THE DAY IN PICTURES: In images: India says no to rebranding Valentine’s Day as Cow Hug Day

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THE DAY IN PICTURES: In images: India says no to rebranding Valentine’s Day as Cow Hug Day
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Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... These are the images of some of today’s events around the world.

A man strokes a cow at a stable on the outskirts of Delhi, India, 14 February 2023. The Animal Welfare Board of India sent a declaration to rebrand Valentine’s Day as ‘Cow Hug Day’ but the proposal was withdrawn after it backfired almost immediately. Cows are considered sacred by India’s majority Hindu population. EPA-EFE/HARISH TYAGI

US actor John Malkovich and Latvian actor Ingeborga Dapkunaite arrive for a press conference at the National Theatre ‘Ivan Vazov’ in Sofia, Bulgaria 14 February 2023. Malkovich holds the main role in the play ‘In the Solitude of Cotton Fields’ together with the world-famous Latvian actor. EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV

Taliban security officials survey the scene of an operation against alleged ISIS hideout in Kabul, Afghanistan, 14 February 2023. The Taliban government in Afghanistan has reported that its forces have arrested foreign nationals and seized weapons during a raid on an ISIS hideout in the Karta Nao area of Kabul’s 8th district. The operation resulted in the deaths of some ISIS militants, while a number of women and children were arrested according to Taliban’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid.

Supporters of Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri shout slogans on the 18th anniversary of late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 14 February 2023. Hariri was assassinated, along with 21 other people, when a massive explosion hit his motorcade in Beirut, Lebanon on 14 February 2005. EPA-EFE/WAEL HAMZEH

Taliban security officials survey the scene of an operation against an alleged ISIS hideout in Kabul, Afghanistan, 14 February 2023. The Taliban government in Afghanistan has reported that its forces have arrested foreign nationals and seized weapons during a raid on an ISIS hideout in the Karta Nao area of Kabul’s 8th district. The operation resulted in the deaths of some ISIS militants, while a number of women and children were arrested according to Taliban’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid.

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