Gallery: The best photos from around the world
9 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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Waves crash against the harbour wall on February 09, 2020 in Porthcawl, United Kingdom. Amber weather warnings are in place as gusts of up to 90mph and heavy rain sweep across the UK.Credit:Getty
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J-10 fighter jets of China's People's Liberation Army Air Force Ba Yi aerobatics team perform an aerial display during the Singapore Airshow media preview in Singapore. Credit:Getty
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Young desert locusts that have not yet grown wings jump in the air as they are approached, as a visiting delegation from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) observes them, in the desert near Garowe, in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia. The desert locusts in this arid patch of northern Somalia look less ominous than the billion-member swarms infesting East Africa, but the hopping young locusts are the next wave in the outbreak that threatens more than 10 million people across the region with a severe hunger crisis.Credit:AP
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A nearly empty street is seen in a usually busy shopping district in Beijing, China. The number of cases infected with a deadly new coronavirus rose to more than 37000 in mainland China Sunday, days after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a global public health emergency.Credit:Getty
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A woman reacts to seeing her relative receiving emergency care in a hospital following a mass shooting in Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.Credit:AP
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A child cries as he waits in line to board a plane for Beijing at the airport in Hong Kong. Credit:AP
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People enjoy leaning into the wind as Storm Ciara arrives in West Bay, United Kingdom.Credit:Getty
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Palestinian fishermen ride their boat amid high waves on windy and rainy day at the sea in Gaza City.Credit:AP
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The full snow moon sets over a mountain range in northern Oxford County, near Andover, Maine.Credit:AP