STEFANIE GLINSKI/AFP/Getty ImagesA newly released child soldier looks through a rifle trigger guard during a release ceremony for child soldiers in Yambio, South Sudan, on Feb. 7, 2018. More than 300 child soldiers, including 87 girls, have been released in South Sudan's war-torn region of Yambio under a programme to help reintegrate them into society, the UN said on on Februar y 7, 2018. A conflict erupted in South Sudan little more than two years after gained independence from Sudan in 2011, causing tens of thousands of deaths and uprooting nearly four million people. The integration programme in Yambio, which is located in the south of the country, aims at helping 700 child soldiers return to normal life.
ALI DIA, AFP/Getty ImagesA picture taken on Feb. 10, 2018, shows the remains of a missile that landed in the southern Lebanese village of Kaoukaba, near the border with Syria, after Israel's military attacked 12 Syrian and Iranian targets inside Syria in what it described as "large-scale" raids following an exchange of fire earlier in the day.The exchange of fire was the most serious between arch foes Israel and Iran since the start of the civil war in Syria in 2011.
Dar Yasin, The Associated PressA supporter of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) shouts pro-freedom slogans as he is detained by police, during a protest on the death anniversary of separatist leader Maqbool Bhat in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. Authorities imposed a curfew in some parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir's main city to prevent anti-Indian protests after separatist groups called a general strike demanding that Bhat's remains, interred in New Delhi's high security Tihar Jail, be returned for a proper burial.
SAID KHATIB, AFP/Getty ImagesPalestinian demonstrators burn an effigy depicting U.S. President Donald Trump during a protest against US aid cuts, outside the United Nations' offices at the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on Feb. 11, 2018. On Jan. 16, Washington held back $65 million that had been earmarked for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), but the State Department denied the freeze was to punish the Palestinian leadership, which has cut ties with President Donald Trump's administration following his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital last year, with a spokeswoman saying it was linked to necessary "reform" of UNRWA.
Ahn Young-joon, The Associated PressProtesters scuffle with police officers during a rally against North Korea's participation in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. A rare invitation to Pyongyang for South Korean President Moon Jae-in marked Day Two of the North Korean Kim dynasty's southern road tour, part of an accelerating diplomatic thaw that included some Korean liquor over lunch and the shared joy of watching a "unified" Korea team play hockey at the Olympics.
ISAAC LAWRENCE, AFP/Getty ImagesThis picture taken on Feb. 10, 2018 shows firefighters (C) sorting through debris after a double-decker bus toppled over in Hong Kong. Hong Kong police said on February 11 they were investigating the deadly bus accident that left 19 people dead and scores more injured, with the bus driver arrested for dangerous driving.
Dmitry Serebryakov, AFP/Getty ImagesA picture taken in the Ramensky district on the outskirts of Moscow on Feb. 11, 2018 shows an aerial view of Russian emergency vehicles arriving near to the site of air crash. A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed near Moscow on February 11 minutes after taking off, killing everyone on board in one of the country's worst ever aviation disasters.
MARCO BERTORELLO, AFP/Getty ImagesMembers of the far-right movement "CasaPound" holds torches during the Day of Remembrance of the martyrs of the Foibe Istriane and the exodus of the Giuliano-Dalmata people on Feb. 10, 2018 in Milan.
Atta Kenare, AFP/Getty ImagesIranians take part in a rally marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, on Feb. 11, 2018 in the capital Tehran. President Hassan Rouhani called for a "year of unity" as Iran celebrated 39 years since the Islamic revolution Sunday in the wake of protests that rocked the country last month.
Atta Kenare, AFP/Getty ImagesAn Iranian boy poses for a picture with armed men during a rally marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, on Feb. 11, 2018 in the capital Tehran. President Hassan Rouhani called for a "year of unity" as Iran celebrated 39 years since the Islamic revolution Sunday in the wake of protests that rocked the country last month.
