World in focus - best photos for February 20, 2019

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed greets guests at Idex 2019

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Published: February 20, 2019 02:22 PM

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES , April 29 – 2020 :- Shoppers wearing protective face mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. Authorities ease the restriction for the residents in Dubai. At present mall opening timing is 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Carrefour timing is 9:00 am to 10:00 pm. Barricades put up around the food court area during the Ramadan. (Pawan Singh / The National) For News/Standalone/Online. Story by Patrick

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Local police officials check a helicopter carrying UAE retail tycoon Yusuff Ali that made an emergency landing on Sunday in an empty field in Kochi, in southern Indian Kerala state . Courtesy Malayalam Manorama

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A canon is fired at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque to mark the beginning of iftar. Victor Besa / The National 

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King Abdullah II, Crown Prince Al Hussein, and Princes El Hassan bin Talal, Feisal bin Al Hussein, Ali bin Al Hussein, Hamzah bin Al Hussein, Hashim bin Al Hussein, Talal bin Muhammed, Ghazi bin Muhammed and Rashid bin El Hassan visit the tomb of HM the late King Hussein. Courtesy of the Royal Hashemite Court

Jordan's King Abdullah and half-brother Prince Hamzah appear together in show of unity

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Nora Al Matrooshi in her space agency training uniform. Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre

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TOPSHOT - This satellite imagery released by Maxar Technologies shows a close up overview of the MV Ever Given container ship and tugboats in the Suez Canal on March 29, 2021. The MV Ever Given was refloated and the Suez Canal reopened on March 29, 2021, sparking relief almost a week after the huge container ship got stuck during a sandstorm and blocked a major artery for global trade. AFP correspondents observed tugboat crews sounding their foghorns in celebration after the Ever Given, a cargo megaship the length of four football fields, was dislodged from the banks of the Suez. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / AFP / Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies / - / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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epa08673114 Jobless graduates wear hard hats and fluro vests during a protest near the green zone in central Baghdad, Iraq, 16 September 2020. Thousands of university graduates and jobless continue their protests against the lack of job opportunities and basic services, near the heavily fortified Green Zone which houses the Iraqi government offices in Baghdad. EPA-EFE/AHMED JALIL *** Local Caption *** 56346531

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A civilian prays after she was rescued by the Syrian Democratic Forces who liberated the city of Raqqa from ISIS in 2017. Reuters

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Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives to hold a Mass at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Iraq. Getty

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Hosni Qelieh has sustained third-degree burns that scarred his face and most of his body when he decided to commit suicide by fire in protest at police abuse. 

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The Ras Ghanada coral reef off the coast of Abu Dhabi. NYU Abu Dhabi

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed , Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, witness Hope's orbit insertion at Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre. Rashid Al Mansoori / Ministry of Presidential Affairs 

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A rally against Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations in New York's Times Square, February 19, 2017. AP Photo

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Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington. AFP

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