Cold warrior: a Swiss policeman keeps watch over delegates attending the World Economic Forum in Davos
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Locked and loaded: Turkish forces prepare to cross the border into Syria in pursuit of Kurdish ‘terrorists’
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Party hat optional: German chancellor Angela Merkel attends a reception for carnival performers in Berlin
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Girl power: five-year-old Orla Dean attends the Time’s Up rally in central London
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Swimmies? Floodwater fills the streets of a town near Paris
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Burnt offerings: a trader makes a belated attempt to tackle a fire that broke out in a Calcutta market
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Jurassic paddy: visitors walk past models of dinosaurs at the newly opened Haitang Bay Rice Paddy Park in southern China
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Hot rocks: lava streams down the side of Mount Mayon in the Philippines
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Justice done: Brazilians celebrate after the appeals court upheld the conviction for corruption of former president Lula da Silva
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Carpet bombing: firefighters tackle a blaze at a carpet warehouse in Columbus, Indiana
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Standing room only: Muslim devotees arrive at Tongi, in Bangladesh, for a religious festival
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Dark day: Afghan security forces guard the Save the Children offices in Jalalabad after an IS terror attack
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No art rover: a dog appears unimpressed by the mural on the exterior of a shop in Athens
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Hawaii uh-oh: the Japanese professional surfer Wakita Takayuki rides a big barrel wave on the north shore of Oahu
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