Photos of the day - February 23, 2017

A Filipino student activist passes by a photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte after red paint was thrown at it during a rally calling for free education, near the Malacañang presidential palace, in Manila, Philippines; smoke rises from a sugar factory as an Iraqi security forces sniper aims his weapon toward Mosul’s airport during a battle with the Islamic State’s militants in southwest Mosul, Iraq; and a man washes his hands in Belgrade, Serbia. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters/Zuma)

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