Today in Pictures, Feb 12, 2018

Elephant hit by a train in Assam, India, food fight in Ivrea, Italy, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Feb 12, 2018, 09:34 AM

A man offers a banana to a wounded female elephant who, according to forest officials, was hit by a train near Habaipur railway station in Hojai district in the northeastern state of Assam, India, February 11, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of rival teams fight with oranges during an annual carnival battle in the northern Italian town of Ivrea, Italy, February 11, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

SMRT bus captain Liu Hai Leng, 31, giving the God of Fortune a hug for good luck, Feb 11, 2018. The function room at the Woodlands Westlite dormitory was filled with cheer as 49 SMRT bus captains – all Chinese nationals – spent Sunday morning playing games, singing and taking part in a lohei session in an early Chinese New Year celebration. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ONG WEE JIN

This picture taken on February 10, 2018 shows firefighters (C) sorting through debris after a double-decker bus toppled over in Hong Kong. PHOTO: AFP

North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam (L) wipes tears next to South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong (C) as they watch a concert of Pyongyang's Samjiyon Orchestra at a national theatre in Seoul on February 11, 2018. PHOTO: YONHAP VIA AFP

A picture taken in the Ramensky district on the outskirts of Moscow on February 11, 2018 shows an aerial view of Russian emergency vehicles arriving near to the site of the Russian airplane crash. PHOTO: AFP

Antonio Luis, 44, member of the "Bloco Pretinhos do Mangue" (Block of Blackheads from Mud) group takes a selfie of the protest message he wrote on his body, that reads, "What do you want for your country?", during carnival festivities in Curuca, Brazil February 11, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

Revellers celebrate during the "Bloco da Lama", a mud carnival, in Paraty, Brazil, on February 10, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Townswomen dressed as Lamia, with their faces painted white and eyes darkened, sing and dance on Carnival Sunday, in the Basque coastal town of Mundaka, northern Spain, February 11, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

Mario Jarrin of Ecuador in action during the Valparaiso mountain bike downhill race in Valparaiso, Chile on February 11, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

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