Day in pictures: 24 February 2015

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Our selection of some of the best news photographs taken around the world during the past 24 hours.

Acrobatic pilots perform at the Australian International AirshowImage source, PAUL CROCK/AFP
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Acrobatic pilots perform at the Australian International Airshow, at the Avalon Airfield, in Lara, south west of Melbourne.

A man with a camera looks on as as big waves crash on the port in Biarritz in FranceImage source, Bob Edme/ap
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A man with a camera looks on as big waves crash on the port in Biarritz, in France.

Employees of Toyota Motors assemble the FCV Mirai at the Motomachi factory in Toyota city, JapanImage source, TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP
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The world's biggest carmaker plans to produce 700 units of the four-door Mirai sedan - powered by hydrogen and emitting nothing but water vapour from its exhaust.

Members of the Mauritanian special forces danceImage source, Emmanuel Braun/reuters
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Members of the Mauritanian special forces dance after a training session during Flintlock 2015, a US-led military exercise, in Mao, Chad.

Ice surrounds the harbour along Lake Michigan in Chicago, IllinoisImage source, Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Chicago in Illinois is struggling through the third coldest February on record.

Brick factoryImage source, AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP
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Workers at Nahrawan, one of the largest brick factories in Iraq, on the eastern outskirts of the capital, Baghdad.

Models present creations from the Anya Hindmarch Autumn/Winter 2015 collection during London Fashion WeekImage source, Suzanne Plunkett/reuters
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Models present creations from the Anya Hindmarch Autumn/Winter 2015 collection during London Fashion Week.

A ranger rides an elephant during a demonstration of the art of bio-detectionImage source, Siphiwe Sibeko/reuters
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In South Africa an elephant is one of a number being trained in bio-detection to see if they can use their exceptional sense of smell to sniff out explosives, landmines and poachers.

Berber women weave traditional carpets in the village of Ait Sghir in the High Atlas region of MoroccoImage source, Youssef Boudlal/reuters
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Berber women weave traditional carpets in the village of Ait Sghir, in the High Atlas region of Morocco.