• Members of the press gather at a sculpture in tribute to Algerian national hero Abdelkader. The piece, called ‘Passage Abdelkader’ and created by artist Michel Audiard, in Amboise, France, was vandalised before its official unveiling on February 5. Abdelkader was a military and religious leader who led Algeria in its struggle against French colonialism in the 19th century. AFP
    Members of the press gather at a sculpture in tribute to Algerian national hero Abdelkader. The piece, called ‘Passage Abdelkader’ and created by artist Michel Audiard, in Amboise, France, was vandalised before its official unveiling on February 5. Abdelkader was a military and religious leader who led Algeria in its struggle against French colonialism in the 19th century. AFP
  • The sadness is palpable as Moroccan security forces form a human chain to contain the crowd as the ambulance carrying the body of Rayan Oram, 5, who fell into a well shaft on February 1, leaves the scene in Ighrane, northern Morocco. Despite a concerted and complicated rescue effort, the painstaking five-day operation that had gripped the nation and the wider world ended in tragedy. AFP
    The sadness is palpable as Moroccan security forces form a human chain to contain the crowd as the ambulance carrying the body of Rayan Oram, 5, who fell into a well shaft on February 1, leaves the scene in Ighrane, northern Morocco. Despite a concerted and complicated rescue effort, the painstaking five-day operation that had gripped the nation and the wider world ended in tragedy. AFP
  • Martins Bots and Roberts Plume of Latvia take part in luge doubles training at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. AFP
    Martins Bots and Roberts Plume of Latvia take part in luge doubles training at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. AFP
  • The peloton picks up the pace on the fifth and final stage of the Saudi Tour, passing through the old town of the kingdom’s north-western city of AlUla. AFP
    The peloton picks up the pace on the fifth and final stage of the Saudi Tour, passing through the old town of the kingdom’s north-western city of AlUla. AFP
  • The latest Air Quality Index survey has found Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Balkans of eastern Europe, to be one of the world’s most polluted cities. EPA
    The latest Air Quality Index survey has found Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Balkans of eastern Europe, to be one of the world’s most polluted cities. EPA
  • Youth activists of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialists) scuffle with police during a protest against the government's decision to increase fuel prices, currently at an all-time high, in Kathmandu. EPA
    Youth activists of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialists) scuffle with police during a protest against the government's decision to increase fuel prices, currently at an all-time high, in Kathmandu. EPA
  • A pod of white pelicans, one of the largest birds in Canada and the US, gathers on the shore of the Chapala lagoon in Cojumatlan de Regules, Mexico. White pelicans travel thousands of kilometres, migrating from the cold winter temperatures of North America. AFP
    A pod of white pelicans, one of the largest birds in Canada and the US, gathers on the shore of the Chapala lagoon in Cojumatlan de Regules, Mexico. White pelicans travel thousands of kilometres, migrating from the cold winter temperatures of North America. AFP

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February 06, 2022

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