A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 25, 2021

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People wearing protective masks to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus run along a crosswalk area of a street in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 340 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.

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A scientist works on the development of Abdala, an experimental vaccine for COVID-19, at the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) in Havana, Cuba.

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A Mayan spiritual guide places crosses with the names of people who died in the nation's civil war, which ended in 1996, in a circle for a ceremony marking National Day of Dignity for the Victims of Armed Internal Conflict, at the National Palace in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

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A worker is seen at a workshop at Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (Kola MMC), a unit of Russia's metals and mining company Nornickel, in the town of Monchegorsk in the Murmansk area.