• Models present creations from Chanel during Paris Fashion Week. AFP
    Models present creations from Chanel during Paris Fashion Week. AFP
  • A boy runs during a baseball training class in Havana. The 2023 World Baseball Classic begins on March 7. AFP
    A boy runs during a baseball training class in Havana. The 2023 World Baseball Classic begins on March 7. AFP
  • Muhammad Zubair, cousin of Pakistani Muhammad Nadeem who died in a boat capsizing off Libya in February, speaks with AFP at his house in Punjab province. AFP
    Muhammad Zubair, cousin of Pakistani Muhammad Nadeem who died in a boat capsizing off Libya in February, speaks with AFP at his house in Punjab province. AFP
  • A sculpture of Atlant by the Danish sculptor David Jensen is covered with ice at the Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. EPA
    A sculpture of Atlant by the Danish sculptor David Jensen is covered with ice at the Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. EPA
  • Bus drivers burn flares on a bridge above Paris's ring road amid protests against the French government's proposed pension reform. AFP
    Bus drivers burn flares on a bridge above Paris's ring road amid protests against the French government's proposed pension reform. AFP
  • Hindus daubed in colour throw a fellow devotee in the air as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colours, in Gujarat, India. Reuters
    Hindus daubed in colour throw a fellow devotee in the air as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colours, in Gujarat, India. Reuters
  • A rescue worker tries to put out a fire at a destroyed gas distribution point in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine after a Russian attack. AP
    A rescue worker tries to put out a fire at a destroyed gas distribution point in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine after a Russian attack. AP
  • A firefighter holds a walking stick at a protest in Brussels. Reuters
    A firefighter holds a walking stick at a protest in Brussels. Reuters
  • A woman celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, in Mumbai. AP
    A woman celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, in Mumbai. AP
  • Buddhist monks pray at a ceremony commemorating Makha Bucha Day in Pathum Thani province outside Bangkok. Reuters
    Buddhist monks pray at a ceremony commemorating Makha Bucha Day in Pathum Thani province outside Bangkok. Reuters
  • An H3 rocket lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Japan’s space agency intentionally destroyed the H3 rocket moments into its launch Tuesday after the ignition for the second stage of the country's first new rocket series in more than two decades failed. (Kyodo News via AP)
    An H3 rocket lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Japan’s space agency intentionally destroyed the H3 rocket moments into its launch Tuesday after the ignition for the second stage of the country's first new rocket series in more than two decades failed. (Kyodo News via AP)

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Today's best photos: from Chanel's Paris show to the H3 rocket lift-off

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March 07, 2023

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