Laurent Dard, AFP/Getty ImagesA man poses for a picture on the "Ponton du ciel", a 12-meter-long platform atop the Pic du Midi de Bigorre, one of France's tallest mountains, in the French Pyrenees, during its inauguration on Feb. 10, 2018.
PRAKASH MATHEMA, AFP/Getty ImagesA Hindu sadhu (holy man) smears coloured paste onto his face ahead of the forthcoming Hindu festival of 'Maha Shivaratri' at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu on Feb. 11, 2018. Hindus mark the 'Maha Shivratri' festival by offering special prayers and fasting, with sadhus arriving at Pashupatinath to take part in the event, which takes place on February 13.
Vincent Yu, The Associated PressRelatives pay last tributes to bus crash victims in Hong Kong Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. A double-decker bus lost control and crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing a number of people and injuring dozens more, authorities in the southern Chinese city said.
XAUME OLLEROS, AFP/Getty ImagesGirls rehearse a performance in a school ahead of the Bissau Carnival parade on Feb. 10, 2018 in Bissau. The 2018 edition of the Bissau Carnival celebrating diversity and nature is held from February 10 to 13, 2018.
MAURO PIMENTEL, AFP/Getty ImagesRevellers celebrate during the "Bloco da Lama", a mud carnival, in Paraty, Brazil, on Feb. 10, 2018. "Bloco da Lama" started in 1986 by teenagers playing with mud and became a traditional event at the historical city of Paraty.
Jalaa Marey, AFP/Getty ImagesIsraeli soldiers block a road in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, on Feb. 10, 2018. Israel struck a dozen Syrian and Iranian targets inside Syria in "large-scale" raids after an Israeli fighter jet crashed under fire from Syrian air defences in a severe increase in tensions, the military said.
Miguel Medina, AFP/Getty ImagesParticipants throw oranges from a float during the traditional "Oranges battle" of Ivrea Carnival, near Turin, on Feb. 11, 2018. Established in 1808, the Carnival of Ivrea is one of the oldest and most particular festivals in the world. It is the Battle of the Oranges that reevokes the civil war that broke out between the people of Ivrea and the Royal Napoleonic Troops. The battle is made up of squads of aranceri or orange throwers on foot and defending their piazzas from those throwing the oranges (that represent arrows) from carts (representing the Napoleonic troops).
Miguel Medina, AFP/Getty ImagesParticipants throw oranges from a float during the traditional "Oranges battle" of Ivrea Carnival, near Turin, on Feb. 11, 2018. Established in 1808, the Carnival of Ivrea is one of the oldest and most particular festivals in the world. It is the Battle of the Oranges that reevokes the civil war that broke out between the people of Ivrea and the Royal Napoleonic Troops. The battle is made up of squads of aranceri or orange throwers on foot and defending their piazzas from those throwing the oranges (that represent arrows) from carts (representing the Napoleonic troops).
Miguel Medina, AFP/Getty ImagesThe "Mugnaia" (miller) of the carnival parades on a float during the traditional "Oranges battle" of Ivrea Carnival, near Turin, on Feb. 11, 2018. Established in 1808, the Carnival of Ivrea is one of the oldest and most particular festivals in the world. It is the Battle of the Oranges that reevokes the civil war that broke out between the people of Ivrea and the Royal Napoleonic Troops. The battle is made up of squads of aranceri or orange throwers on foot and defending their piazzas from those throwing the oranges (that represent arrows) from carts (representing the Napoleonic troops).
Andre Penner, The Associated PressDancers from the Gavioes da Fiel samba school perform during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018.
Alvaro Barrientos, Associated PressA group of participants called ''Txatxus'' take part in the ancient rural carnival in the small Pyrenees village of Lantz, northern Spain, Sunday, Feb.11, 2018. The carnival is a long-standing rural tradition in which the forces of good and evil confront each other in a symbolic battle. From Sunday to Tuesday, during carnival week, in the little village of Lantz, the legendarily evil bandit Miel Otxin, represented by a doll fill of straw, is imprisoned and sentenced to death by fire.
