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Gallery: The best photos from around the world
10 ImagesThe best photos from around the world as chosen by our Picture Editors.
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An Indian man has coloured powder thrown on his face during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Allahabad, India.Credit:AP
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Shards of ice pile up on Lake Michigan along the South Haven Pier in South Haven, Michigan.Credit:AP
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A masked Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot during clashes with Israeli border police on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah.Credit:AP
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Rabbi Rafael Schaffer claps along as a band plays during Purim celebrations at the Coral Temple synagogue in Bucharest, Romania. Credit:AP
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A woman walks in snowfall next to the monument of Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov in the Victory park in St. Petersburg, Russia.Credit:AP
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China's Peng Cheng and Jin Yang perform their pairs free skate during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, north of Tokyo.Credit:AP
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People participate in fire rituals during the Spring Equinox celebration at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania.Credit:AP
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A woman carries some of her belongings through flood waters following cyclone force winds and heavy rain near the coastal city of Beira, Mozambique. Torrential rains were expected to continue and floodwaters were still rising, according to aid groups trying to get food, water and clothing to desperate survivors.Credit:AP
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Men play dominos in a street in Caracas, Venezuela. The United Nations' high commissioner for human rights said Wednesday that recent U.S. sanctions that are aimed at toppling Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro threaten to deepen the nation's crisis.Credit:AP
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A sculpture is silhouetted against a full moon in Brussels.Credit:AP
