A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 14, 2018
![Destruction in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Iraq received pledges totaling $30 billion at an international conference for reconstruction of the war-torn country, the host Kuwait announced.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e462d27b-2c99-4906-b34e-0f04131917c3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Destruction in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Iraq received pledges totaling $30 billion at an international conference for reconstruction of the war-torn country, the host Kuwait announced.
![Commuters rush out of a bus after it was filled with smoke from a smoke grenade launched by police at nearby protesters who are demanding improvements to the public transportation, in Bogota, Colombia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ebc34c37-845a-4a21-802f-bcda94ae76e4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Commuters rush out of a bus after it was filled with smoke from a smoke grenade launched by police at nearby protesters who are demanding improvements to the public transportation, in Bogota, Colombia.
![People dressed as Momotxorros, half-bull, half-man figures in blood soaked sheepskins, take part in carnival celebrations in Alsasua, Spain, Feb. 13, 2018.](https://gdb.voanews.com/22c8f87a-1fab-4123-a7cd-8423649288d7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People dressed as Momotxorros, half-bull, half-man figures in blood soaked sheepskins, take part in carnival celebrations in Alsasua, Spain, Feb. 13, 2018.
![The peloton (bottom-L) rides in a street of al-Wadi al-Kabir during the second stage of the 2018 cycling Tour of Oman, from Sultan Qaboos University to Al-Bustan, west of the capital Muscat.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0bbea5d0-07d9-4eb4-8250-f343167cfe76_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The peloton (bottom-L) rides in a street of al-Wadi al-Kabir during the second stage of the 2018 cycling Tour of Oman, from Sultan Qaboos University to Al-Bustan, west of the capital Muscat.