A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 16, 2015
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Townswomen dressed as Lamia, with their faces painted white and eyes darkened, sing and dance in the Basque coastal town of Mundaka on Carnival, Spain, Feb. 15, 2015. The Lamia are Basque mythological creatures whose lower extremities are those of a duck or fish depending on their proximity to the sea.
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A lonely clown waits for the carnival parade in Cologne, western Germany.
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Firefighters work at the scene of an overnight blaze in west Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as icicles hang from where the water from their hoses froze.
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Revelers of the Vila Isabel samba school perform during the first day of carnival parade at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.