• South Korea’s Black Eagles aerobatics team perform a manoeuver during a preview of the Singapore Airshow at Changi exhibition center in Singapore. The airshow will take place from February 16-21. Edgar Su / Reuters
    South Korea’s Black Eagles aerobatics team perform a manoeuver during a preview of the Singapore Airshow at Changi exhibition center in Singapore. The airshow will take place from February 16-21. Edgar Su / Reuters
  • A Chinese couple kiss while being recorded on video during a symbolic ceremony of receiving marriage licenses on Valentine’s Day at a marriage registry office in an eastern district of Beijing, China. Although celebrating February 14 as Valentine’s Day is largely a foreign concept, many Chinese couples are beginning to embrace the idea as a novel day for couples in love to register for marriage. Rolex Dela Pena / EPA
    A Chinese couple kiss while being recorded on video during a symbolic ceremony of receiving marriage licenses on Valentine’s Day at a marriage registry office in an eastern district of Beijing, China. Although celebrating February 14 as Valentine’s Day is largely a foreign concept, many Chinese couples are beginning to embrace the idea as a novel day for couples in love to register for marriage. Rolex Dela Pena / EPA
  • A man casts his ballot in the second round of presidential elections and the first round of legislative elections in the Fatima district of Bangui, Central African Republic. Two former prime ministers, Faustin Archange Touadera and Anicet Georges Dologuele, are running neck-and-neck in the second round of presidential elections to end years of violence pitting Muslims against Christians in the Central African Republic. Jerome Delay / AP
    A man casts his ballot in the second round of presidential elections and the first round of legislative elections in the Fatima district of Bangui, Central African Republic. Two former prime ministers, Faustin Archange Touadera and Anicet Georges Dologuele, are running neck-and-neck in the second round of presidential elections to end years of violence pitting Muslims against Christians in the Central African Republic. Jerome Delay / AP
  • Passengers stand next to a steam locomotive to take part in a tourist journey at the Kursk railway station in Moscow. Dmitry Serebryakov / AFP
    Passengers stand next to a steam locomotive to take part in a tourist journey at the Kursk railway station in Moscow. Dmitry Serebryakov / AFP

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World in focus — best photos for February 14, 2016

Rob Gurdebeke

February 14, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world.

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IF YOU GO
 
The flights: FlyDubai offers direct flights to Catania Airport from Dubai International Terminal 2 daily with return fares starting from Dh1,895.
 
The details: Access to the 2,900-metre elevation point at Mount Etna by cable car and 4x4 transport vehicle cost around €57.50 (Dh248) per adult. Entry into Teatro Greco costs €10 (Dh43). For more go to www.visitsicily.info

 Where to stay: Hilton Giardini Naxos offers beachfront access and accessible to Taormina and Mount Etna. Rooms start from around €130 (Dh561) per night, including taxes.

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