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A digital presentation of paintings by French impressionist painter Claude Monet in Les Carrieres des Lumières in southern France on January 30, 2025.
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Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over an Israeli-American hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025, as part of the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange.
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Palestinians wait to receive aid from an UNRWA distribution point, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 4, 2025.
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A woman wearing a traditional costume poses for photos outside the Forbidden City on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on February 2, 2025.
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A climate activist wears a scold's bridle as they demonstrate on January 29, 2025, outside the Royal Courts of Justice at a hearing brought by 16 climate activists who have been jailed for their actions in London.
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Members of the Animal Heroes organisation take part in an anti-bullfighting protest in front of the Plaza de Toros Mexico in Mexico City on February 2, 2025.
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Puntland Security Forces parade newly trained soldiers and equipment to combat the Islamic State (IS) in Bosasso, Bari Region, Puntland region, Somalia January 30, 2025.
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A juggler rides a unicycle past monks, or Hindu holy men, taking part in the Nagar Yatra procession in Johannesburg on February 1, 2025.
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Two traditional Dogon wrestlers fight at the Ogobagna Festival in Bamako on January 30, 2025.
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Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L), his wife Latifa al-Droubi (R), and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (2nd-L), exit the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine while performing Umrah in the city of Mecca on February 3, 2025.
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