• A Cambodian-Muslim woman checks her smartphone at her home on the Mekong river in Phnom Penh.Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP Photo
    A Cambodian-Muslim woman checks her smartphone at her home on the Mekong river in Phnom Penh.Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP Photo
  • Lionel Messi, centre, celebrates with teammates after scoring Barcelona's equaliser in their 1-1 draw against Chelsea in the Champions League. Ben Stansall / AFP Photo
    Lionel Messi, centre, celebrates with teammates after scoring Barcelona's equaliser in their 1-1 draw against Chelsea in the Champions League. Ben Stansall / AFP Photo
  • Graffiti on a wall of a building in the Maboneng district of downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. Kim Ludbrook / EPA
    Graffiti on a wall of a building in the Maboneng district of downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. Kim Ludbrook / EPA
  • The medal ceremony of the Biathlon Mixed Relay at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea. Eric Gaillard / Reuters
    The medal ceremony of the Biathlon Mixed Relay at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea. Eric Gaillard / Reuters
  • Franck Terner, chief executive of Air France, attends a Paris news conference about flights travel delays and disruptions on the eve of a strike called by worker unions over pay. Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters
    Franck Terner, chief executive of Air France, attends a Paris news conference about flights travel delays and disruptions on the eve of a strike called by worker unions over pay. Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters
  • An Afghan boy launches a kite as he plays on top of a hill in Kabul. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
    An Afghan boy launches a kite as he plays on top of a hill in Kabul. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
  • A Syrian man walks past a pool of blood following shelling in the Jaramana southeastern district of Damascus. Louai Beshara / AFP Photo
    A Syrian man walks past a pool of blood following shelling in the Jaramana southeastern district of Damascus. Louai Beshara / AFP Photo
  • A Palestinian girl looks out a bus window as she waits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
    A Palestinian girl looks out a bus window as she waits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
  • Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy delivers aspeech during the government's question time at the Spanish parliament's lower chamber in Madrid. Ballesteros / EPA
    Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy delivers aspeech during the government's question time at the Spanish parliament's lower chamber in Madrid. Ballesteros / EPA
  • Police stand inside stadium corridor before the start of the men's ice hockey quarter-final matach between the Czech Republic and the US. Brian Snyder / Reuters
    Police stand inside stadium corridor before the start of the men's ice hockey quarter-final matach between the Czech Republic and the US. Brian Snyder / Reuters
  • An elderly Filipinoholds a mobile phone next to a Huawei billboard reflected on a glass panel in Manila, Philippines. Francis R Malasig / EPA
    An elderly Filipinoholds a mobile phone next to a Huawei billboard reflected on a glass panel in Manila, Philippines. Francis R Malasig / EPA
  • Visitors check their smartphones at a Lunar New Year display at an upscale shopping mall in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
    Visitors check their smartphones at a Lunar New Year display at an upscale shopping mall in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
  • A South Korean soldier, centre, stands guard before the military demarcation line and North Korea's Panmun Hall, in the truce village of Panmunjom. Ed Jones / AFP Photo
    A South Korean soldier, centre, stands guard before the military demarcation line and North Korea's Panmun Hall, in the truce village of Panmunjom. Ed Jones / AFP Photo

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