• A member of the Tom Maior samba school performs during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 01, 2014. Nelson Almeida / AFP Photo
    A member of the Tom Maior samba school performs during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 01, 2014. Nelson Almeida / AFP Photo
  • Riot police confront demonstrators during an anti-government protest in Caracas on February 28, 2014. Leo Ramirez / AFP Photo
    Riot police confront demonstrators during an anti-government protest in Caracas on February 28, 2014. Leo Ramirez / AFP Photo
  • A Palestinian throws a stone toward an Israeli millitary tower during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, following Muslim Friday noon prayers, on February 28, 2014. Musa Al-Shaer / AFP Photo
    A Palestinian throws a stone toward an Israeli millitary tower during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, following Muslim Friday noon prayers, on February 28, 2014. Musa Al-Shaer / AFP Photo
  • Anti-government demonstrators take cover from a police water cannon in Caracas, Venezuela on February 28, 2014. Rodrigo Abd / AP Photo
    Anti-government demonstrators take cover from a police water cannon in Caracas, Venezuela on February 28, 2014. Rodrigo Abd / AP Photo
  • Revellers of Vai-Vai samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 01, 2014. Nelson Almeida / AFP Photo
    Revellers of Vai-Vai samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 01, 2014. Nelson Almeida / AFP Photo
  • Supporters of the Venezuela opposition wear masks in Florida on February 28, 2014. Javier Galeano / AP Photo
    Supporters of the Venezuela opposition wear masks in Florida on February 28, 2014. Javier Galeano / AP Photo
  • A Palestinian Bedouin boy rides a donkey next to sheep during the sunset in Khan Younis, a town and refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on February 28 2014. Hatem Moussa / AP Photo
    A Palestinian Bedouin boy rides a donkey next to sheep during the sunset in Khan Younis, a town and refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on February 28 2014. Hatem Moussa / AP Photo

Best images from around the world in the past 24 hours — March 1


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The National’s photo editors pick the best images of the day from around the world.