• Japan's Sara Takanashi soars through the air during the first round for the Normal Hill Individual of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Lee Jin-man / AP
    Japan's Sara Takanashi soars through the air during the first round for the Normal Hill Individual of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Lee Jin-man / AP
  • A Buddhist monk, photographed through a gate with his face covered in the gate's shadow, waits inside Wat Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand. Hundreds of police in Thailand are carrying out a raid on the headquarters temple of a controversial Buddhist temple sect to detain its chief. Sakchai Lalit / AP
    A Buddhist monk, photographed through a gate with his face covered in the gate's shadow, waits inside Wat Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand. Hundreds of police in Thailand are carrying out a raid on the headquarters temple of a controversial Buddhist temple sect to detain its chief. Sakchai Lalit / AP
  • The peloton during stage three of the Tour of Oman in Muscat. Bryn Lennon / Getty Images
    The peloton during stage three of the Tour of Oman in Muscat. Bryn Lennon / Getty Images
  • Police monitor the area where firecrackers are being set off during a festival, along a street in the village of Tufang in eastern China’s Fujian province. Johannes Eisele / AFP Photo
    Police monitor the area where firecrackers are being set off during a festival, along a street in the village of Tufang in eastern China’s Fujian province. Johannes Eisele / AFP Photo
  • Swiss Federal President Doris Leuthard waits for the arrival of Austrian Federal President Alexander van der Bellen on the red carpet, during van der Bellen’s official visit in Bern, Switzerland. The Austrian President is on an official visit to Switzerland. Peter Klaunzer / EPA
    Swiss Federal President Doris Leuthard waits for the arrival of Austrian Federal President Alexander van der Bellen on the red carpet, during van der Bellen’s official visit in Bern, Switzerland. The Austrian President is on an official visit to Switzerland. Peter Klaunzer / EPA
  • Refugee children from Afghanistan are given a tour of the National Observatory of Athens, Greece. The children are the first group visiting the observatory as such tours are being planned for all children staying in the refugee camps of Athens. Orestis Panagiotou / EPA
    Refugee children from Afghanistan are given a tour of the National Observatory of Athens, Greece. The children are the first group visiting the observatory as such tours are being planned for all children staying in the refugee camps of Athens. Orestis Panagiotou / EPA

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World in focus — best photos for February 16, 2017

Rob Gurdebeke

February 16, 2017

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A look at the best photos from around the world today.

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