Gallery: The best photos from around the world
8 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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The waka arrive outside Te Tiriti o Waitangi marae in Waitangi, New Zealand. The Waitangi Day national holiday celebrates the signing of the treaty of Waitangi on February 6, 1840 by Maori chiefs and the British Crown, that granted the Maori people the rights of British Citizens and ownership of their lands and other properties. Credit:Getty
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Skiers maneuver through a bumped out run on Bell Mountain in Aspen, Colo. Credit:AP
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A young man strikes a pose showing off his muscles, framed by a pull up bar in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Credit:RAMON ESPINOSA
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Steam rises from cooling towers at the Niederaussem coal-fired power plant near Bergheim, Germany. Credit:Getty
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A maintenance worker wearing a face mask sweeps snow along a pedestrian shopping street during a snowfall in Beijing.Credit:AP
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Rower push their rowing boat on flooded path near Rheinaue parc in Bonn, Germany. Heavy rainfall in the last days in the French Vosges where the river Mosel arise from, flows through Trier and flows into the river Rhine in Koblenz. Credit:Getty
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Citizens line up to buy face masks in Hong Kong.Credit:AP
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Anti-government protesters try to extinguish their burning tents in Najaf, Iraq.Credit:AP