Alvaro Barrientos, Associated PressWomen look on from the window of a house during the ancient rural carnival in the small Pyrenees village of Lantz, northern Spain, Sunday, Feb.11, 2018. The carnival is a long-standing rural tradition in which the forces of good and evil confront each other in a symbolic battle. From Sunday to Tuesday, during carnival week, in the little village of Lantz, the legendarily evil bandit Miel Otxin, represented by a doll fill of straw, is imprisoned and sentenced to death by fire.
NELSON ALMEIDA, AFP/Getty ImagesA reveller of the Unidos de Vila Maria samba school performs during the second night of carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, at the city's Sambadrome early on Feb. 11, 2018. / NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images
PRAKASH MATHEMA, AFP/Getty ImagesA Hindu Sadhu (holy man) dressed as Hanuman the monkey god, poses ahead for a picture ahead of the forthcoming Hindu festival of 'Maha Shivaratri' at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu on Feb. 11, 2018. Hindus mark the 'Maha Shivratri' festival by offering special prayers and fasting, with sadhus arriving at Pashupatinath to take part in the event, which takes place on Feb. 13.
NELSON ALMEIDA, AFP/Getty ImagesPicture of a float of the Gavioes da Fiel samba school taken during the second night of carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, at the city's Sambadrome early on Feb. 11, 2018.
Carl De Souza, AFP/Getty ImagesVeterinarians examine dead monkeys at the Municipal Institute of Veterinary Medicine in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Feb. 8, 2018. According to Brazilian health authorities latest report 98 people have died from yellow fever in Brazil since the beginning of the year. Rio de Janeiro's health services launched a public awareness campaign, since in the same period 238 monkeys have been found dead in Rio de Janeiro state, compared to 602 over the last year because people attack monkeys believing they are spreading the desease, despite the risk being mainly from human contact.
FRANCISCO LEONG, AFP/Getty ImagesHawaiian big wave surfer Kai Lenny competes during the 3rd heat of the 1st round of the WSL Nazare Challenge at Praia do Norte in Nazare, central Portugal, on Feb. 11, 2018.
Jean-Sebastien Evrard, AFP/Getty ImagesA fire-eater performs after opponents to the former Notre-Dame-des-Landes (NDDL) airport project, symbolically burned a makeshift model of the airport during a rally to celebrate the government's decision to stop the construction of the airport at the ZAD in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, north of Nantes, western France, on Feb. 10, 2018. Thousands of opponents of the former Notre-Dame-des-Landes airport project are expected to celebrate on Feb. 10 the 'historic victory' obtained after 50 years of protest and to reaffirm their determination to win a second battle, that of the collective management of land "saved from concrete".
KAZUHIRO NOGI, AFP/Getty ImagesThis picture taken on Feb. 8, 2018 shows an employee of Japanese weather forecasting company Weathernews displaying pollen detector spherical robots called "Pollen-robots" at the company's headquarters in Chiba, suburban Tokyo. The Pollen-robot, which has two LED eyes and glows a range of five different colours to indicate pollen levels, will be placed outside houses and can send reports recording pollen, temperatures, humidity and air pressure to the company through the internet.
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A newly released child soldier looks through a rifle trigger guard during a release ceremony for child soldiers in Yambio, South Sudan, on Feb. 7, 2018. More than 300 child soldiers, including 87 girls, have been released in South Sudan's war-torn region of Yambio under a programme to help reintegrate them into society, the UN said on on Februar y 7, 2018. A conflict erupted in South Sudan little more than two years after gained independence from Sudan in 2011, causing tens of thousands of deaths and uprooting nearly four million people. The integration programme in Yambio, which is located in the south of the country, aims at helping 700 child soldiers return to normal life.
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A selection of the best images from around the world on February 11, 2018.