Best images from around the world in the past 24 hours — February 10

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  A girl shouts in protest on February 10, 2014, against a bus-fare increase in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Anti-government protests erupted across the country last June, hitting a peak as one million Brazilians took to streets on a single night, calling for better schools and health care, and questioning the billions spent to host this year’s World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. The protests have since diminished in size, but remain violent. Leo Correa / AP photo

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  An Afghan internally displaced woman covers her face in Sakhi camp in Mazar-i-Sharif on February 10, 2014. Taliban fighting in southern Afghanistan forced many families to flee their homes and spend the harsh winter season at the camp in poverty. Farshad Usyan / AFP photo

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  Workers paint recycled drums on February 11, 2014, at a workshop in Dharavi, Mumbai, India, one of Asia’s largest slums. Danish Siddiqul / Reuters

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  An Afghan internally displaced woman washes clothes on February 10, 2014, at Sakhi camp in Mazar-i-Sharif. Taliban fighting in southern Afghanistan forced many families to flee their homes and spend the harsh winter season at the camp in poverty. Farshad Usyan / AFP photo

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  Police block a gate at the appeal court in central Phnom Penh, where about 200 people gathered in protest on February 11, 2014. The Cambodian court on Tuesday denied bail to 21 rights defenders and garment workers jailed in January, after a deadly crackdown on striking workers over higher wages. The clash left five people dead and many more wounded, local rights groups said. Samrang Pring / Reuters

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  People walk down the Trocadero Esplanade in front of the Eiffel Tower at sunrise in Paris on February 11, 2014. Ludovic Marin / AFP photo

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  Indian labourers work on a wooden scaffolding at a construction site in Mumbai, India, on February 11, 2014. According to reports, India’s economic growth rate is expected to be 4.9 per cent, compared to 4.5 in the previous year. Divyakant Solanki / EPA

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  A female slum dweller cries in front of her destroyed home after a fire on February 11, 2014, gutted about 200 shanties at a slum in Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no casualties reported, and the cause of the fire is unknown. Abir Abdullah / EPA