Today in Pictures, Feb 3, 2026
A performance using molten iron in Shanghai, extinguishing a forest fire in Argentina, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A performer throwing molten iron to create sparks during a performance on the Bund promenade along the Huangpu river, ahead of the Chinese New Year in Shanghai on Feb 2, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
A firefighter working to extinguish a forest fire in the mountains of Epuyen, in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, Argentina, on Feb 2, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
A Kashmiri family looking out from a window covered with a plastic sheet used to protect them from the cold in the hamlet of Faqir Gujri on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian Kashmir, Feb 2, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un participating in a commemorative photo session with soldiers who were involved in the construction of the Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm in North Pyongan province, North Korea, on Feb 1, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
A worshipper honouring Lemanja, the goddess of the sea in the Afro‑Brazilian religion Umbanda, during a ceremony at Rio Vermelho beach in Salvador, Brazil, on Feb 2, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Activists wearing red rose dresses with faces covered in treacle sitting outside Equinor's offices in London on Feb 2, 2026, as part of an oil spill protest. This comes as the British Government's decision on whether to approve or reject the Rosebank oilfield is imminent.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A drone image of the trams of Cologne’s municipal transport service KVG sitting in a depot in the suburb Merheim during a nationwide local public transport strike called by Germany’s mighty trade union Verdi, demanding higher wages and better working conditions, in Cologne, Germany, Feb 2, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
People feeding birds gathered in large numbers on an unfrozen stretch of the partially frozen Dnipro River during subzero temperatures, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine Feb 2, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor riding a horse in Windsor Great Park, Britain, on Feb 2, 2026, after the US Justice Department released more records regarding the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
PHOTO: REUTERS
