A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 19, 2023
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Kashmiri Muslim women pray as the head priest displays a relic at the Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Mehraj-u-Alam, believed to mark the ascension of Prophet Muhammad to heaven, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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Members of security forces inspect a building damaged in a reported Israeli missile strike in Damascus, Syria. An Israeli missile strike aimed at Iranian and Hezbollah targets killed 15 people and destroyed a building in a Damascus neighborhood home to much of Syria's security apparatus, a war monitor said.
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People try to cross the Bagmati River to avoid the crowded bridge at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 18, 2023.
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Sam Mayer's car slides on its roof along the back stretch after a collision on the final lap of the NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Feb. 18, 2023, in Daytona Beach, Florida.