Nature's snowcapped wonders and rage against the Musk machine

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Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP

A Kashmiri child in an apple orchid. A major government infrastructure drive in Indian-administered Kashmir is taking farmland there in a bid to "Hinduise" the disputed Muslim-majority territory, farmers say.

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Etna Walk / AFP

Lava flows from a fracture on Mount Etna during an eruption of the volcano on February 14, 2025.

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David Dee Delgado / AFP

Demonstrators rally against US President Donald Trump during a protest, dubbed "Resist the Dictator," to mark President's Day on February 17, 2025, in New York.

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Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP

A technician works on The Reclining Vishnu of the West Mebon being restored at the Departmental Laboratory Arc'Antique in Nantes, western France, on February 12, 2025.

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JUAN MABROMATA / AFP

Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are covered in bright green slime due to cyanobacteria in the Salto Grande Lake, an artificial body of water made by the hydroelectric dam on the Uruguay River, in Argentina on February 13, 2025

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Thibaud MORITZ / AFP

The Royal Opera House at the Chateau de Versailles on February 14, 2025. To mark the 150th anniversary of the Third Republic, the Chateau de Versailles is opening new rooms to visitors.

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Mladen ANTONOV / AFP

This photograph, taken on February 10, 2025, shows people smoking at a specially designated section in an outdoor area in Shinbashi, Tokyo.

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TOYIN ADEDOKUN / AFP

Participants hold their padding sticks as they prepare for the annual boat regatta in Yauri, Kebbi State, on February 15, 2025.

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Genya SAVILOV / AFP

Ukrainian servicemen of the Skala Separate Assault Regiment sit in an armoured vehicle as they leave to rest for the night after coming back from the frontline in the area near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region on February 15, 2025.

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Mahmoud ZAYAT / AFP

People line up behind barbed wire installed by the Lebanese army as they prepare to enter the southern Lebanese village of Adaisseh on February 18, 2025, following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the border area.