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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Civilians flee from Idlib toward the north to find safety inside Syria near the border with Turkey.Credit:AP
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10,000 Thai Monks attend an alms offering to pay homage to Buddha and to dedicate merits to the deceased victims following the mass shooting at Terminal 21 Mall.Credit:Getty
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A Chinese worker wears a protective mask suit as he checks customers temperatures in in a shopping area in BeijingCredit:Getty Images
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A child yells, "I don't want go!" as a state employee attempts to remove her from another branch of the Orphanage of the Church of Bible Understanding, in the Kenscoff area outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A fire swept through a nearby orphanage also run by the Pennsylvania-based nonprofit group, killing 15 children.Credit:AP
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the bodies of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are enshrined, to commemorate the 78th birthday of his late father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. Credit:AP
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A surfer rides a wave during a tow surfing session at Praia do Norte or North Beach in Nazare, Portugal.Credit:AP
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People bathe in the Pacific Ocean at Agua Dulce beach, in Lima, Peru.Credit:AP
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Nepalese Personnel wearing protective suits work by an airplane for disinfection after Nepalese evacuees from China got off the airplane at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.Credit:AP