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Couples gather to celebrate Valentine's Day by descending 54 meters (177 feet) down St. Patrick's Well, which dates to the 16th century, in Orvieto, Italy. 

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A swan floating in front of Bled Island, Slovenia during snowfall in winter.

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The sun was setting in North Tyneside - England. 

Photo: The British Broadcasting Corporation

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Couples gather to celebrate Valentine's Day by descending 54 meters (177 feet) down St. Patrick's Well, which dates to the 16th century, in Orvieto, Italy. 

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A South African woman and a Canadian man traveled to the Maldives to break the Guinness World Record for the longest underwater kiss.

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This spotted owlet was photographed from a hide at the National Botanical Garden of Bangladesh

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Wangwu Mountain national geopark is shrouded in fog - Jiyuan, China.

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It took hundreds of images to put together a broad Martian panorama showing all 10 of the Perseverance rover's sample depot tubes on the ground - Mars, outside of Earth. 

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Dog walkers on Tynemouth beach. Storm Otto has struck parts of Scotland and north-east England as it moves across the UK.

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A dolphin rides a swell past a surfer as they share the water off the pier at Scripps institution of oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, US.

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Wild goats roam close to the city in heavy snow near Tehran, Iran. In cold weather, wildlife comes closer to urban areas looking for food. 

Photo: AP


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---> The sun rises through the sea mist over the sculpture Couple by Sean Henry at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland , UK.

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---> Myin Twin village in upper Myanmar.

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Inessa pulls her three-year-old son Alex on a sledge, after receiving food at the Ark of Salvation Church in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. 

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The peloton rides during the first stage of the UAE cycling tour from al-Dhafra Castle to Qassar al-Mighayra St in al-Mirfa in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.

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A pedestrian passes kawazu-zakura cherry trees in bloom on the east coast of the Izu peninsula, Japan.

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An island off the north coast of Wales has become the first International Dark Sky Sanctuary in Europe, after it was awarded the status by the International Dark Sky Association.

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---> Surfers and kayakers ride the wave created by a four-star Severn Bore as it surges up the river in Gloucestershire, UK.

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---> A pedestrian crosses a road while walking past a church on a frosty day in the Siberian town of Tara in the Omsk region, Russia.

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---> The sun rises over Gaza

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A man shovels snow during a storm at Lick Observatory in Mount Hamilton, California

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The lights from two immersive exhibitions, From Vermeer to Van Gogh & Mondrian, on the opening day of the Carrieres des Lumieres, a multimedia art show projected onto massive limestone walls of a former quarry, Les Baux de Provence - France.

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---> People wade in the Renaico river under a smoked-filled sky caused by wildfires in Chile. 

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---> Cars go past snow-covered bicycles in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

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