A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 5, 2021

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Students wearing COVID-19 protective gear practice social distancing on their first day back to in-person class since March 2020 at Liceo Lunita, a private school in Chia on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia.

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Supporters give flowers to police while four arrested activists make a court appearance in Mandalay, Myanmar. Hundreds of students and teachers have taken to Myanmar's streets to demand the military hand power back to elected politicians.

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A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays outside Hazratbal Shrine after special prayers on the death anniversary of Abu Bakr Siddiq, the first Caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.

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Pro-government activists gather near the portrait of Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, also known as K.P. Oli, during a mass gathering in his support, after the dissolution of parliament, in Kathmandu, Nepal.