Week in pictures: 14-20 February 2015
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Our selection of some of the best news photographs taken around the world this week.
Orhan Duzgun, a deputy of the main opposition Republican People's Party, falls in the Turkish parliament in Ankara while his lawmaker colleagues scuffle with members of the ruling AK Party during a debate on legislation to boost police powers.
A wounded Ukrainian soldier arriving at a hospital in Artemivsk, south-eastern Ukraine, as hostilities continued between the army and pro-Russian rebels despite a ceasefire deal.
A scene-of-crime officer at a cafe in the Oesterbro district of Copenhagen, the Danish capital, after a shooting at a free-speech event. One man was killed. In a second attack near the city's main synagogue, a Jewish man was killed and two police officers were wounded. The suspected attacker was later shot dead by police watching an address in the Norrebro district.
Flamingos at Memphis Zoo in Tennessee huddle together for warmth as low temperatures spread across the United States.
A participant trips during a fancy-dress pancake race in Spitalfields, east London. Shrove Tuesday, widely known in Britain as Pancake Day, is traditionally the last day of merrymaking before the start of the solemn Christian season of Lent.
New Zealand cyclists in the men's team pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, near Paris.
The Duchess of Cambridge visiting the Emma Bridgewater pottery factory in Stoke-on-Trent, in the English Midlands, to view the production of a mug that the company has launched in support of children's hospices.
Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
A man takes a selfie as US President Barack Obama walks past after giving a speech at the Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy in Chicago.
Seb Marsset, of Team Alvimedica, navigating towards Auckland in New Zealand during the Volvo Ocean Race. The event, which began in Alicante, southern Spain, on 4 October, covers almost 40,000 nautical miles.