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The sun sets behind the Statue of Liberty as people walk on the Brooklyn bridge in New York on February 6, 2024. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam makes it through his heat to move on to the quarter-finals of the World Surf League’s (WSL) Lexus Pipe Pro surf competition at Banzai Pipeline off the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, on February 6, 2024. (Photo by Brian Bielmann / AFP)Actress Annette Bening, Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 2024 is kissed by cast members Ava Pallotta (L) and Isa Pena (R) during the roast portion of the presentation of the Pudding Pot by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 06 February 2024. Each year the Hasty Pudding Theatricals honors performers who have made lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment. Picture: EPA-EFE/CJ GUNTHERUkrainian rescuers extinguish a fire in a residential building following a missile attack in Kyiv on February 7, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At least three people were killed in a “massive” wave of Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine early on February 7, 2024, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)Former world number one tennis player Romania’s Simona Halep (C) arrives at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne on February 7, 2024, for her appeal against a four-year doping ban. The two-time Grand Slam singles champion tested positive for roxadustat after the US Open in 2022 and was charged with a separate second anti-doping breach last year relating to irregularities in her athlete biological passport. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)President Cyril Ramaphosa and Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, National Assembly Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, at the Presidential Youth Engagement at Belhar Sports Centre on February 06, 2024 in Cape Town. These flagship programmes of the sixth administration have collectively generated over 1.8 million job opportunities and provided livelihood support, predominantly benefiting young individuals. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)An inmate from the women’s penitentiary center works with a dog in a dog grooming facility on the premises of the Women’s Orientation Center in La Paz, Bolivia, 06 February 2024. Female inmates in a penitentiary center in Bolivia opened a dog grooming salon ‘La Perruqueria’ in the facility that will allow them to generate income and is also part of their social reintegration program ‘Entrepreneurship to be Free’. There are other initiatives in the prison: the laundry service and a boutique coffee with pastries and fabrics made by the inmates. Picture: EPA-EFE/LUIS GANDARILLASDancers perform the dragon dance inside a school campus at the Chinatown district of Manila on February 7, 2024, ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon which falls on February 10. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)A balloon vendor walks past a sports stadium in Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines 07 February 2024. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released on February 7 showed that the Philippines’ unemployment rate in December 2023 dropped to 3.1 percent with the number of employed persons at 50.52 million, compared to 3.6 percent with 49.64 million, and 4.3 and 49 million for November 2023 and December 2022 respectively. Picture: EPA-EFE/ROLEX DELA PENAFans of US singer Taylor Swift, also known as Swifties, pose for photos outside the Tokyo Dome shortly before the start of the first leg of her Asia-Pacific “Eras Tour” in Tokyo on February 7, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)A US-built F-5 Tiger light fighter aircraft that was used by the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) is displayed outdoors at the Holy Defence Museum (dedicated to the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war) in Tehran on February 7, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)A giant puppet depiction of Pinocchio is pulled by participants during a demonstration organised by various humanitarian and environmental organisations and students, calling for the right choice to recover from the destruction of democracy, human rights and climate change, ahead of the upcoming February 14 presidential election in Jakarta on February 7, 2024. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)Protesters ride motorbikes past piles of burning rubbish during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 06 February 2024. Several thousand people have once again taken to the streets of Port-au-Prince and several cities in the province to demand the unconditional departure of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, as the 07 February deadline for a new head of state to be sworn in approaches. Picture: EPA-EFE/Siffroy ClarensA woman wearing typical costume smiles she walks along a street festively decorated at the Qianhai Lake tourist area in Beijing on February 7, 2024, ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon which falls on February 10. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)
