• Fireworks are shot from a boat during the 'Urknall' (Big Bang), which at 5am starts the carnival of Lucerne, Switzerland. EPA
    Fireworks are shot from a boat during the 'Urknall' (Big Bang), which at 5am starts the carnival of Lucerne, Switzerland. EPA
  • US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo boards his plane at Nom Bar International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. Reuters
    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo boards his plane at Nom Bar International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. Reuters
  • Passengers destined for India, are stranded at Lahore Railway Station after authorities suspended the Samjhota Express train service in Lahore, Pakistan. EPA
    Passengers destined for India, are stranded at Lahore Railway Station after authorities suspended the Samjhota Express train service in Lahore, Pakistan. EPA
  • Harry Bateman putts on the 18th hole during day one of the 2019 New Zealand Open at The Hills Golf Club on in Queenstown, New Zealand. Getty Images
    Harry Bateman putts on the 18th hole during day one of the 2019 New Zealand Open at The Hills Golf Club on in Queenstown, New Zealand. Getty Images
  • Champion racehorse Winx is seen during a trackwork session at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney, Australia. EPA
    Champion racehorse Winx is seen during a trackwork session at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney, Australia. EPA
  • Rafael Nadal returns a ball during a Telcel Mexican Open match in Acapulco, Mexico. Getty Images
    Rafael Nadal returns a ball during a Telcel Mexican Open match in Acapulco, Mexico. Getty Images
  • Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces stand guard as a woman walks with a child after they left ISIS's last holdout of Baghouz, in Syria. AFP
    Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces stand guard as a woman walks with a child after they left ISIS's last holdout of Baghouz, in Syria. AFP
  • A worker cuts an oil pipe at a factory in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
    A worker cuts an oil pipe at a factory in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
  • The Arianespace Soyuz rocket carrying six satellites blasts off from the launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. Reuters
    The Arianespace Soyuz rocket carrying six satellites blasts off from the launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. Reuters
  • Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade is mobbed my teammates after making the game winning basket during an NBA game against the Golden State Warriors in Miami. Reuters
    Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade is mobbed my teammates after making the game winning basket during an NBA game against the Golden State Warriors in Miami. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for February 28, 2019

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