• Attendees of the Luminary Loppet night on Lake of the Isles gathered near an illuminated pyramid at Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Aaron Lavinsky / Star Tribune via AP
    Attendees of the Luminary Loppet night on Lake of the Isles gathered near an illuminated pyramid at Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Aaron Lavinsky / Star Tribune via AP
  • In this photo taken with a 15-second exposure by a fixed-position camera in Ushinefumoto in Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture, lightning flashes above flowing lava as Sakurajima, a well-known volcano, erupts in southern Japan. Kyodo News via AP
    In this photo taken with a 15-second exposure by a fixed-position camera in Ushinefumoto in Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture, lightning flashes above flowing lava as Sakurajima, a well-known volcano, erupts in southern Japan. Kyodo News via AP
  • Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov, of Russia, is hit in the mask while trying to make a stop against the Winnipeg Jets in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver. David Zalubowski / AP
    Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov, of Russia, is hit in the mask while trying to make a stop against the Winnipeg Jets in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver. David Zalubowski / AP
  • A survivor is transported by rescue workers at a collapsed building in Tainan, Taiwan. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit southern Taiwan early Saturday, toppling several buildings, killing at least 26 people, and leaving more than 100 missing in Tainan. Lam Yik Fei / Getty Images
    A survivor is transported by rescue workers at a collapsed building in Tainan, Taiwan. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit southern Taiwan early Saturday, toppling several buildings, killing at least 26 people, and leaving more than 100 missing in Tainan. Lam Yik Fei / Getty Images
  • A demonstrator from the opposition movement shouts slogans as he holds a banner in front of a line of burning tyres during a protest calling for the resignations of Haitian President Michel Martelly, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Demonstrations continued in Haiti while the runoff elections are postponed to an unknown date. Bahare Khodabande / EPA
    A demonstrator from the opposition movement shouts slogans as he holds a banner in front of a line of burning tyres during a protest calling for the resignations of Haitian President Michel Martelly, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Demonstrations continued in Haiti while the runoff elections are postponed to an unknown date. Bahare Khodabande / EPA
  • The Cameron Crazies taunt Cody Martin (#15) of the North Carolina State Wolfpack during their game against the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Duke won 88-80. Grant Halverson / Getty Images / AFP
    The Cameron Crazies taunt Cody Martin (#15) of the North Carolina State Wolfpack during their game against the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Duke won 88-80. Grant Halverson / Getty Images / AFP
  • The Flying Scotsman hauls the Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express through Ribblehead in Kendal, England. The Flying Scotsman is doing its first hauls since undergoing a £4.2m decade-long restoration. The legendary locomotive has been brought back to life so it can be exhibited at the National Railway Museum in York. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
    The Flying Scotsman hauls the Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express through Ribblehead in Kendal, England. The Flying Scotsman is doing its first hauls since undergoing a £4.2m decade-long restoration. The legendary locomotive has been brought back to life so it can be exhibited at the National Railway Museum in York. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
  • The peloton pass by the Dubai Crocodile Park during the Business Bay Stage Four of the Tour of Dubai in Dubai. Michael Steele / Getty Images
    The peloton pass by the Dubai Crocodile Park during the Business Bay Stage Four of the Tour of Dubai in Dubai. Michael Steele / Getty Images

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World in focus — best photos for February 7, 2016

Rob Gurdebeke

February 07, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world for February 7, 2016.

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