• A Tibetan girl smiles as she gets ready for a performance to mark “Losar” or the Tibetan New Year in Kathmandu, Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
    A Tibetan girl smiles as she gets ready for a performance to mark “Losar” or the Tibetan New Year in Kathmandu, Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
  • Derrick Rose Jr, left, looks up to his father, Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, before an NBA basketball game between the Bulls and Atlanta Hawks. Charles Rex Arbogast / AP Photo
    Derrick Rose Jr, left, looks up to his father, Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, before an NBA basketball game between the Bulls and Atlanta Hawks. Charles Rex Arbogast / AP Photo
  • Bloco da Latinha, a street carnival group, during a parade on the last day of carnival in Madre de Deus, Bahia State, Brazil. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP Photo
    Bloco da Latinha, a street carnival group, during a parade on the last day of carnival in Madre de Deus, Bahia State, Brazil. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP Photo
  • Internally-displaced Afghan children watch a girl jump with a skipping rope at a refugee camp in Ghazni. Saued Zakeria / AFP Photo
    Internally-displaced Afghan children watch a girl jump with a skipping rope at a refugee camp in Ghazni. Saued Zakeria / AFP Photo
  • Models pose backstage at the VFILES fashion show during Fall 2016 New York Fashion Week at Spring Studios in New York City. Ilya S Savenok / Getty Images / AFP
    Models pose backstage at the VFILES fashion show during Fall 2016 New York Fashion Week at Spring Studios in New York City. Ilya S Savenok / Getty Images / AFP
  • South Sudanese runners, selected by the South Sudanese Athletic Federation, train in the open field of the Buluk Athletics Track in Juba ahead of trials for the Rio Olympics. Gonzalez Farran / AFP Photo
    South Sudanese runners, selected by the South Sudanese Athletic Federation, train in the open field of the Buluk Athletics Track in Juba ahead of trials for the Rio Olympics. Gonzalez Farran / AFP Photo
  • Black kites fly by a murmuration of starlings in Rahat, Israel. Menahem Kahana / AFP Photo
    Black kites fly by a murmuration of starlings in Rahat, Israel. Menahem Kahana / AFP Photo
  • Villagers in Dong Ky, Vietnam cheer during the traditional firecracker festival. The festival is held annually from the fourth to the sixth day of the first lunar month to honour General Thien Cuong who helped the Hung Kings fight off invaders. Luong Thai Linh / EPA
    Villagers in Dong Ky, Vietnam cheer during the traditional firecracker festival. The festival is held annually from the fourth to the sixth day of the first lunar month to honour General Thien Cuong who helped the Hung Kings fight off invaders. Luong Thai Linh / EPA
  • Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley tumbles over Brooklyn Nets forward Thaddeus Young. Kathy Willens / AP Photo
    Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley tumbles over Brooklyn Nets forward Thaddeus Young. Kathy Willens / AP Photo
  • A person rides a moped through an empty street in Tokyo on the National Foundation Day holiday. Eugene Hoshiko / AP Photo
    A person rides a moped through an empty street in Tokyo on the National Foundation Day holiday. Eugene Hoshiko / AP Photo
  • An event employee positions place sticks for guests for Sunday’s British Academy of Film and Television Awards (Bafta) ceremony at the Royal Opera House in central London. Toby Melville / Reuters
    An event employee positions place sticks for guests for Sunday’s British Academy of Film and Television Awards (Bafta) ceremony at the Royal Opera House in central London. Toby Melville / Reuters
  • Comedian Bill Murray reacts after teeing off on the 18th hole during the 3M Celebrity Challenge before the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. Todd Warshaw / Getty Images / AFP
    Comedian Bill Murray reacts after teeing off on the 18th hole during the 3M Celebrity Challenge before the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. Todd Warshaw / Getty Images / AFP

World in focus — best photos for February 11, 2016


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A look at the best photos from around the world for Thursday.