Today in Pictures, Feb 2, 2016

A Kashmiri Muslim boy sets ablaze a shroud he is wearing in a protest, and the WHO declares the Zika virus a global health emergency. These and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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February 2, 2016 at 12:08 PM

A Kashmiri Muslim boy setting ablaze a shroud he is wearing to protest against a demolition drive inside Nigeen Lake, on the outskirts of Srinagar, on Feb 1. PHOTO: EPA

A health worker carrying out fumigation as part of preventive measures against the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases at the Carabayllo cemetery, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, on Feb 1. PHOTO: REUTERS

Nepalese Hindu women wearing red during the Madhav Narayan Festival in Sankhu, near Kathmandu, on Feb 1. PHOTO: EPA

Spanish actress Rossy de Palma hosting the VIII Gaudi Awards Ceremony in Barcelona on Jan 31. PHOTO: EPA

The Plaza Mexico bullring during a fight by Spanish matador Jose Tomas as part of the Temporada Grande 2015-16 (Big Season) in Mexico City on Jan 31. PHOTO: EPA

Dead sperm whales lying in the mudflat near Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog, Germany, on Feb 1. PHOTO: EPA

A sunk sailboat sitting next to a pier after a winter storm caused damage to a number of sailboats in San Diego, California, on Feb 1. PHOTO: REUTERS

Inmates building a church for the visit of Pope Francis inside the Cereso 3 prison in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Jan 29. PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of the Shanxi Folk Dance and Music Troupe performing during a rehearsal before a show at the Orient Museum in Lisbon on Feb 1. PHOTO: REUTERS

Two-month-old Guilherme Soares Amorim, who was born with microcephaly, gets his head measured by his mother Germana Soares, at her house in Ipojuca, Brazil, on Feb 1. PHOTO: REUTERS

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