A cat in Istanbul and Rafael Nadal at Australian Open - today's best pictures

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

A stray cat stands in the snow in Istanbul. AFP

A child labourer poses for a photograph at a used tyre market Peshawar, Pakistan. EPA

A Sumatran elephant calf receives medical attention at the elephant conservation centre in Saree, Aceh province. AFP

Life vests are placed on chairs as Rohingya refugees heading to the island of Bhasan Char arrive to board navy vessels from the south eastern port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh. AP

A worker hangs lanterns at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. AP

Ali Sarsour plays with his dog and cats near his home in Amman, Jordan, while wearing a suit he made. Reuters

Khin Maung Zaw, a lawyer representing detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ousted president Win Myint, speaks to the media outside Dekhina district court in Naypyidaw. AFP

Brides queue up before being married in a mass wedding on Valentine’s Day, at Paseo Xolotlan Park in Managua, Nicaragua. AFP

The Milky Way is seen from Purace National Natural Park in Purace, in Cauca, Colombia. AFP

Spain's Rafael Nadal in action during his fourth Round Men’s singles match against Fabio Fognini of Italy on day eight of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne. EPA

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