A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 19, 2021

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Asylum-seekers wait for news of policy changes at the border in Tijuana, Mexico. After waiting months in Mexico, people seeking asylum in the U.S. are being permitted to enter the country starting Feb. 19, 2021, as they wait for courts to decide on their cases.

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Water to be loaded onto vehicles is seen at a City of Houston water distribution site. The area was set up to provide bottled water to individuals while the city remains on a boil water notice or because of frozen water pipes in homes.

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Volunteers evacuate elderly women with a boat in an area affected by floods, following heavy rains in Jakarta, Indonesia, in this picture taken by Antara Foto.

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Family members of victims of the August 2020 Beirut port explosion hold pictures of their loved ones who killed during the explosion, as they burn tires to block a road during a sit-in outside the Justice Palace, in Beirut, Lebanon.