The surface of Mars, lava clouds and protests - 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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  A boat making its way through the icy water of Lidingo, near Stockholm, Sweden. AFP

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  Demonstrators take part in a protest to mark the second anniversary of a mass protest movement demanding political change, in Algiers. Reuters

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  Nenuah, a 9-year-old Bornean Orangutan, receives an antidote to anesthesia from a veterinarian and technician, during a final health check before being transported and released to the Bukit Batikap protection forest, at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Center in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia. Reuters

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  The surface of Mars directly below NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is seen in a combination of images acquired using the Rover Down-Look Camera. Reuters

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  A view of the former Faruk avenue in the centre of Mosul, Iraq. with the Roman Catholic Dominican Church of Our Lady of the Hour in the background and several mosques. Pope Francis, the leader of the world's Catholics, is expected to visit Iraq on March 5. AFP

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  Ice sits at the base of the American Falls due to cold temperatures in the city of Niagara Falls, New York. Reuters

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  Large streams of red hot lava shoot into the night sky as Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, leaps into action, as seen from the village of Fornazzo, Italy. Reuters

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  Street vendors sell merchandise at their stalls in the central Attaba district of Egypt's capital Cairo. AFP

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  Goats are seen on a pavement in Llandudno, Wales. Authorities on February 19 relaxed parts of a strict lockdown that has been in effect since before Christmas. Reuters

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  A soldier scuffles with an anti-government protester outside a military court in Beirut, Lebanon. Riot police briefly clashed on Monday with hundreds of protesters demanding the release of anti-government activists detained following riots last month. AP

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