• A migrant grasps the wire fencing at the closed Greek-Macedonian border, near the Macedonian city of Gevgelija. Georgi Licovski / EPA
    A migrant grasps the wire fencing at the closed Greek-Macedonian border, near the Macedonian city of Gevgelija. Georgi Licovski / EPA
  • Russian president Vladimir Putin, second from left, and defence minister Sergei Shoigu, right, attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, to mark ‘the Defenders of the Fatherland Day’. Pavel Golovkin / AP Photo
    Russian president Vladimir Putin, second from left, and defence minister Sergei Shoigu, right, attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, to mark ‘the Defenders of the Fatherland Day’. Pavel Golovkin / AP Photo
  • Ethnic Miao people celebrate the Lantern Festival with fireworks in Taijiang, Guizhou Province, China. Reuters
    Ethnic Miao people celebrate the Lantern Festival with fireworks in Taijiang, Guizhou Province, China. Reuters
  • Workers clean the exterior of Shanghai Tower. Aly Song / Reuters
    Workers clean the exterior of Shanghai Tower. Aly Song / Reuters
  • Surfers ride waves at Coolangatta ahead of this month’s Gold Coast Quiksilver Pro on the Gold Coast, Australia. Matt Roberts / Getty Images
    Surfers ride waves at Coolangatta ahead of this month’s Gold Coast Quiksilver Pro on the Gold Coast, Australia. Matt Roberts / Getty Images
  • People react while meeting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Las Vegas. John Locher / AP Photo
    People react while meeting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Las Vegas. John Locher / AP Photo
  • Tibetans throw “zanba”, traditional Tibetan roasted flour, at each other during a zanba fight event to pray for a good harvest in Shigatse, Tibet. Reuters
    Tibetans throw “zanba”, traditional Tibetan roasted flour, at each other during a zanba fight event to pray for a good harvest in Shigatse, Tibet. Reuters
  • Wafy Al Hamoud Al Khaldy, 36, and his wife Asma Al Saleh, 33, from Deir Ezzor, Syria, are seen in a bus following their registration for an initial German registration document at the former British Harewood barracks in Herford, western Germany. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters
    Wafy Al Hamoud Al Khaldy, 36, and his wife Asma Al Saleh, 33, from Deir Ezzor, Syria, are seen in a bus following their registration for an initial German registration document at the former British Harewood barracks in Herford, western Germany. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters

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World in focus — best photos for February 23, 2016

Rob Gurdebeke

February 23, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world.

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