Members of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire a gun salute， to mark the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne， at Green Park in London on February 7

Military personnel take part in a parade during the Independence Day celebrations in Colombo on February 4

President Sergio Mattarella （center） greets parliament members in Rome on February 3， as he inaugurated his second seven-year mandate after being reelected on January 29

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks about the European Chips Act at the EU headquarters in Brussels， Belgium， on February 8. The EU outlined a 15-billion-euro （$17-billion） plan to boost its semiconductor industry that day

A boy holds up a Chinese New Year’s decoration while visiting a pavilion for translated Chinese books at the 53rd Cairo International Book Fair in Cairo on February 4. The event ran from January 26 to February 7

The 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly opens in Addis Ababa， Ethiopia， on February 5. At the meeting， African leaders met physically for the first time since the outbreak of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic