• Iraqi skaters show their skills at a skatepark in Baghdad on February 1, 2025. The community skatepark, which is the first of it's kind in Iraq, opened to the public on February 1, 2025, (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
    Iraqi skaters show their skills at a skatepark in Baghdad on February 1, 2025. The community skatepark, which is the first of it's kind in Iraq, opened to the public on February 1, 2025, (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
  • Patrick Moloney riding Lofty Arch after galloping at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia. Getty images
    Patrick Moloney riding Lofty Arch after galloping at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia. Getty images
  • Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara and Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani perform Umrah in the Holy City of Makkah, during a visit to Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara and Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani perform Umrah in the Holy City of Makkah, during a visit to Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • Backstage rehearsals on the first day of the 53rd Prix de Lausanne, an international competition for dancers aged 15 to 18. EPA
    Backstage rehearsals on the first day of the 53rd Prix de Lausanne, an international competition for dancers aged 15 to 18. EPA
  • Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, centre, visits Hanuman temple during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India. AFP
    Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, centre, visits Hanuman temple during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India. AFP
  • Victims of violence are buried in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been seized by Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 in bloody clashes with DRC forces. AFP
    Victims of violence are buried in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been seized by Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 in bloody clashes with DRC forces. AFP
  • Dancers perform during Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day celebrations in Colombo. Reuters
    Dancers perform during Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day celebrations in Colombo. Reuters
  • A wall painting brightens the corner on a street in the Iranian capital of Tehran. EPA
    A wall painting brightens the corner on a street in the Iranian capital of Tehran. EPA
  • Maraya Concert Hall, the world's largest mirrored building designed by Florian Boje, in AlUla, Saudi Arabia. AFP
    Maraya Concert Hall, the world's largest mirrored building designed by Florian Boje, in AlUla, Saudi Arabia. AFP

Best photos of February 4: Baghdad’s first skatepark to the world’s largest mirrored building in AlUla


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Updated: February 04, 2025, 12:02 PM