Today in Pictures, Feb 4, 2016

Modern Express towed safely into the Spanish port of Bilbao, and nominees for queen of the Carnival of Santa Cruz show off their outfits. These and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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February 4, 2016 at 3:25 PM

The stricken vessel Modern Express getting towed into the port of Bilbao, Spain, after a successful mission to prevent it from drifting and crashing into France's Atlantic coast, Feb 2, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A nominee for queen of the Carnival of Santa Cruz showing off her outfit on the main stage in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife on Feb 3, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Members of the Shanxi Folk Dance and Music Troupe performing during their show at the Orient Museum during its Chinese New Year celebrations in Lisbon on Feb 1, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Kiteboarder Jerri Van De Kop from the Netherlands warming up for the Red Bull King Of The Air competition in Big Bay, Cape Town, South Africa on Feb 3, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A view of a section of the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq on Feb 3, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Visitors looking at dead sperm whales behind the levee at the mudflats near the Kaiser-Wilhelm polder in Germany on Feb 3, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

An aerial view of the Marina da Gloria in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Feb 3, 2016. The marina will host the sailing events of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. PHOTO: AFP

An aerial view of Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Feb 3, 2016, where people go to cool off from the heat. PHOTO: AFP

Dancers of the State Opera Ballet performing during the dress rehearsal for the traditional 60th Vienna Opera Ball at the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera), in Vienna, Austria on Feb 3, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A boy observing African artist Pascale Martine's work Cameroon 1996 at the contemporary art fair Zona MACO held at Banamex Center in Mexico city on Feb 3, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

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