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Our world in photos: Feb. 21

February 21, 2020 Noah Singer

BRAZIL — On display: Journalists gathered around a statue of legendary Brazilian soccer player Pelé at the Brazilian Soccer Team Museum in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. The statue commemorates the 50-year anniversary of Brazil’s 1970 World Cup victory. Photo: Leo Correa/AP

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SPAIN — In motion: Mercedes-AMG Petronas’s Lewis Hamilton pulled away from a pit stop during a Formula One pre-season testing session at the Barcelona Catalunya racetrack outside Barcelona on Wednesday. Photo: Joan Monfort/AP

GERMANY — Hand in hand: People formed a human chain in Berlin on Thursday during a vigil for victims of Wednesday’s shooting, in which a white supremacist opened fire in a hookah bar in Hanau. Photo: Markus Schreiber/AP

ARGENTINA — Let down: Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales listened to his lawyers speak at a press conference in Buenos Aires on Friday regarding the rejection of his plan to run for a Bolivian senate seat. Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

SERBIA — Taking a sip: A man sat in a café in downtown Belgrade on Thursday. Photo: Darko Vojinovic/AP

UKRAINE — Pushing ahead: Ukrainian riot police outside Novi Sarzhany confronted protesters on Thursday who tried to stop buses carrying passengers evacuated from Wuhan, the center of China’s COVID-19 outbreak. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP

ARIZONA — Slam dunk: Arizona State’s Alonzo Verge Jr. scored during an NCAA college basketball game in Tempe against Oregon on Thursday. Photo: Darryl Webb/AP

TOGO — Engines roar: Supporters of opposition candidate Jean-Pierre Fabre rode motorcycles in Lome on Thursday ahead of Togo’s presidential election, which took place on Saturday. Fabre is a leader of the country’s National Alliance for Change party. Photo: Sunday Alamba/AP

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