Marking 400 years since Shakespeare

Parades in Stratford-upon-Avon, tributes at the Globe Theatre marked the 400th death anniversary of The Bard on April 23.

Soldiers in old-fashioned uniforms march in Elsinore with Kronborg Castle in the background.

Catching up with the selfie trend:
A Chinese performer poses outside the house where William Shakespeare was born.

Actors perform dressed as characters from A Midsummer Nights Dream during an event to celebrate St George's Day in London on April 23.

Tributes of roses at the gates of the Globe Theatre.

Costumed mourners march on the streets in Poland.

Actors perform at the house where Shakespeare was born.