A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 12, 2019
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EKO Cobra, a police tactical unit from Austria, competes during the UAE SWAT Challenge, organized by the United Arab Emirates interior ministry in Dubai, UAE.
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A paramilitary officer stands guard during a snowfall at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.
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Bichon Frises gather in the judging ring during the Daytime Session in the Breed Judging across the Hound, Toy, Non-Sporting and Herding groups at the 143rd Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Pier 92/94 in New York City, Feb.11, 2019.
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Folk artists throw molten iron to create sparks during an event to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Shangqiu, Henan province, China, Feb. 11, 2019.
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Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Joaquin Guzman, departs after the trial of Mexican drug lord Guzman, known as "El Chapo", at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, in New York. The world’s most infamous cartel boss, who rose from poverty in rural Mexico to amass billions of dollars, was found guilty in a U.S. court of smuggling tons of drugs to the United States over a violent, colorful decades-long career.
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A medic sprays a homemade anti-teargas liquid on a face of a young protester suffering from teargas fired by Israeli troops near the fence of the Gaza Strip during a protest, at the field clinic tent near Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip.
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A woman feeds pigeons in a park during a snowfall in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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A child performs opera during celebrations on the eighth day of Chinese Lunar New Year of the Pig, in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, China.
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A green iguana, or American iguana, sits on an Aldabra giant tortoise, the largest tortoise of the world, in their enclosure at the zoo park of Lille, northern France.