The best photos from around the world
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
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The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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1/11
An armed riot police officer detains a protester during a security anti-terrorists operation in a street after clashes in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan’s president empowered security forces to shoot to kill those participating in unrest, opening the door for a emotional escalation in a crackdown on anti-government protests that have turned violent.Credit:AP
2/11
A person, wearing a helmet with many needles on it, takes part in a demonstration against the country’s coronavirus restrictions in Vienna, Austria.Credit:AP
3/11
Protesters use a ladder to move into at the headquarters of Democrats’ Party in Tirana, Albania. Albanian opposition supporters have clashed with each other and tried to storm their party headquarters following an internal fight for the party leadership.Credit:AP
4/11
A associate watch as the sun sets from a breakwater in Barcelona, Spain.Credit:AP
5/11
A woman cries inside an ambulance after she lost her family member during a heavy snowfall-hit area in Murree, some 45km north of the capital of Islamabad, Pakistan. Temperatures fell to minus 8 degrees Celsius amid heavy snowfall at Pakistan’s mountain resort town of Murree overnight, killing multiple people who were stuck in their vehicles.Credit:AP
6/11
Roman Catholic Chaplain Sandor Czokoly, right, stands in the icy water beside organizer Dimitry Ljasuk as he blesses River Tisza during the event “New Year and Epiphany Splash” in Tiszafured, Hungary.Credit:AP
7/11
A protester shows a disguise during a rally to protest measures imposed against people who are not vaccinated, in Beirut, Lebanon. Vaccination is not compulsory in Lebanon but in recent days authorities have become more strict in dealing with people who are not inoculated or don’t carry a negative PCR test.Credit:AP
8/11
A man uses his smart phone to capture birds fly as the sun sets the over the Mediterranean Sea in the Israeli Arab village of Jisr al-Zarqa, Israel.Credit:AP
9/11
A man wears an FFP2 disguise to prevent the spread of coronavirus as he travels on bus in Rome.Credit:AP
10/11
A railway employee sprays disinfectant as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus in Hyderabad, India. Health officials say the new surge is causing fewer deaths and many situations are asymptomatic. But they warn against taking the omicron variant too lightly, and say that numerous situations, already if milder, could nevertheless pressure the country’s fragile health system.Credit:AP
11/11
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., hugs House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., as he leaves the stage after speaking during a memorial service for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the Smith Center in Las Vegas.Credit:AP
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