Best photographs of the day
Indigenous protests and a frozen bicycle: Friday's best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select highlights from around the world
by Sarah King
Kashmir, India
Indian paramilitary soldiers pay tribute at a memorial during a ceremony to mark the first anniversary since the Pulwama attack at the central reserve police force Lethpora camp in Srinagar. Forty were killed and several injured on 14 February 2019, when a Jaish-e-Mohammad militant rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a CRPF convoy
Photograph: Farooq Khan/EPA
Hebron, Palestine
Palestinians perform Fajr (dawn) prayers at the Ibrahimi mosque, next to the Jewish Tomb of the Patriarchs in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
Photograph: Mussa Issa Qawasma/Reuters
Chicago, USA
A bicycle is covered in a thick layer of ice
Photograph: Victor Hilitski/AP
Brussels, Belgium
A model wearing a helmet made of chocolate prepares backstage before a fashion show during the annual chocolate festival
Photograph: John Thys/AFP/Getty
Mapel, South Sudan
Trainee soldiers carry wooden rifles during a reconciliation programme run by the UN mission in the country. The programme aims at reunifying forces from government and opposition that had been previously warring since the breakdown of political relations between President Salva Kiir and his former vice president Riek Machar in 2013
Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty
Manila, Philippines
Bouquets of roses with medical face masks are displayed at a market. According to the vendor Monica Castro, the bouquets were intended to lighten the mood after fear the coronavirus had swept the Philippines, where three cases have been confirmed
Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA
Wellington, New Zealand
Women dance wearing lights on the waterfront during the lantern festival, part of the lunar new year celebrations. Tourist numbers from China are down because of the coronavirus outbreak in New Zealand and the Pacific
Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP via Getty Images
Quito, Ecuador
Indigenous people of the Waorani ethnic group, from the Ecuadorian Amazon, demonstrate outside the constitutional court to demand their right to prior consultation on mineral projects
Photograph: José Jácome/EPA
Manila, Philippines
Brides and grooms attend a mass wedding ceremony in celebration of Valentine’s Day
Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock
London, UK
The Loud and Proud floral vulva installation outside the Vagina Museum in Camden is installed to highlight the issues with girls as young as nine seeking labia plastic surgery
Photograph: PinPep/Rex/Shutterstock
Novosibirsk, Russia
Orders and medals worn by second world war veterans during a ceremony to mark the upcoming 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-45 great patriotic war, the eastern front name of the second world war, at the Siberian memorial art gallery
Photograph: Kirill Kukhmar/TASS
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Excited passengers disembark from the MS Westerdam cruise ship after being stranded for two weeks as passengers were suspected of having the coronavirus
Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Singapore
An interactive digital installation, part of the Future World: Where Art Meets Science exhibit at the ArtScience Museum. The exhibition created by the Japanese art collective group teamLab is a popular dating spot for young couples
Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA
Izmir, Turkey
Female gendarmerie unit train during officer training programme at Foca gendarmerie commando school and training centre
Photograph: Halil Fidan/Anadolu/Getty