• Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Silvia Izquierdo / AP Photo
    Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Silvia Izquierdo / AP Photo
  • Italy's Joseph Luke Cecchini on a practise skeleton run at the Olympic Sliding Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Mark Ralston / AFP Photo
    Italy's Joseph Luke Cecchini on a practise skeleton run at the Olympic Sliding Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Mark Ralston / AFP Photo
  • A huge figurine of the 'God of Fortune' dons the sky in Singapre's financial district ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations. Roslan Rahman / AFP Photo
    A huge figurine of the 'God of Fortune' dons the sky in Singapre's financial district ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations. Roslan Rahman / AFP Photo
  • About 3,400 oeople attempt to break a Guinness World Record by making giant human map of Myanmar in Magway, Myanmar. Reuters
    About 3,400 oeople attempt to break a Guinness World Record by making giant human map of Myanmar in Magway, Myanmar. Reuters
  • Kashmiri children walk on a snow covered wooden path on the interior of Dal Lake in Srinagar. Farooq Khan / EPA
    Kashmiri children walk on a snow covered wooden path on the interior of Dal Lake in Srinagar. Farooq Khan / EPA
  • A child, dressed up as a clown, takes part in the "Narrensprung" (Jump of the Fools) carnival parade in Rottweil, southern Germany. Thomas Kienzle / AFP Photo
    A child, dressed up as a clown, takes part in the "Narrensprung" (Jump of the Fools) carnival parade in Rottweil, southern Germany. Thomas Kienzle / AFP Photo

World in focus - best photos for February 12, 2018


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