Best images from around the world in the past 24 hours — February 23

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  A carnival reveller poses on St Mark’s square in Venice, Italy, on February 23, 2014. This year's edition is titled “Wonder and Fantasy Nature” and runs from February 15 to March 4, 2014. Gabriel Bouys / AFP photo

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  The pack is on the move February 23, 2014, during the sixth and last stage of the Tour of Oman cycling race. The 146.5-kilometre course runs from As Sifah to Matrah Corniche, Oman. Yoan Valat / EPA/

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  Anti-government protesters stand on a barricade at the entrance of Kiev’s Independence square on February 23, 2014. The Ukraine parliament gave itself three days to form a new government after impeaching president Viktor Yanukovich and calling early elections after a week of carnage. Bulent Kilic / AFP photo

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  A protester wearing a gas mask sits in an Istanbul restaurant on February 22, 2014, as protesters clash with riot police during an anti-government protest against new internet restrictions. The new law blocks websites and lets government access users’ browsing history, which protesters say will lead to greater censorship in Turkey. Ulas Yunus Tosun / EPA

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  Katharina Offel of Ukraine, riding Charlie, clears a hurdle in the 1.6-metre jumping event of the Longines Hong Kong Masters on February 23, 2014. Tyrone Siu / Reuters

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  A soldier photographs the scene of an explosion on February 23, 2014, at an anti-government protest site in Bangkok, Thailand. More than a dozen people were hurt in the explosion less than a day after a bloodier attack in an eastern province killed one child and left about three dozen people wounded. Wally Santana / AP photo

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  A performer smiles during celebrations for Brunei’s 30th National Day, in Bandar Seri Begawan on February 23, 2014. Ahim Rani / Reuters

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  A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, on February 23, 2014, during a three-day nationwide campaign to eradicate polio. Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria are the only three countries in the world where the disease is endemic, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Shahzaib Akber / EPA

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  North Korean Kim Tae Un 78, centre, and her South Korean sisters Kim Sa-bun, left, and Kim Young-sun cry as they hug each other during a renion at the Mount Kumgang resort in North Korea on February 23, 2014. A group of South Koreans on Sunday crossed the world's most heavily fortified border, a frontier that separates two countries that remain at war after their conflict ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty. Lee Ji-eun/Yonhap / Reuters