A look at the best photos from around the world today.
Updated: February 14, 2017, 12:00 AM
World in focus — best photos for February 14, 2017
Surfers take advantage of wind and waves from a winter snow storm in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Brian Snyder / Reuters
A water utility worker looks towards discharging water as it is released down a spillway as an emergency measure at the Oroville Dam in Oroville, California. Almost 200,000 people were under evacuation orders in northern California after a threat of catastrophic failure at the United States’ tallest dam. Josh Edelson / AFP
A Keeshonden faces his handler during competition during the 2017 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, New York. The annual competition features hundreds of dogs from around the country. Justin Lane / EPA
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve give a joint press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin. Odd Andersen / AFP
Firefighters douse the remains of a charred vehicle at the burnt-out fire station in Bad Wiessee, southern Germany. According to local police, an explosion set the building on fire and two people were injured. Philipp Guelland / EPA
A visitor walks through the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany. Ian Langsdon / EPA
Switzerland’s Justin Murisier falls during the slalom race of the men’s Alpine Combined event at the 2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St Moritz. Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
Newborn Malaysian tiger cubs rest in their nursery before they are fed at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens. John Minchillo/ AP
An aerial picture taken with a drone shows a ferry trapped among the drifting ice-floes of River Tisza at Tiszacsege, 172 kilometres east of Budapest, Hungary. Istvan Ruzsa / EPA
A Palestinian boy rides his bicycle through a wet street after the rain at the Al-Shatee refugee camp in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
People join hands to form a human chain along the Elbe river opposite the Dresden skyline to commemorate the destruction of the city during World War II, in Dresden, Germany. Filip Singer / EPA
A bird runs through the surf at Border Field State Park in San Diego. Jim Watson / AFP
Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling scores the 1-0 lead during the English Premier League match between AFC Bournemouth and Manchester City at the Vitalitiy stadium, Bournemouth. Gerry Penny / EPA
A view of icicles in the narrow-gauge railway tunnel in Szklary, south-eastern Poland. The 602-metre long tunnel resembles an ice cave with stalactites and stalagmites. Darek Delmanowicz / EPA