Paratroopers of the 38th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade – a special forces brigade of the Armed Forces of Belarus – exercise on parachute jumps trainers at the brigade's grounds in Brest on February 13, 2023. (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP Photo)





A man hugs a calf as part of celebrations to mark “Cow Hug Day” on the occasion of Valentine's Day at a cow shelter in Ahmedabad, India, February 14, 2023. The push to hug cows was part of an effort to promote “Vedic” or sacred Hindu traditions, which it claimed have been eroded by Western influence. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Banknotes dedicated to the first anniversary of Russia's invasion on Ukraine are seen during a presentation at the Ukrainian National Bank in Kyiv, Ukraine on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)





Members of the indigenous Tzotzil community perform during last day of the carnival known as K'in Tajimoltic (Fiesta del Juego) in San Juan Chamula, in Chiapas state, Mexico on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Gabriela Sanabria/Reuters)





A model presents a creation for British designer Edward Crutchley during the catwalk show for his Autumn/Winter 2023 collection on the opening day of the London Fashion Week, in London, on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Niklas Halle'n/AFP Photo)





A tank monument to the Ilyich workers, contributors to the defence of their country, stands on the premises of Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, Donetsk People's Republic on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Vladimir Gerdo/TASS)





Communal workers dismantle the monument to Valery Chkalov on February 8, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Chkalov was a Soviet test pilot who was honored as a “Hero of the Soviet Union” in 1936 and died two years later during a test flight of the Polikarpov I-180 fighter. Ukrainian authorities have removed several monuments and statues dedicated to Soviet and Russian figures following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February of last year. (Photo by Serhii Nuzhnenko/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)





This photograph taken on February 8, 2023, shows a part of the rocket remains on the ground, covered by snow, in the frontline city of Avdiivka, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





English singer-songwriter Sam Smith poses for photographers upon arrival at the Brit Awards 2023 in London, Saturday, February 11, 2023. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP Photo)





The son of Turkish Durmus Kilinc, center, reacts after rescue team members removed the dead body of his father from a destroyed building, in Elbistan, southeastern Turkey, Thursday, February 9, 2023. Tens of thousands of people who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires in the bitter cold and clamored for food and water Thursday, three days after the temblor hit Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)





Rescuers extract a dog named Pamuk from the rubbles of a collapsed building in Hatay on February 9, 2023, three days after a massive earthquake. The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing February 9, 2023, topping 21,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded. (Photo by Gurkan Ozturk/AFP Photo)





Artists perform during the 150th Nice Carnival parade in Nice, southeastern France, on February 12, 2023. The Carnival takes place until February 26, 2023 on the theme “King of the treasures of the world”. (Photo by Valery Hache/AFP Photo)





Paolla Oliveira Queen of Drums from the Grande Rio Samba School during a presentation at the parade of the special group in Rio de Janeiro at the Marques de Sapucai Sambadrome on Sunday, February 19, 2023. (Photo by Thiago Ribeiro/AGIF via AFP Photo)





An aerial photo taken from a helicopter shows old dry grass of Mt. Omuro being burned on the Izu Peninsula in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture on February 26, 2023. The annual event aims to accelerate new grass growth. Visitors enjoyed the 15-minute spectacle. (Photo by Toshikazu Sato/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP Photo)





A woman walks by a car decorated with fur and stuffed teddy bears in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Never celebrated before the 1989 fall of the communist rule in Romania, Valentine's Day became ever more popular in the following years and is now widely adopted by Romanian youngsters. (Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)





A visitor stands on a snow-covered road while taking a selfie in the Angeles National Forest near La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Thursday, February 23, 2023. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





Sabrina Sato, Queen of Percussion of Vila Isabel samba school, performs during 2023 Carnival parades at Marquês de Sapucaí Sambodrome on February 19, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)





24-year-old Rumeysa Yalcinkaya is rescued under rubble of collapsed building after 27 hours of 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkiye on February 07, 2023. Early Monday morning, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and strongly shook several provinces, including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay, and Kilis. Later, at 13.24 p.m. (1024GMT), a 7.6 magnitude quake centered in Kahramanmaras' Elbistan district struck the region. Turkiye declared 7 days of national mourning after deadly earthquakes in southern provinces. (Photo by Emin Sansar/Anadolu Agency)





People wade in the Renaico river under a smoked-filled sky caused by wildfires, in Renaico, Chile, Saturday, February 4, 2023. Wildfires are spreading in southern and central Chile, triggering evacuations and the declaration of a state of emergency in some regions. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)