Best photos of February 13: Valentine's Day preparations in India to a Chinese Lantern Festival - in pictures

  • A vendor at a wholesale flower market in New Delhi prepares roses on the eve of Valentine's Day. AFP
    A vendor at a wholesale flower market in New Delhi prepares roses on the eve of Valentine's Day. AFP
  • Graduates of Syria's General Security forces marching during a ceremony in the northern city of Aleppo. President Ahmad Al Shara has said 'thousands' of people are joining the country's new army following the overthrow of Bashar Al Assad and the dissolution of his military. AFP
    Graduates of Syria's General Security forces marching during a ceremony in the northern city of Aleppo. President Ahmad Al Shara has said 'thousands' of people are joining the country's new army following the overthrow of Bashar Al Assad and the dissolution of his military. AFP
  • A technician works on the Reclining Vishnu of the West Mebon temple in Cambodia, at the Arc'Antique laboratory in Nantes, western France. The 11th century bronze statue is due to go on show at the Guimet Museum in Paris in April. AFP
    A technician works on the Reclining Vishnu of the West Mebon temple in Cambodia, at the Arc'Antique laboratory in Nantes, western France. The 11th century bronze statue is due to go on show at the Guimet Museum in Paris in April. AFP
  • Graffiti depicting the reconstruction of Gaza on Israel's separation barrier in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
    Graffiti depicting the reconstruction of Gaza on Israel's separation barrier in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
  • Buildings are lit up with characters from Chinese blockbuster movie Ne Zha 2 in Chengdu, in China’s south-west Sichuan province. AFP
    Buildings are lit up with characters from Chinese blockbuster movie Ne Zha 2 in Chengdu, in China’s south-west Sichuan province. AFP
  • A damaged department store in Taichung, Taiwan, after an explosion that killed at least four people and injured many more. AFP
    A damaged department store in Taichung, Taiwan, after an explosion that killed at least four people and injured many more. AFP
  • US President Donald Trump with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and her husband Abraham Williams at her swearing-in ceremony at the White House. Reuters
    US President Donald Trump with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and her husband Abraham Williams at her swearing-in ceremony at the White House. Reuters
  • Afghan vendors carrying heart-shaped balloons look for Valentine's Day customers along a busy road in Kabul. AFP
    Afghan vendors carrying heart-shaped balloons look for Valentine's Day customers along a busy road in Kabul. AFP
  • Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte, centre, with US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, and Gen Christopher G Cavoli, Commander of United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, during a Nato Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium. Reuters
    Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte, centre, with US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, and Gen Christopher G Cavoli, Commander of United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, during a Nato Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium. Reuters
  • Performers in a Wulong Xuhua show celebrating the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, China. The show is a kind of dragon dance performed amid fireworks by the Miao ethnic group. EPA
    Performers in a Wulong Xuhua show celebrating the Lantern Festival in Taijiang County, China. The show is a kind of dragon dance performed amid fireworks by the Miao ethnic group. EPA