for graduation. BYU is awarding nearly 6,300 degrees to graduates this week. | Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
Paige Holland, left, and outgoing UVU President Matthew S. Holland react when thanked for their service toward the university at the public meeting of the board of trustees where Astrid S. Tuminez is introduced as the seventh president of Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, April 20, 2018. | Adam Fondren, Deseret News
Nicholas Barlow yells out during the Utah Republican Party state convention at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Saturday, April 21, 2018. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Keith Robinson, who has been on the waiting list for a new kidney for several years, sits in his chair at the the Celebration of Life Donor Monument on Library Square in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Robinson, a veteran, took part in an Intermountain Donor Services panel discussion on organ donation and transplantation. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Dora, top, and Esther Samche read books in their beds in the living room of their home in Kumasi, Ghana, on Saturday, April 21, 2018. | Ravell Call, Deseret News
Josh Lane, of Midvale, performs a trick while skateboarding at the Copperview Recreation Center Skate Park on Sunday, April 29, 2018, in Midvale. “It’s calming to come skate,” Lane said. “You can get out and do what you want.” He said he has been skateboarding for close to a decade. | Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
Kash Russell, of Midway, 8, descends a slope at Brighton Ski Resort on Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Brighton. Sunday marked the last day of the 2017-18 season. | Jacob Wiegand, Deseret News
Utah Korean War veteran John Cole is photographed at his home in Roy on Friday, April 27, 2018. Cole's medal under is his name plate is the Korean War Veteran Ambassador for Peace medal that was given to him from the South Korean people. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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