Today in Pictures, Mar 1, 2019

Round one of HSBC golf tournament in Singapore, floods in California, U.S., and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 01, 2019, 10:11 AM

Tour rookie He Muni getting into the swing of things on the 12th hole during the first round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore on February 28, 2019. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KEVIN LIM

A resident and his dog navigate through a flooded neighborhood on February 28, 2019 in Guerneville, California. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

South Koreans wearing traditional costumes hold up lit torches with the national flag to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the March First Independence Movement against Japanese colonial rule, in Cheonan on February 28, 2019. PHOTO: YONHAP VIA AFP

Members of the opening committee line up during the opening ceremony of the traditional Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria, February 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

"Chomper," a semi-autonomous, GPS-guided snow blower designed and built by MIT research engineer Dane Kouttron, clears snow following an overnight storm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., February 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Venezuelan man Eli Silvio, 22, looks for recyclables at a garbage deposit in Pacaraima, Brazil February 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

A painting, believed to be the second version of "Judith Beheading Holofernes" by Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, is picutred during a photocall in London on February 28, 2019, following its restoration. PHOTO: AFP

One of the 19 nominees for Queen of the Carnival of Santa Cruz shows off her outfit on the main stage during carnival celebrations in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife, on February 27, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

The polar bear cub in the Copenhagen Zoo comes outside for the first time on February 28, 2019. PHOTO: RITZAU SCANPIX VIA AFP

Tottenham Hotspur's Colombian defender Davinson Sanchez (C) dives as he vies with Chelsea's English midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek (centre L) and Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder Willian (R) during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge in London on February 27, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

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