World in focus: best photos for February 4, 2019

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

Participants of the flat race in action during the horse race on the frozen Lake on the first weekend of the white Turf races in St. Moritz, Switzerland. EPA

Sri Lanka's military members march with national flags in the parade during Sri Lanka's 71st Independence day celebrations in Colombo. Reuters

A destroyed house is seen in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. Reuters

A woman queues to buy tickets for the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Germany. Reuters

A blocked major intersection in the flooded suburb of Idalia in Townsville, Australia. Getty Images

New England Patriots' Tom Brady celebrates winning the Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, Georgia. Reuters

Chinese performers dressed in traditional costumes attend a rehearsal of a reenactment of a Qing dynasty imperial sacrifice ritual to worship the Earth, on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, China. EPA

A traffic sign is snow covered near Grossweil, Bavaria, Germany. EPA

Chaz Mostert drives the BMW Team Schnitzer during the Bathurst 12 Hour Race at Mount Panorama in Bathurst, Australia. Getty Images

Participants perform during Grebeg Sudiro festival in Solo City, Central Java, Indonesia. Getty Images

A diver takes a jump during the British National Diving Cup in Plymouth, England. Getty Images

A boy walks on the farmlands in the mountains in Pangnol, in the commune of Kenscoff, in the Haitian Capital Port-au-Prince. AFP

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