A look at the best news photos from around the world.
৫Free Syrian Army fighter Ahmed al-Hussein pets puppies near the frontline in Aziza village in the southern countryside of Aleppo.
৬Smoke from Israeli shelling covers the Lebanese town of Al-Majidiyah (L) on the Lebanese border with Israel as the town of Al-Ghajar is seen on the right. Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack against a military convoy in an Israeli-occupied border area.
৭German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) poses with members of a Carnival dance troupe in Berlin. Merkel traditionally receives carnival princes and princesses annually from every German state at the Chancellery prior to the start of the carnival season.
৮Visitors stand on the viewing platform of the new 360-degree panorama 'Dresden 1945 - Tragedy and Hope of a European City' by Berlin-based artist Yadegar Asisi in the Asisi Panometer in Dresden, eastern Germany. The panorama, which is more than 30 meters high and has a 100-meter circumference, shows the city of Dresden after the bombings in February 1945.