Best photos of February 3: From a gold shop in Bangkok to a puppetry festival in Tunis


  • Customers queue to buy and sell gold in Bangkok, Thailand, after prices dropped from record highs. Reuters
    Customers queue to buy and sell gold in Bangkok, Thailand, after prices dropped from record highs. Reuters
  • Palestinians arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, after passing over the reopened Rafah border crossing. EPA
    Palestinians arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, after passing over the reopened Rafah border crossing. EPA
  • Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, arrives in Dubai for the first day of the World Governments Summit. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, arrives in Dubai for the first day of the World Governments Summit. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • A weightlifter rests during a training session in Abu Dhabi, ahead of the Enhanced Games in Las Vegas. Victor Besa / The National
    A weightlifter rests during a training session in Abu Dhabi, ahead of the Enhanced Games in Las Vegas. Victor Besa / The National
  • Women play cricket in Jinja, eastern Uganda. AFP
    Women play cricket in Jinja, eastern Uganda. AFP
  • Estonian soldiers arrive at the Tapa range in Estonia, where they are to carry out exercises alongside British soldiers. PA
    Estonian soldiers arrive at the Tapa range in Estonia, where they are to carry out exercises alongside British soldiers. PA
  • An Israeli air strike hits a building in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Tebnit. AFP
    An Israeli air strike hits a building in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Tebnit. AFP
  • French artist and puppeteer Elise Vigneron performs at the Carthage International Puppet Arts Festival in Tunisia. EPA
    French artist and puppeteer Elise Vigneron performs at the Carthage International Puppet Arts Festival in Tunisia. EPA