• Streams of red-hot lava shoot into the night sky as Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, continues to erupt, as seen from the village of Fornazzo, Italy. Reuters
    Streams of red-hot lava shoot into the night sky as Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, continues to erupt, as seen from the village of Fornazzo, Italy. Reuters
  • Power-generating windmill turbines are seen at sunset in Bourlon, France. Reuters
    Power-generating windmill turbines are seen at sunset in Bourlon, France. Reuters
  • A woman reacts outside a prison in which inmates were killed during a riot that the government described as a concerted action by criminal organisations, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Reuters
    A woman reacts outside a prison in which inmates were killed during a riot that the government described as a concerted action by criminal organisations, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Reuters
  • Sheep Baarack is seen before his thick wool was shorn, enabling him to see, in Lancefield, Victoria, Australia. Reuters
    Sheep Baarack is seen before his thick wool was shorn, enabling him to see, in Lancefield, Victoria, Australia. Reuters
  • A Kyrgyz man holds a golden eagle during the Salburun hunting festival in Tuura-Suu, a mountain village about 250 kilometres south-east of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. AP
    A Kyrgyz man holds a golden eagle during the Salburun hunting festival in Tuura-Suu, a mountain village about 250 kilometres south-east of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. AP
  • A museum devoted to late Indian politician Jayaram Jayalalithaa was inaugurated in Chennai to mark what would have been her 73rd birthday. Jayalalithaa led the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. AFP
    A museum devoted to late Indian politician Jayaram Jayalalithaa was inaugurated in Chennai to mark what would have been her 73rd birthday. Jayalalithaa led the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. AFP
  • A supporter of the Nepal Communist Party poses for a photo prior to a celebratory rally held one day after the country’s supreme court ordered Parliament in Kathmandu to be reinstated. EPA
    A supporter of the Nepal Communist Party poses for a photo prior to a celebratory rally held one day after the country’s supreme court ordered Parliament in Kathmandu to be reinstated. EPA
  • A Long March-4C rocket carrying the third group of China’s Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites lifts off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu province. AFP
    A Long March-4C rocket carrying the third group of China’s Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites lifts off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu province. AFP

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From red-hot lava from Mt Etna to a very woolly Australian sheep - today's best photos

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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February 24, 2021

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