A selection of photos that were taken today, in which we love to bring you the highlights of the day with the help of stunning captions – these are the Friday’s top photos.
From members of the Young Army patriotic youth movement who hold photographs of second world war veterans as they prepare for Defender of the Fatherland Day commemorations to people who lay tributes to brothers Casper and Corey Platt-May, aged two and six, who were killed in hit-and-run car crash, all these photos will inform you about everything important that happened this day.
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Moscow, Russia
Members of the Young Army patriotic youth movement hold photographs of second world war veterans as they prepare for Defender of the Fatherland Day commemorations
Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images
Moscow, Russia
Communist party supporters attend a rally to mark Defender of the Fatherland Day
Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA
Qiandongnan, China
Children take part in the Taiguanren festival to wish for favourable weather in the new year
Photograph: VCG/Getty Images
Łaszczówka, Poland
A white-tailed eagle rescued after it ate poisoned carrion is prepared for release
Photograph: Wojciech Pacewicz/EPA
Barcelona, Spain
Catalan police officers arrest a protester outside the superior court of justice
Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP
Arbin, Syria
A makeshift classroom in a bomb shelter for children who have escaped the besieged eastern Ghouta region
Photograph: Abdulmonam Eassa/AFP/Getty Images
La Paz, Bolivia
A man has his photograph taken as Ekeko, the god of prosperity and the central figure of the Alasita fair
Photograph: Juan Karita/AP
Colombo, Sri Lanka
A man collects lotus flowers to sell
Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters
Vandenberg, US
A Falcon 9 rocket is launched carrying Spain’s PAZ radar-imaging satellite
Photograph: Xinhua/ Barcroft Images
Tanjungsari, Indonesia
A villager outside her flooded home
Photograph: Antara Foto/Reuters
Lokichar, Kenya
Turkana girls play at a waterhole in the north-west of the country
Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters
Pyeongchang, South Korea
Fans wait for a medal ceremony to begin at the Winter Olympics
Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images
Hebron, West Bank
Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian boy during clashes at an anti-settlement protest
Photograph: Mussa Issa Qawasma/Reuters
Coventry, UK
People lay tributes to brothers Casper and Corey Platt-May, aged two and six, who were killed in hit-and-run car crash
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images