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Lunar New Year to the Australian Open tennis - today's best pictures

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

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Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, in conversation with US television host Oprah Winfrey. AFP 

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Some UAE-based influencers have turned their work into lucrative business - but may have forgotten to pay VAT on both their earnings and the value of free goods and experiences. Getty Images

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed / Twitter

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An artist's impression of a supermassive black hole. EPA

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Facial recognition technology is being implemented at Dubai airports, allowing passengers to complete passport control in nine seconds. Courtesy: Dubai Media Office

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Thousands of Indian farmers on Tuesday escalated protests to revoke controversial new agricultural laws, clashing with police and storming key landmarks in the capital to pressure Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bloomberg

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The Ras Ghanada coral reef off the coast of Abu Dhabi. NYU Abu Dhabi

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed , Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, witness Hope's orbit insertion at Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre. Rashid Al Mansoori / Ministry of Presidential Affairs 

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A rally against Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations in New York's Times Square, February 19, 2017. AP Photo

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Healthcare workers attend to a Covid-19 patient in the new emergency-care tent at Saint Georges Hospital in Beirut. EPA

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Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington. AFP

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Sexual harassment in Egypt was the inspiration for photographer Eman Helal’s essay ‘Just Stop’. Courtesy Eman Helal

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A syringe and a vial containing the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. AFP

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An Iraqi demonstrator walks among smoke from burning tires during ongoing anti-government protests in Kerbala. Reuters

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attend a military parade in Baku on December 10, 2020 to mark Azerbaijan's victory in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Turkish Presidential Press Service / AFP

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Damaged buildings in Mosul are surrounded by mounds of rubble three years after Iraqi forces liberated the city from ISIS. AP Photo

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