A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 16, 2025

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Lebanese Shiite Islamist movement Hezbollah blocks the road to Beirut International Airport during a protest against a decision to bar two Iranian flights from landing there, in Beirut, Feb. 15, 2025.

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Participants use round gourds to navigate during the annual boat regatta in Yauri, Kebbi State, Nigeria, Feb. 15, 2025. The regatta festival started about 200 years ago as a display of naval strength of the Gungu people, where the Gungu warriors annually attacked dangerous hippopotamus that were destroying farmlands.

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Artists perform during the parade of the 140th edition of the Nice Carnival in the French Riviera City of Nice, Feb. 15, 2025.

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Supporters from Cameron Crazies student section try to distract Stanford's Oziyah Sellers's as he in-bounds the ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Duke in Durham, North Carolina, Feb. 15, 2025.