• People perform dragon dances with fireworks ahead of a lantern festival in Zunyi, Guizhou province, China. Reuters
    People perform dragon dances with fireworks ahead of a lantern festival in Zunyi, Guizhou province, China. Reuters
  • A Syrian girl out walking in a refugee camp in Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus. Amer Al Mohibany / AFP Photo
    A Syrian girl out walking in a refugee camp in Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus. Amer Al Mohibany / AFP Photo
  • English pole vaulter Abigail Roberts competes in the Nitro Athletics series at the Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne. Hamish Blair / Reuters
    English pole vaulter Abigail Roberts competes in the Nitro Athletics series at the Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne. Hamish Blair / Reuters
  • Balloonists prepare their hot air balloon at the former US Air Force base at Clark, Angeles City, Philippines. Francis R Malasig / EPA
    Balloonists prepare their hot air balloon at the former US Air Force base at Clark, Angeles City, Philippines. Francis R Malasig / EPA
  • A boy is comforted during the funeral of his father in Serra, Espirito Santo, Brazil. Antonio Lacerda / EPA
    A boy is comforted during the funeral of his father in Serra, Espirito Santo, Brazil. Antonio Lacerda / EPA
  • Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang tries to dribble around Hertha Berlin goalkeeper Rune Jarstein. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters
    Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang tries to dribble around Hertha Berlin goalkeeper Rune Jarstein. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters
  • Lloyd Wallace of Great Britain jumps at the FIS Freestyle World Cup at Bokwang Snow Park in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Clive Mason / Getty Images
    Lloyd Wallace of Great Britain jumps at the FIS Freestyle World Cup at Bokwang Snow Park in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Clive Mason / Getty Images
  • A large spectator watches Sri Lankan boys play football in Colombo. Ishara S Kodikara / AFP Photo
    A large spectator watches Sri Lankan boys play football in Colombo. Ishara S Kodikara / AFP Photo
  • A Buddhist monk begs for alms in Durbar Square in Kathmandu. Prakash Mathema / AFP Photo
    A Buddhist monk begs for alms in Durbar Square in Kathmandu. Prakash Mathema / AFP Photo
  • A baby Titi Pigmeo (Cebuella Pygmaea) hangs from its mother at Santa Fe zoo, in Medellin, Colombia. Raul Arboleda / AFP Photo
    A baby Titi Pigmeo (Cebuella Pygmaea) hangs from its mother at Santa Fe zoo, in Medellin, Colombia. Raul Arboleda / AFP Photo
  • Low clouds blanket the horizon in St Moritz, Switzerland. Alessandro Trovati / AP Photo
    Low clouds blanket the horizon in St Moritz, Switzerland. Alessandro Trovati / AP Photo

World in focus — best photos for February 9, 2017


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