Today's best photos: From a carnival in Guadeloupe to India's Republic Day rehearsals

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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  A reveller wears a local Carnival costume during the parade of "Carnaval de Sainte-Rose" in Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, January 22, 2023. REUTERS / Pascal Rossignol TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY REFILE - CORRECTING YEAR

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  School pupils in Rawalpindi during a massive power cut that affected most of Pakistan’s 220 million people. AFP

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  Al Wathba Wetland Reserve in Abu Dhabi. WAM

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  People celebrate the year of the Rabbit during the Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown in New York City, U. S. Reuters

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  Ducks swim in a river, surrounded by ice and snow-covered trees, in Nittedal, north of Oslo, Norway. Reuters

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  US surfer Eli Olsen rides a wave as Hawaiian surfer Jake Maki gets wiped out during The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational surfing contest at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii. AFP

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  Men searches for fish that are still alive to eat, as dead dead fish agglomerate on the shore of the Salado river in Buenos Aires province. AP Photo

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  An emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) rests in the Parque Lecocq, in Montevideo, Uruguay. EPA

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  Afghan men play a traditional rope game 'Dora' along a field in Dand district of Kandahar province. AFP

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  Kylie Jenner attends the Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2023 collection presented in Paris. AP Photo

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  Indian soldiers march in rehearsal for the Republic Day parade, in New Delhi. AFP

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