• Dubai Police officers fire a 1940 British-made 25-pounder cannon in front of Burj Khalifa in Dubai to signal the end of fasting. EPA
    Dubai Police officers fire a 1940 British-made 25-pounder cannon in front of Burj Khalifa in Dubai to signal the end of fasting. EPA
  • Morning fog brings an eerie perspective to the Corniche in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    Morning fog brings an eerie perspective to the Corniche in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • A pickle seller serves customers at a market stall in the Old City of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during Ramadan. AFP
    A pickle seller serves customers at a market stall in the Old City of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during Ramadan. AFP
  • Vehicles merge onto expressway lanes after passing through the Wuzhuang toll station in Chuzhou, eastern China's Anhui Province at the end of the Spring Festival holiday marking the Year of the Horse. AFP
    Vehicles merge onto expressway lanes after passing through the Wuzhuang toll station in Chuzhou, eastern China's Anhui Province at the end of the Spring Festival holiday marking the Year of the Horse. AFP
  • Japanese-Italian actress Jun Ichikawa performs as Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly during the closing ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Verona Arena in Verona, northern Italy. AFP
    Japanese-Italian actress Jun Ichikawa performs as Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly during the closing ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Verona Arena in Verona, northern Italy. AFP
  • Braving heavy snowfall in Times Square, Manhattan, during a snowfall in New York City. A storm threatened to lay down 30cm of snow across the US East Coast beginning on Sunday, February 22. AFP
    Braving heavy snowfall in Times Square, Manhattan, during a snowfall in New York City. A storm threatened to lay down 30cm of snow across the US East Coast beginning on Sunday, February 22. AFP
  • A long exposure image shows the motion of a glowing wooden disc as it is hurled towards the valley as part of the scheibenschlagen tradition in the village of Untervaz, Switzerland. EPA
    A long exposure image shows the motion of a glowing wooden disc as it is hurled towards the valley as part of the scheibenschlagen tradition in the village of Untervaz, Switzerland. EPA
  • Blossoming Tabebuia rosea trees bring out the admirers at Kasetsart University’s Kamphaeng Saen Campus, in Thailand. Reuters
    Blossoming Tabebuia rosea trees bring out the admirers at Kasetsart University’s Kamphaeng Saen Campus, in Thailand. Reuters

Best Photos of February 23: Cannon fire during Ramadan in Dubai to blossoming Tabebuia trees in Thailand


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Updated: February 23, 2026, 9:42 AM