Best photos of February 17: Lunar New Year celebrations in Manila to Ramadan preparations in Srinagar

  • A fire breather performs at Lunar New Year celebrations in Manila's Chinatown, Binondo, in the Philippines. Reuters
    A fire breather performs at Lunar New Year celebrations in Manila's Chinatown, Binondo, in the Philippines. Reuters
  • A family fishes off the breakwater along the Creek extension behind Business Bay on a hazy day in Dubai. Antonie Robertson/The National
    A family fishes off the breakwater along the Creek extension behind Business Bay on a hazy day in Dubai. Antonie Robertson/The National
  • The float of the Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel samba school, paying tribute to late Brazilian singer Rita Lee, takes part a parade at the Marques de Sapucai Sambadrome, as part of the Rio Carnival in Brazil. AFP
    The float of the Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel samba school, paying tribute to late Brazilian singer Rita Lee, takes part a parade at the Marques de Sapucai Sambadrome, as part of the Rio Carnival in Brazil. AFP
  • A Muslim woman prays at a graveside in a cemetery in Surabaya, Indonesia, before the start of Ramadan. AFP
    A Muslim woman prays at a graveside in a cemetery in Surabaya, Indonesia, before the start of Ramadan. AFP
  • UAE Team Emirates rider Isaac Del Toro Romero celebrates after winning the first stage of the UAE Tour cycle race from Madinat Zayed Majlis to Liwa Palace in Abu Dhabi. AFP
    UAE Team Emirates rider Isaac Del Toro Romero celebrates after winning the first stage of the UAE Tour cycle race from Madinat Zayed Majlis to Liwa Palace in Abu Dhabi. AFP
  • Mohammed Mawaadi, a Palestinian man living in Lebanon, stands by the damaged wall of his apartment in the southern village of Qannarit and surveys the rubble of a building hit in January by an Israeli strike. AFP
    Mohammed Mawaadi, a Palestinian man living in Lebanon, stands by the damaged wall of his apartment in the southern village of Qannarit and surveys the rubble of a building hit in January by an Israeli strike. AFP
  • A missile is fired by members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps during a military exercise in the Gulf, in a handout image from the IRGC. AFP
    A missile is fired by members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps during a military exercise in the Gulf, in a handout image from the IRGC. AFP
  • Spain's Paula Badosa on her way to victory against the Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova in the Round of 64 at the Dubai Tennis Championships. Reuters
    Spain's Paula Badosa on her way to victory against the Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova in the Round of 64 at the Dubai Tennis Championships. Reuters
  • A shopkeeper arranges boxes of dates at a market in Srinagar, in India's Jammu and Kashmir, ahead of Ramadan. AFP
    A shopkeeper arranges boxes of dates at a market in Srinagar, in India's Jammu and Kashmir, ahead of Ramadan. AFP