A look at the best photos from around the world today.
Updated: February 24, 2017, 12:00 AM
World in focus — best photos for February 24, 2017
Debutantes dance at the Vienna Opera Ball 2017 at the Grand Hotel in Vienna, Austria. Herbert Neubauer / AFP / APA / February 23, 2017
A cow waits to be photographed in Verden, Germany. The most beautiful milk cows from Lower Saxony and Saxony will be selected at the 44th ‘Show of the Best’. Approximately 200 animals are competing in 18 categories. Carmen Jaspersen / DPA via AP / February 23, 2017
Venezuela’s Adrian Solano competes during the Men’s 1.6-kilometre Sprint Free qualification at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championship in Lahti. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP / February 23, 2017
A Palestinian demonstrator throws a shoe at a poster of US president Donald Trump during a protest against his support of Israel. The protesters were also demanding that the Israeli army re-open Shuhada Street near a Jewish settler enclave in the heart of the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron. Hazem Bader / AFP / February 24, 2017
A 14-week-old polar bear strikes a pose at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, Germany. Guenter Schiffmann / AFP / February 24, 2017
A Nepalese artist paints an image of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, for a devotee at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on February 24, 2017. Hindus mark Maha Shivratri festival by offering prayers and fasting. Prakash Mathema / AFP
An Emirati walks with his camels across the Hameem desert, about 170 kilometres west of Abu Dhabi, on February 24, 2017. Karim Sahib / AFP /
John Daly of the USA competes in the first run of the IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2017 at Deutsche Post Eisarena Koenigssee on February 24, 2017 in Koenigssee, Germany. Alexander Hassenstein / Bongarts / Getty Images
Denis Kornilov of Russia competes in the Men’s Ski Jumping HS100 qualification round during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, Finland. Matthias Hangst / Getty Images / February 24, 2017