This picture taken in Tomohon, Indonesia, shows the Lokon volcano spewing hot smoke in the air. Click for more photos

Best of the World - February 4, 2013

This picture taken in Tomohon, Indonesia, shows the Lokon volcano spewing hot smoke in the air. Photo: AFP

  • This picture taken in Tomohon, Indonesia, shows the Lokon volcano spewing hot smoke in the air.
  • A French soldier stands guard in front of the Djingareyber mosque in Timbuktu.
  • An Egyptian anti-government protester gets ready to throw a molotov cocktail into the Presidential Palace in Cairo.
  • Devotees wade through a section of the River Ganges following the closure of a nearby pontoon bridge during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad.
  • Dogon ethnic group people walk back to the village they left after Islamists arrived in Binta.
  • Maximilian Kiffer of Germany lines up a putt during the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament in Dubai.
  • Anatoliy Shabotenko of the Ukraine dives from the 26 metre platform on the Hawkesbury River at the Qualification Competition for the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.
  • A Cambodian Buddhist monk watches fireworks from the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh .
  • A Tiger helicopter lands at the Mopti airport, in Sevare, Mali.
  • The sunset in Rustenburg, South Africa.
  • Young refugees play on an aircraft that crashed in November 2012 on the Yida airstrip near the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan.

The Herald's picture editors showcase the best images from around the globe.