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Palestinians wave the national flag during a protest against Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, along the border fence with Israel, in east of Gaza City. Palestinian officials say several Palestinians have been killed and over a hundred were wounded during a rare daytime Israeli army arrest raid in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry says a 72-year-old man was among the dead. The raid took place on Wednesday in the city of Nablus, a scene of frequent military activity.Credit:AP Photo/Adel Hana
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A mannequin dressed as Santa Claus stands inside an apartment of a destroyed building following the earthquake in Samandag, southern Turkey. Survivors of the earthquake that jolted Turkey and Syria 15 days ago, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving hundreds of thousands of others homeless, dealt with more trauma and loss Tuesday after another deadly quake and aftershocks rocked the region.Credit:AP Photo/Emrah Gurel
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Soldiers carry the coffin of soldier Vladyslav Belechynskyi, 20, at his funeral and that of a second soldier at the Church of the Most Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Lviv, Ukraine. Both men were volunteer soldiers serving in a Ukrainian territorial defence unit and were killed in eastern Ukraine. Funerals of soldiers are a near daily occurrence these days in Lviv as fighting rages in the east. February 24 will be the first anniversary of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine.Credit:Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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A model is silhouetted as she wears a creation as part of the Fendi women's Fall-Winter 2023-24 collection presented in Milan, Italy.Credit:AP Photo/Antonio Calanni
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Snow plows move snow from I-35W southbound, seen from the 42nd St. Bridge, as the metro and much of the state prepares for a winter storm in Minneapolis. Brutal winter weather bringing snow, dangerous gusts of wind and bitter cold settled over much of the northern U.S. on Wednesday, shutting down roadways, closing schools and businesses and prompting dire warnings for people to stay home.Credit:David Joles/Star Tribune via AP
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Children's toys lay in the mud where rescue workers look for bodies after a deadly landslide was triggered by heavy rains near Barra do Sahy beach in the coastal city of Sao Sebastiao, Brazil.Credit:AP Photo/Andre Penner
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Ukrainian soldiers at Bovington Camp, a British Army military base where they are training on Challenger 2 tanks, in Dorset, England.Credit:Ben Birchall/Pool via AP
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Rival teams the 'Up'ards and Down'ards' take part in the Royal Shrovetide Football match in Ashbourne, England. Played since the 17th Century, the annual Shrovetide Football Match sees teams from opposite ends of the Derbyshire town of Ashbourne aim to get a ball into one of two goals that are positioned three miles apart at either end of Ashbourne. The game has 'no rules' and can sometimes end in injury and damage to property although volunteer stewards keep a watchful eye for any serious foul play or possible damage. The match starts on Shrove Tuesday and can last until 10 PM. If a goal is scored before 6 PM then a new ball is 'turned up' and a new game started. If the goal is after 6 PM then the game ends for that day and continues into Ash Wednesday.Credit:Cameron Smith/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Warsaw Chopin International Airport in Warsaw.Credit:AP Photo/Evan Vucci
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A doctor sorts medical supplies inside the Ukrainian Army's 72nd Mechanized Brigade stabilization hospital near the frontline in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Heavy fighting continues in Donbas, as Russian forces press a winter offensive ahead of February 24, which marks a year since the invasion of Ukraine.Credit:John Moore/Getty Images
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A beach goer walks to the end of a jetty as the sun rises above the Atlantic Ocean in Bal Harbour, Florida.Credit:AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee
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A model wears a creation as part of the Diesel women's Fall-Winter 2023-24 collection presented in Milan, Italy.Credit:AP Photo/Luca Bruno
