• A miner carries on his shoulders a bag full of stones containing lithium at a mining site in Gidan Kwano, in Nasarawa state, on January 23, 2025. In a day's work, a worker fills three bags of 50 kg each, which earns him 150,000 naira ($100), twice the minimum monthly wage in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa where more than half the population lives below the poverty line. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global demand for lithium will increase forty-fold by 2040, a growth that cannot be met by the current main producers, Australia, China and Chile, alone. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
    A miner carries on his shoulders a bag full of stones containing lithium at a mining site in Gidan Kwano, in Nasarawa state, on January 23, 2025. In a day's work, a worker fills three bags of 50 kg each, which earns him 150,000 naira ($100), twice the minimum monthly wage in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa where more than half the population lives below the poverty line. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global demand for lithium will increase forty-fold by 2040, a growth that cannot be met by the current main producers, Australia, China and Chile, alone. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
  • Residents of Hatay, in southern Turkey, gather to mark the second anniversary of the devastating 2023 earthquake. Getty Images
    Residents of Hatay, in southern Turkey, gather to mark the second anniversary of the devastating 2023 earthquake. Getty Images
  • A bakers sells bread from the ruins of his premises, destroyed by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabalia, northern Gaza. AP
    A bakers sells bread from the ruins of his premises, destroyed by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabalia, northern Gaza. AP
  • Waka (Maori canoes) travel to a beach in northern New Zealand after a service marking Waitangi Day, the country's national day. Getty Images
    Waka (Maori canoes) travel to a beach in northern New Zealand after a service marking Waitangi Day, the country's national day. Getty Images
  • Protesters in demolish the home of the late Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's former leader and the father of the country's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka. AP
    Protesters in demolish the home of the late Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's former leader and the father of the country's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka. AP
  • National Guard troops patrol the border wall in the Juarez Valley, Chihuahua state, Mexico. AFP
    National Guard troops patrol the border wall in the Juarez Valley, Chihuahua state, Mexico. AFP
  • A protester holds up a placard showing US President Donald Trump and a slogan condemning his Gaza plan at a rally in support of Palestinians, outside the US embassy in Seoul, South Korea. AFP
    A protester holds up a placard showing US President Donald Trump and a slogan condemning his Gaza plan at a rally in support of Palestinians, outside the US embassy in Seoul, South Korea. AFP
  • Indian police officers escort deportees from the United States as they arrive at Ahmedabad Airport. AP
    Indian police officers escort deportees from the United States as they arrive at Ahmedabad Airport. AP

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Best photos of February 6: Lithium mining in Nigeria to US deportees arriving in India

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

February 06, 2025

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Updated: February 06, 2025, 9:26 AM
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