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February 15, 2021 — 4.06pm

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People draw hearts with their cellphones flashlights in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya Moscow.Credit:Pavel Golovkin

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Residents wear Carnival costumes representing the plague doctor as they pose to be photographed by the few tourists present in San Marcos Square in Venice, Italy.Credit:MARCO DI LAURO

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Members of the polling station, wearing PPE suits, wait for voters at CEM Guinardo during Catalonia's Regional Elections in Barcelona, Spain.Credit:Cesc Maymo

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Balloons lie near the shore of Lake Michigan with the Chicago skyline in the background during a cold winter's day.Credit:NAM Y. HUH

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The Ottoman-era Mecidiye Mosque is backdroped by the "July 15th Martyrs' Bridge," formerly known as Bosporus Bridge, over the Bosporus Strait, separating Europe, left, and Asia, in Ortakoy Square in Istanbul.Credit:Emrah Gurel

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Jets of the "Frecce Tricolori" (Tri-Color Arrows) aerobatics team of the Italian Air Force fly over Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, prior to the men's downhill, at the alpine ski World Championships.Credit:Gabriele Facciotti

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Stone lanterns lie collapsed after a strong earthquake at a graveyard near the entrance to the Zuihoden mausoleum complex in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan.Credit:TAKURO YABE

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Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican.Credit:ANDREW MEDICHINI

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Ice floes floating on the sea around the pier at the baltic sea in Zinnowitz, northern Germany.Credit:Stefan Sauer

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People from the Haredi Orthodox Jewish community arrive at an event to encourage vaccine uptake in the ultra-Orthodox community at the John Scott Vaccination Centre in London.Credit:FRANK AUGSTEIN

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Team Oskars Kibermanis, Davis Springis, Matiss Miknis and Krists Lindenblats of Latvia compete during the four-man bobsleigh race at the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships in Altenberg, Germany.Credit:Matthias Schrader

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A couple sitting in front of a heart shape balloon take pictures in a Shopping Mall in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.Credit:Getty Images

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A follower of former President Carlos Menem shows his support as he watches a hearse with his remains enter Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Credit:NATACHA PISARENKO

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People climb up an artificially created ice wall on in the village of Vir, Czech Republic.Credit:PETR DAVID JOSEK

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Indian Muslim brides sit during a mass marriage where sixty-three couples were married in Mumbai, India.Credit:RAFIQ MAQBOOL

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Winter swimmers on their way to dip in the Sound near Espergaerde in Denmark.Credit:KELD NAVNTOFT

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People line up and cast their votes at a polling station set up at the Tarraco Arena Plaza, a former renamed Tarragona Bullring, during regional Catalan election in Tarragona, Spain.Credit:Emilio Morenatti

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A couple takes selfies on Valentine's Day in front of the Cloud Gate sculpture at Millennium Park in Chicago.Credit:NAM Y. HUH

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Gondolas moored in Piazza San Marco, are seen at dawn against the backdrop of the lagoon and the Island of San Giorgio in Venice, Italy.Credit:MARCO DI LAURO

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A silhouette of an athlete during the Men's 12.5 km Pursuit Competition at the IBU World Championships Biathlon Pokljuka in Pokljuka, Slovenia. Credit:Jurij Kodrun

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An elderly man plays the accordion while people dance in a pedestrian subway to mark the Valentine's Day ignoring coronavirus quarantine restrictions in Kyiv, Ukraine.Credit:EFREM LUKATSKY

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Couples sit together during a mass wedding in Managua, Nicaragua.Credit:Diana Ullo

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A child plays with a water gun and foam during a ceremony to mark the beginning of carnival on in Valle del Chota, Juncal, Ecuador. Credit:Franklin Jacome

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A member of the "Desliga da Justica" block party gets dressed in her costume in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Credit:Bruna Prado