Today in Pictures, Feb 13, 2024
A sumo class for youngsters in Tokyo, the Carnival parade in Brazil, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Rescued Israeli-Argentinian hostage Louis Har (left) being reunited with his family at the Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. Israel announced on Feb 12 the rescue of two hostages in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where the Hamas-run health ministry said "around 100" Palestinians, including children, were killed in heavy overnight air strikes.
PHOTO: AFP
Retired Mongolian-born "yokozuna" (wrestler) Hakuho (far left), who now goes by the name Miyagino, watching on Feb 12, 2024, as boys try to push out Japanese wrestler Hakuoho in a sumo class held on the sidelines of the 14th Hakuho Cup, a sumo competition for children from elementary and middle schools. The event was held at the Kokugikan arena in Ryogoku, Tokyo.
PHOTO: AFP
A member of the Portela samba school performing on on Feb 12, 2024, the last night of the Carnival parade at the Marques de Sapucai Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The festival is held each year before the solemn Christian observance of Lent.
PHOTO: AFP
A student wearing a mask in the likeness of Indonesian President Joko Widodo pretending to be trapped in a guillotine as hundreds of students protest in Yogyakarta on Feb 12, 2024, claiming that Mr Widodo is building a political dynasty. Indonesians go to the polls on Feb 14, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Some people perched on a tree to watch Hindu devotees taking part in a religious procession during the firewalking festival in Yangon, Myanmar, on Feb 11, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
A man in Singapore pushing his bicycle across a flooded grass patch at East Coast Park on Feb 12, 2024. The flooding was caused by a spring tide, where the sun and the moon align to create the greatest gravitational pull on the sea.
ST PHOTO: HENG YI-HSIN
The front of a bicycle rental shop in the main village on Singapore's Pulau Ubin is flooded on Feb 12, 2024, due to a 3.6m-high spring tide.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Fireworks exploding over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on Feb 11, 2024, the second day of the Chinese New Year of the Dragon.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A view of the city of Shanghai as seen from a passenger plane on Feb 12, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
The Ivory Coast football team, winners of the 2024 African Cup of Nations, waving from a truck on the Alassane Ouattara bridge during a victory parade in Abidjan on Feb 12, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
A carnival float with effigies of US presidential candidate Donald Trump and a Ukrainian soldier on the move at the annual Rose Monday (Rosenmontag) parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Feb 12, 2024.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Ms Tiffany Pierre and Mr Gregory Guiot walking their dog Talia and Oscar, an 80kg wild boar, in Laneuville, Belgium, on Feb 12, 2024. Oscar was just 700g when it was rescued by the couple during a hunting trip with their dog.
PHOTO: REUTERS


