Today in Pictures, Feb 6, 2026
Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics action in Italy, a coming-of-age ceremony in Seoul and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Martin Cater of Slovenia practising his ski-racing run at the Stelvio Ski Centre in Bormio, Italy, on Feb 5, 2026, ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
PHOTO: REUTERS
South Korean students wearing traditional hanbok bowing at a graduation and coming-of-age ceremony at a girls' high school in Seoul on Feb 5, 2026. The ceremony symbolises the transition of children into adulthood and aims to teach participants manners and responsibility.
PHOTO: AFP
An artisan dwarfed by large-scale sculptures at a warehouse in Nice, France, on Feb 5, 2026, preparing for the 2026 Nice Carnival that starts on Feb 11. The annual event features floats bearing giant heads and other sculptures.
PHOTO: AFP
Italian ballet dancer Nicoletta Manni carrying the Olympic flame as she arrived at the Piazza Duomo in Milan on Feb 5, 2026, ahead of the start of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
PHOTO: AFP
A reproduction of the painting The Son Of Man by Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte on the facade of a hotel in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb 4, 2026.
PHOTO: AFP
Volunteers wading through a flooded street in the Portuguese town of Alcacer do Sal on Feb 5, 2026, looking for survivors after Storm Leonardo caused the Sado river to burst its banks.
PHOTO: REUTERS
An anti-US banner displayed just inside the entrance of the former United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, on Feb 5, 2026.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Technicians examining Chinese company AutoFlight's V5000 Matrix – a 10-seater electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft – on Feb 5, 2026, ahead of a public flight demonstration at the company's flight test base in Kunshan, China.
PHOTO: AFP
