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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A member of Estacio De Sa samba school performs during the first night of 2020 Rio's Carnival Parades at the Sapucai Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Credit:Getty
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Members of Worcester Canoe Club paddle on the flooded race course at Worcester Racecourse, England.Credit:AP
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People dressed with carnival costumes eat at a stand before taking part in the annual carnival parade in Aalst, Belgium.Credit:AP
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Armed off-duty police officers take cover during and exchange of gunfire with army soldiers, as they protest over police pay and working conditions, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Credit:AP
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Participants dressed as the traditional carnival characters "Zaku Zaharrak," or old sack, in Basque language, prepare to take part in a carnival parade in the small Pyrenean village of Lesaka, northern Spain.Credit:AP
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Tourists wearing sanitary masks move a few steps of dance, in downtown Milan, Italy. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region with 90 cases Coronavirus infections, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed in the coming days, and sporting events were canceled.Credit:AP
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Skiers take part in the Skicolor event where they are sprayed with biodegradable color powders as part of carnival celebrations in the alpine resort of La Tzoumaz, Switzerland.Credit:AP
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Dancers prepare to perform a traditional Mestiza Qoyacha Dance at a market in the Miraflores neighborhood of Lima, Peru.Credit:Bloomberg
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Lily Barbour, 5, holds up a campaign sign for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a campaign event in Austin, Texas.Credit:AP