17 shkurt 2015
A man slides down a snow-covered hill in the northwest of Washington, D.C. Some 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) of snow fell in the city overnight, bringing closures to schools and government offices.
Icicles hang from buildings on Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts, Feb. 16, 2015.
People participate in a massive snowball fight in the wake of winter storm Octavia at Meridian Park in Washington, D.C.
A view of an explosion after shelling is seen not far from Debaltseve, Ukraine. Government forces and pro-Russian separatists said they would not carry out an agreement to pull back heavy guns in east Ukraine.
White whales swim in their temporary enclosure at an oceanarium at the Russky Island in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia.
Moe Kyaw Than, 45, a volunteer with the Myanmar Red Cross Society was wounded when the convoy he was in, was fired upon by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), between the capital of Kokang, Laukkai, and Chinshwehaw, according to the Myanmar army. Thousands of people have been forced to flee Myanmar into the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan following fighting between Myanmar's army and insurgents, the Chinese government said, repeating a call for restraint.
Two mothers and their children eat before participating in the parade of the Carnival in Gijon, northern Spain, Feb. 16, 2015.
A worker fixes red lanterns ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at the Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur.
A bomb disposal expert investigates an unattended package in front of a cafe in Oesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark. Police found no explosives in the package that was left in front of the cafe where the deadly shooting attack took place on Feb. 14, 2015, police said in a twitter message.
Indian devotees travel on a ferry to Umananda, left, a river island in the Brahmaputra that houses a Shiva temple, during Shivratri festival in Gauhati.
Pakistani police officers and a volunteer rush an injured person to a hospital after a bombing in Lahore, Pakistan. An apparent suicide bombing killed five people outside a police complex in Lahore, officials said.
The Up'Ards and the Down'Ards fight for the ball during the first day of the Royal Shrovetide Football match in Ashbourne, Derbyshire England.
A participant falls during the fancy dress Great Spitalfields Pancake Race, off Brick Lane in east London.
Children wearing traditional costumes are seen during preparations for Chinese lunar new year celebrations in Hong Kong. The Chinese "year of the sheep" begins on Feb. 19.
A model swings her purse at photographers as she gets into a limo following the Tory Burch Fall/Winter 2015 collection show during New York Fashion Week.
Clown-like performers known as Gilles take part in a carnival parade on Shrove in the streets of Binche, Belgium. The Binche Carnival tradition is one of the most ancient and representative of Wallonia and inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
Dead pilot whales lay on a remote beach at Farewell Spit at the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island after beaching themselves on Feb.13, 2015.