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Laverne Cox walks the runway for the 11 Honore fashion show finale during New York Fashion Week. Picture: Getty
Laverne Cox walks the runway for the 11 Honore fashion show finale during New York Fashion Week. Picture: Getty

Best photos from around the world this week

1 min read·February 08, 2019 - 4:51PM
Herald Sun

A picture says a thousand words. These photos tell their own incredible stories.

From Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech to New England’s victory in the Super Bowl.

From riots in Haiti to New York Fashion Week.

Take a tour of what happened around the world this week through the lens of the world’s best news photographers, from the uplifting to the confronting.

Fire fighters, police officers and members of the Air Force at the scene where a Peruvian Air Force training plane crashed on a street in Lima on February 4. Picture: AFP
Fire fighters, police officers and members of the Air Force at the scene where a Peruvian Air Force training plane crashed on a street in Lima on February 4. Picture: AFP
A goal stands on a snow covered football pitch in Untrasried, southern Germany. Picture: AFP
A goal stands on a snow covered football pitch in Untrasried, southern Germany. Picture: AFP
Tom Brady of the New England Patriots with his family after winning Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. Picture: Getty
Tom Brady of the New England Patriots with his family after winning Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. Picture: Getty
Adam Levine of Maroon 5 performs during the Super Bowl LIII halftime show. To mixed reviews. Picture: Getty
Adam Levine of Maroon 5 performs during the Super Bowl LIII halftime show. To mixed reviews. Picture: Getty
Two white lion cubs in their enclosure during their first outing at a zoo in Hodonin, southern Moravia. Picture: AFP
Two white lion cubs in their enclosure during their first outing at a zoo in Hodonin, southern Moravia. Picture: AFP
Indian Hindu pilgrims walk across a pontoon bridge on the eve of Mauni Amavasya, an important bathing day, at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati during Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh state, India. Picture: AP
Indian Hindu pilgrims walk across a pontoon bridge on the eve of Mauni Amavasya, an important bathing day, at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati during Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh state, India. Picture: AP
Queen Elizabeth II meets with members of the public outside the grounds of St Peter and St Paul church, in West Newton, England, after attending a Sunday service. Picture: AP
Queen Elizabeth II meets with members of the public outside the grounds of St Peter and St Paul church, in West Newton, England, after attending a Sunday service. Picture: AP
A whale in a marine containment facility in Srednyaya Bay near Vladivostok, which has been investigated by Russian prosecutors who have called the capture illegal. Animal rights activists say more than 100 whales are being kept in small, crowded pools in what environmentalists are calling a whale prison off the Russian coast. Picture: AP
A whale in a marine containment facility in Srednyaya Bay near Vladivostok, which has been investigated by Russian prosecutors who have called the capture illegal. Animal rights activists say more than 100 whales are being kept in small, crowded pools in what environmentalists are calling a whale prison off the Russian coast. Picture: AP
A yellow vest movement supporter confronts a line of French police in Bordeaux. Pictures: AFP
A yellow vest movement supporter confronts a line of French police in Bordeaux. Pictures: AFP
Fans react during the New England Patriots Super Bowl Victory Parade in Boston. Picture: Getty
Fans react during the New England Patriots Super Bowl Victory Parade in Boston. Picture: Getty
A person smashes the window of a bank a during a day of strikes in Paris. Picture: AFP
A person smashes the window of a bank a during a day of strikes in Paris. Picture: AFP
Aurora borealis, or the northern lights, above a lighthouse to the village of Grundarfjorour in Iceland. Aurorae are caused by the interaction between energetic charged particles from the sun and gas molecules in the upper atmosphere of the earth, about 100km above. Picture: AP
Aurora borealis, or the northern lights, above a lighthouse to the village of Grundarfjorour in Iceland. Aurorae are caused by the interaction between energetic charged particles from the sun and gas molecules in the upper atmosphere of the earth, about 100km above. Picture: AP
A demonstrator kneels in front of a burning barricade holding a bowl and spoon to show his hunger, during a protest to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Picture: AP
A demonstrator kneels in front of a burning barricade holding a bowl and spoon to show his hunger, during a protest to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Picture: AP
A police officer stands in front of a burning car set alight by protesters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Picture: AP Photo
A police officer stands in front of a burning car set alight by protesters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Picture: AP Photo
Riots and marches in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Picture: AP
Riots and marches in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Picture: AP
Winter weather pounded the US west coast on Monday, closing schools, delaying hundreds of flights and turning coastal cities like Seattle that rarely get much snow unusually white. Picture: AP
Winter weather pounded the US west coast on Monday, closing schools, delaying hundreds of flights and turning coastal cities like Seattle that rarely get much snow unusually white. Picture: AP
Two women look at the art work Love is in the Bin by British street artist Banksy at the Frieder Burda Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany. Picture: AFP
Two women look at the art work Love is in the Bin by British street artist Banksy at the Frieder Burda Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany. Picture: AFP
Soldiers take part in a demonstration by the military forces at President Ivan Duque's launch of the new national security and defense policy at the Tolemaida military fort in Cundinamarca department, Colombia, on February 6. Picture: AFP
Soldiers take part in a demonstration by the military forces at President Ivan Duque's launch of the new national security and defense policy at the Tolemaida military fort in Cundinamarca department, Colombia, on February 6. Picture: AFP
A model walks the runway at the Laurence and Chico show during New York Fashion Week. Picture: AFP
A model walks the runway at the Laurence and Chico show during New York Fashion Week. Picture: AFP
The Laurence and Chico show at New York Fashion Week. Picture: AFP
The Laurence and Chico show at New York Fashion Week. Picture: AFP
Pink attends a ceremony honoring her with the 2656th star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Picture: Getty
Pink attends a ceremony honoring her with the 2656th star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Picture: Getty
US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP
US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP
Dimitri Isler of Switzerland competes in the Men's Aerials Final at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah. Picture: Getty
Dimitri Isler of Switzerland competes in the Men's Aerials Final at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah. Picture: Getty
Aerial view of the Tienditas Bridge, in the border between Cucuta, Colombia and Tachira, Venezuela, after Venezuelan military forces blocked it with containers. Venezuelan military officers blocked a bridge on the border with Colombia ahead of an anticipated humanitarian aid shipment, as opposition leader Juan Guaido stepped up his challenge to President Nicolas Maduro's authority. Picture: AFP
Aerial view of the Tienditas Bridge, in the border between Cucuta, Colombia and Tachira, Venezuela, after Venezuelan military forces blocked it with containers. Venezuelan military officers blocked a bridge on the border with Colombia ahead of an anticipated humanitarian aid shipment, as opposition leader Juan Guaido stepped up his challenge to President Nicolas Maduro's authority. Picture: AFP
This photo from NASA shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon attached, rolling out of the company’s hangar at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. Picture: AFP
This photo from NASA shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon attached, rolling out of the company’s hangar at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. Picture: AFP
Acrobats perform during a parade held to kick off the 16th International African music festival Sauti za Busara in Zanzibar. Picture: AFP
Acrobats perform during a parade held to kick off the 16th International African music festival Sauti za Busara in Zanzibar. Picture: AFP
Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed building in Istanbul, Turkey. An eight-storey apartment building collapsed leaving at least one person dead, Turkish media reported. Picture: AFP
Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed building in Istanbul, Turkey. An eight-storey apartment building collapsed leaving at least one person dead, Turkish media reported. Picture: AFP
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