• Supporters of incarcerated presidential candidate Hama Amadou attend a campaign rally in Niamey, Niger. Niger holds presidential and legislative elections on Sunday. Joe Penney / Reuters
    Supporters of incarcerated presidential candidate Hama Amadou attend a campaign rally in Niamey, Niger. Niger holds presidential and legislative elections on Sunday. Joe Penney / Reuters
  • Portugal’s Rafaela Valente performs during the qualification of Grand Prix Moscow 2016. Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP
    Portugal’s Rafaela Valente performs during the qualification of Grand Prix Moscow 2016. Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP
  • A man films Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, as he speaks during an interview at an EU summit in Brussels. European Union leaders are holding a summit in Brussels to hammer out a deal designed to keep Britain in the 28-nation bloc. Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP photo
    A man films Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, as he speaks during an interview at an EU summit in Brussels. European Union leaders are holding a summit in Brussels to hammer out a deal designed to keep Britain in the 28-nation bloc. Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP photo
  • Victoria Pendleton riding Pacha Du Polder, left, is unseated during The Betfait Switching Saddles “Grassroots” Fox Hunters’ Steeple Chase along with Carey Williamson riding Baltic Blue, right, at Fakenham racecourse in Fakenham, England. Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images
    Victoria Pendleton riding Pacha Du Polder, left, is unseated during The Betfait Switching Saddles “Grassroots” Fox Hunters’ Steeple Chase along with Carey Williamson riding Baltic Blue, right, at Fakenham racecourse in Fakenham, England. Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images
  • People wearing a David Cameron masks during the Grassroots out public meeting in London. Grass roots Out, or GO for short, is made up of politicians and supporters from across the political spectrum, with a single aim: to get the United Kingdom out of the European Union. Cameron is hoping to get a deal on EU reform at the EU Summit as talks continue into the night. Andrew Cowie / EPA
    People wearing a David Cameron masks during the Grassroots out public meeting in London. Grass roots Out, or GO for short, is made up of politicians and supporters from across the political spectrum, with a single aim: to get the United Kingdom out of the European Union. Cameron is hoping to get a deal on EU reform at the EU Summit as talks continue into the night. Andrew Cowie / EPA
  • T-50 fighter jets, flown by the South Korean Black Eagles aerial acrobatic team, perform a manoeuvre over the crowd during the Singapore Airshow, in Singapore. Wallace Woon / EPA
    T-50 fighter jets, flown by the South Korean Black Eagles aerial acrobatic team, perform a manoeuvre over the crowd during the Singapore Airshow, in Singapore. Wallace Woon / EPA
  • New York Islanders defenceman Johnny Boychuk, left, slams onto the boards as New Jersey Devils right wing Jordin Tootoo defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game, in Newark, New Jersey. Julio Cortez / AP photo
    New York Islanders defenceman Johnny Boychuk, left, slams onto the boards as New Jersey Devils right wing Jordin Tootoo defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game, in Newark, New Jersey. Julio Cortez / AP photo
  • A young girl holds a pair of umbrellas in the rain at a park in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko / AP photo
    A young girl holds a pair of umbrellas in the rain at a park in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko / AP photo
  • Christopher Bell, 4, flips through the air after a multi-vehicle collision on the front stretch on the final lap during a Nascar truck series auto race in Daytona Beach, Florida. Phelan M. Ebenhack / AP photo
    Christopher Bell, 4, flips through the air after a multi-vehicle collision on the front stretch on the final lap during a Nascar truck series auto race in Daytona Beach, Florida. Phelan M. Ebenhack / AP photo

World in focus — best photos for February 20, 2016


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A look at the best photos from around the world.