Today in Pictures, Feb 28, 2025
A public flogging in Banda Aceh, a picture of Pope Francis projected on the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil, and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A man being publicly flogged in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Feb 27, 2025. He was found guilty of sexual relations with another man under strict Islamic sharia law.
PHOTO: AFP
A picture of Pope Francis projected on the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb 27, 2025. The 88-year-old pontiff’s condition continued to improve as he marked two weeks in hospital with pneumonia in both lungs.
PHOTO: AFP
West Ham United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka walking through bubbles blown by fans before the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Leicester City at the London Stadium, in London, Britain, on Feb 27, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
Weapons surrendered by members of Arambai Tenggol, a Meitei organisation, kept on display at the First Manipur Rifle Ground in Imphal, in India’s Manipur state, on Feb 27, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
A Palestinian child resting in a destroyed building in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Feb 27, 2025, amid the ongoing truce between Israel and Hamas.
PHOTO: AFP
Residents lighting flares as they welcomed hundreds of students arriving in the town of Svrljig, Serbia, on Feb 27, 2025, on the third day of their 130km journey to Nis, where they will join students from other cities on March 1.
PHOTO: AFP
A puppet depicting US President Donald Trump pictured during a parade of the street carnival group Loucura Suburbana (Suburban Craziness) in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb 27, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP
