• A reveller of the Beija-Flor samba school performs during the second night of Rio's Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Mauro Pimentel / AFP Photo
    A reveller of the Beija-Flor samba school performs during the second night of Rio's Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Mauro Pimentel / AFP Photo
  • A farmer collects lotus flowers for market in Samroang Tiev village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Heng Sinith / AP Photo
    A farmer collects lotus flowers for market in Samroang Tiev village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Heng Sinith / AP Photo
  • Laurent Muhlethaler, of France, leaves the starting gate during training for the men's Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Matthias Schrader / AP Photo
    Laurent Muhlethaler, of France, leaves the starting gate during training for the men's Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Matthias Schrader / AP Photo
  • Ducks sit on ice sheets on the Wannsee lake in Berlin. Ralf Hirschberger / dpa / AFP Photo
    Ducks sit on ice sheets on the Wannsee lake in Berlin. Ralf Hirschberger / dpa / AFP Photo
  • A Sadhu (holy man) decorates his face at the Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. Narendra Shrestha / EPA
    A Sadhu (holy man) decorates his face at the Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. Narendra Shrestha / EPA
  • Chinese men choose flowers at a market on the eve of Valentine's Day in Beijing. Roman Pilipey / EPA
    Chinese men choose flowers at a market on the eve of Valentine's Day in Beijing. Roman Pilipey / EPA
  • A wooden diving platform of a lido is slightly covered in frost at the Ammersee lake in Utting, southern Germany. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / dpa / AFP Photo
    A wooden diving platform of a lido is slightly covered in frost at the Ammersee lake in Utting, southern Germany. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / dpa / AFP Photo
  • Players from Finland gather before the preliminary round of the women's hockey game against Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Frank Franklin II / AP Photo
    Players from Finland gather before the preliminary round of the women's hockey game against Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Frank Franklin II / AP Photo
  • An Indonesian woman washes her clothes on a river bank in downtown Jakarta. Bay Ismoyo / AFP Photo
    An Indonesian woman washes her clothes on a river bank in downtown Jakarta. Bay Ismoyo / AFP Photo
  • A Syrian man sits outisde a shop in the Old City of the capital Damascus. Louai Beshara / AFP Photo
    A Syrian man sits outisde a shop in the Old City of the capital Damascus. Louai Beshara / AFP Photo
  • Residents canoe down a street to survey their village after it was flooded following heavy rains brought by tropical Storm Sanba in the town of Jaboanga in Agusan del Sur province on the southern island of Mindanao. Erwin Mascarina / AFP Photo
    Residents canoe down a street to survey their village after it was flooded following heavy rains brought by tropical Storm Sanba in the town of Jaboanga in Agusan del Sur province on the southern island of Mindanao. Erwin Mascarina / AFP Photo
  • Pigeons fly away next to a street vendor in Pristina, Kosovo. Armend Nimani / AFP Photo
    Pigeons fly away next to a street vendor in Pristina, Kosovo. Armend Nimani / AFP Photo
  • AFC Asian Champions League action between Melbourne Victory and Ulsan Hyundai FC. Michael Dodge / Getty Images
    AFC Asian Champions League action between Melbourne Victory and Ulsan Hyundai FC. Michael Dodge / Getty Images

World in focus - best photos for February 13, 2018


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