• Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, spews ash as it leaps into action. It is seen from the Italian village of Catania. Reuters
    Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, spews ash as it leaps into action. It is seen from the Italian village of Catania. Reuters
  • A man walks on Filopappou Hill in Athens as snow falls, with the ancient Acropolis and the Parthenon in the background. AP
    A man walks on Filopappou Hill in Athens as snow falls, with the ancient Acropolis and the Parthenon in the background. AP
  • Customers use the light from a mobile phone to look in the meat section of a grocery store in Dallas. Though the store lost power, it remained open for cash-only sales. AP
    Customers use the light from a mobile phone to look in the meat section of a grocery store in Dallas. Though the store lost power, it remained open for cash-only sales. AP
  • Flames rise from burning bins during clashes in Barelona between Catalan regional police forces and protesters against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel. Police stormed a university to arrest Hasel, who barricaded himself inside after being sentenced to nine months in jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police. AFP
    Flames rise from burning bins during clashes in Barelona between Catalan regional police forces and protesters against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel. Police stormed a university to arrest Hasel, who barricaded himself inside after being sentenced to nine months in jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police. AFP
  • Protesters block a major road in Yangon during a demonstration against the military coup in Myanmar. AFP
    Protesters block a major road in Yangon during a demonstration against the military coup in Myanmar. AFP
  • Children play in a camp for internally displaced people in Marib, Yemen. Reuters
    Children play in a camp for internally displaced people in Marib, Yemen. Reuters
  • Men inspect a plastic dome being used to isolate Covid-19 patients in Bogota, Colombia. AFP
    Men inspect a plastic dome being used to isolate Covid-19 patients in Bogota, Colombia. AFP
  • A man takes a dip in the Sarovar, or water tank, during Basant Panchami celebrations at the Sikh Shrine Gurudwara Chheharta Sahib on the outskirts of Amritsar, India. AFP
    A man takes a dip in the Sarovar, or water tank, during Basant Panchami celebrations at the Sikh Shrine Gurudwara Chheharta Sahib on the outskirts of Amritsar, India. AFP

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From Mount Etna erupting to a holy dip in Amritsar - today's best pictures

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February 17, 2021

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