• Cleveland Indians players stretch during spring training baseball practice in Goodyear, Arizona, on February 24, 2014. Paul Sancya / AP photo
    Cleveland Indians players stretch during spring training baseball practice in Goodyear, Arizona, on February 24, 2014. Paul Sancya / AP photo
  • An Afghan shop owner smokes a cigarette at the bird market in Kabul on February 25, 2014. Afghanistan’s economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, but the country needs to overcome challenges including low revenue collection and job creation, corruption, weak government capacity and poor public infrastructure. Nicolas Asfouri / AFP photo
    An Afghan shop owner smokes a cigarette at the bird market in Kabul on February 25, 2014. Afghanistan’s economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, but the country needs to overcome challenges including low revenue collection and job creation, corruption, weak government capacity and poor public infrastructure. Nicolas Asfouri / AFP photo
  • A Nasa image released February 24, 2014, shows a night view of the Korean peninsula taken January 30 by the Expedition 38 crew aboard the International Space Station. North Korea in the middle is almost completely dark compared to neighbouring South Korea, bottom right, and China, top left. The photograph was cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artefacts have been removed at source. Reuters/Nasa-JSC
    A Nasa image released February 24, 2014, shows a night view of the Korean peninsula taken January 30 by the Expedition 38 crew aboard the International Space Station. North Korea in the middle is almost completely dark compared to neighbouring South Korea, bottom right, and China, top left. The photograph was cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artefacts have been removed at source. Reuters/Nasa-JSC
  • A man sits on a chair in the house of Ukraine’s former prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka in the village of Gorenichy outside Kiev on February 24, 2014. Konstantin Chernichkin / Reuters
    A man sits on a chair in the house of Ukraine’s former prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka in the village of Gorenichy outside Kiev on February 24, 2014. Konstantin Chernichkin / Reuters
  • Visitors walk past a Samsung stand on February 24, 2014, during the first day of the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. The annual event hosts some of the world’s largest communication companies, with many unveiling their latest phones and gadgets. The show runs until February 27. David Ramos / Getty Images
    Visitors walk past a Samsung stand on February 24, 2014, during the first day of the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. The annual event hosts some of the world’s largest communication companies, with many unveiling their latest phones and gadgets. The show runs until February 27. David Ramos / Getty Images
  • An Afghan boy is reflected in a mirror on February 25, 2014, as he looks at pigeons inside a cage at the bird market in Kabul on February 25, 2014. Afghanistan’s economy is recovering from decades of conflict. But despite an improvement in the last decade it is extremely poor, and highly dependent on foreign aid. Nicolas Asfouri / AFP photo
    An Afghan boy is reflected in a mirror on February 25, 2014, as he looks at pigeons inside a cage at the bird market in Kabul on February 25, 2014. Afghanistan’s economy is recovering from decades of conflict. But despite an improvement in the last decade it is extremely poor, and highly dependent on foreign aid. Nicolas Asfouri / AFP photo
  • North and South Korean families hold hands at a bus stop on February 25, 2014, as they leave the inter-Korean family reunion meeting at Mount Kumgang resort, North Korea. Hundreds of South Koreans bade farewell to their long-lost relatives from North Korea after their first contact since the 1950-53 Korean War. Lee Ji-Eun / EPA
    North and South Korean families hold hands at a bus stop on February 25, 2014, as they leave the inter-Korean family reunion meeting at Mount Kumgang resort, North Korea. Hundreds of South Koreans bade farewell to their long-lost relatives from North Korea after their first contact since the 1950-53 Korean War. Lee Ji-Eun / EPA

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Best images from around the world in the past 24 hours — February 25

Rob Gurdebeke

February 25, 2014

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