Today in Pictures, Feb 8, 2023
A wearable onion-shaped beanbag in Japan, flamingos gathering at the Ras Al Khor wildlife sanctuary in Dubai and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Ms Yuu Matsuzaki, a product buyer for the Marui Group trying on the wearable beanbag at a pop-up booth of the Shinjuku Marui main department store in Tokyo on Feb 6, 2023. The beanbag – whose goofy onion-shaped style made it a hit on Japanese social media earlier in February – is intended to promote relaxation, according to manufacturer Takikou Sewing.
PHOTO: REUTERS
This flamboyant gathering of flamingos at the Ras Al Khor wildlife sanctuary in Dubai is a crowd-pleaser.
PHOTO: AFP
This picture, released by the US Navy, shows sailors assigned to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recovering a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in the Atlantic Ocean on Feb 5, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
Waste collectors paddling polystyrene boats as they look for plastic and glass to recycle in the Pazundaung Creek in Yangon. Dozens of Myanmar waste collectors are taking to the murky waters to find items in a post-coup economic crisis.
PHOTO: AFP
Raphael Haaser of Austria in action during the Super-G run of the men's combined event at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Meribel, France, on Feb 7, 2023.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A photograph taken and released by Turkish agency Demiroren News Agency shows smoke rising from burning containers at the harbour of Iskenderun in Hatay province, a day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east on Feb 7, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
A South African resident looking at the light beaming from a freshly installed Amandla Elanga bottle globe inside her shack in an informal settlement. The 2-litre plastic bottle provides daylight after being installed on the roof by reflecting light from the sun. It contains a solution of water and bleach.
PHOTO: AFP
Iran's first underground military airbase in an undisclosed location is unveiled in this picture provided by the Iranian army office on Feb 7, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP