• A member of the Senegalese Armed Forces in Blaze Forest looks on at a recently captured rebel base of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance. The conflict in Casamance, which is separated from the rest of Senegal by The Gambia, has claimed thousands of lives since it first broke out in 1982. On January 26, 2021, the army launched an operation it said was to secure the region and took hold of several bases from the MFDC rebels. AFP
    A member of the Senegalese Armed Forces in Blaze Forest looks on at a recently captured rebel base of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance. The conflict in Casamance, which is separated from the rest of Senegal by The Gambia, has claimed thousands of lives since it first broke out in 1982. On January 26, 2021, the army launched an operation it said was to secure the region and took hold of several bases from the MFDC rebels. AFP
  • A train driver waits to start his shift at a railway station before the Lunar New Year holiday in Seoul, South Korea. AFP
    A train driver waits to start his shift at a railway station before the Lunar New Year holiday in Seoul, South Korea. AFP
  • Protesters hold up placards in front of the US embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, during a demonstration against the military coup that occurred in the country on February 1. AFP
    Protesters hold up placards in front of the US embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, during a demonstration against the military coup that occurred in the country on February 1. AFP
  • A statue of former US president George Washington stands in the foreground of the US Capitol building’s rotunda, in Washington, DC. The second impeachment trial of his successor Donald Trump is under way there. Reuters
    A statue of former US president George Washington stands in the foreground of the US Capitol building’s rotunda, in Washington, DC. The second impeachment trial of his successor Donald Trump is under way there. Reuters
  • Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova is seen in action during her second-round match against Romania’s Sorana Cirstea in the Australian Open in Melbourne. Reuters
    Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova is seen in action during her second-round match against Romania’s Sorana Cirstea in the Australian Open in Melbourne. Reuters
  • Gil Vicente’s Lucas Mineiro, left, fights for the ball with Joao Palhinha of Sporting Lisbon during the Portuguese First League football match in Barcelos, Portugal. EPA
    Gil Vicente’s Lucas Mineiro, left, fights for the ball with Joao Palhinha of Sporting Lisbon during the Portuguese First League football match in Barcelos, Portugal. EPA
  • Police stand in formation before a pro-democracy rally in Bangkok, Thailand, at which protesters were set to demand the end of the kingdom’s royal defamation law. AFP
    Police stand in formation before a pro-democracy rally in Bangkok, Thailand, at which protesters were set to demand the end of the kingdom’s royal defamation law. AFP
  • The sun rises over the US Capitol in Washington, DC before the second impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump. Reuters
    The sun rises over the US Capitol in Washington, DC before the second impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump. Reuters
  • A woman clears the pavement of snow outside her front door in Wernigerode, Germany. AP
    A woman clears the pavement of snow outside her front door in Wernigerode, Germany. AP

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On patrol in Senegal to snow in Germany - today's best pictures

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February 10, 2021

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