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Snow covered trees stand in front of The Eiffel Tower in Paris. Ludovic Marin / AFP -
A North Korean cheering band attend a welcoming ceremony for North Korea's athletes, at the athletes village of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic games in Gangneung. Ed Jones / AFP -
Aerosuperbatics Wingwalkers perform during the start of the 22nd Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines. Erik De Castro / Reuters -
A Kashmiri fisherman casts his net to catch fish on the waters of Dal Lake on a sunny day in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Kashmir continues to witness a spell of dry and cold weather with warm day time temperatures and cold night temperatures. Farooq Khan / EPA -
An Indian vendor arranges heart shaped gifts as she sets up her shop for Valentine's Day at a road side on the outskirts of Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India. Jaipal Singh / EPA -
A carnival reveller waits for the start of 'Weiberfastnacht' (Women's Carnival) in Cologne, Germany. Thilo Schmuelgen / Reuters -
Mitsubishi Materials (MMC) president Akira Takeuchi (C) is seen leaving at the end of a press conference in Tokyo, Japan. In the latest in a series of data cheating scandals, Mitsubishi Materials reported to the media that it has found more examples of falsified data for products provided to the aerospace, automobile and electric power industries. Christopher Jue / EPA -
A resident swims on a winter day in Beijing, China. Jason Lee / Reuters -
US Vice President Mike Pence meets members of US military services and Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) before he departs for South Korea, at US Air Force Yokota base in Fussa, on the outskirts of Tokyo. Shizuo Kambayashi / Reuters -
Rescuers work in front of the Yun Tsui building, which is leaning at a precarious angle, in the Taiwanese city of Hualien after the city was hit by a 6.4-magnitude quake late on February 6. Anthony Wallace / AFP
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