A black ribbon, symbolising remembrance and mourning, is projected onto the Sydney Opera House on February 9, 2023 in solidarity with Turkey and Syria after a massive earthquake devastated the two countries. (Photo by David Gray/AFP Photo)





Members of the samba school of the Grupo Especial Unidos de Vila Maria parade during the first day of the carnival celebrations at the Anhembi sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 17 February 2023. Some 46 million people are expected to take part in Brazil's carnival celebration throughout the country, including thousands of foreign tourists, as well as generate income of some 1,558 million US dollars in the next five days. (Photo by Sebastiao Moreira/EPA)





Illuminated “Corso carnavalesque” (day and night) parade of the 150th anniversary of the Nice Carnival at the Carnival village, Promenade du Paillon in Nice, France, on February 11, 2023. This year the theme is the “King of the Treasures of the World” the Carnival of the treasures of our world heritage. The guest of honor this year is the Carnival of Rio. (Photo by Urman Lionel/ABACA/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Residents carry an injured child from the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake in the town of Jandaris, in the countryside of Syria's northwestern city of Afrin in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, on February 6, 2023. Hundreds have been reportedly killed in north Syria after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that originated in Turkey and was felt across neighbouring countries. (Photo by Rami Al Sayed/AFP Photo)





A worker stretches the Ukrainian flag before Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrival at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, February 9, 2023. (Photo by Olivier Matthys/AP Photo)





Ukrainian military medics treat their wounded comrade at the field hospital near Bakhmut, Ukraine, Sunday, February 26, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





American actress and singer Zendaya attends the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 26, 2023. (Photo by Aude Guerrucci/Reuters)





A man stands on breakwater with his bike along the waterfront in Auckland, New Zealand, Sunday, February 12, 2023. New Zealand's national carrier has canceled dozens of flights as Aucklanders brace for a deluge from Cyclone Gabrielle, two weeks after a record-breaking storm swamped the nation's largest city and killed several people. (Photo by Alex Burton/NZ Herald via AP Photo)





A baby Chinese pangolin is being weighed at the Prague Zoo, Czech Republic, Thursday, February 23, 2023. A female baby of Chinese pangolin has been born in the Prague zoo on Feb 2, 2023, as the first birth of the critically endangered animal on the European continent, and was doing well, the park said. (Photo by Petr David Josek/AP Photo)





Indian Air Force Suryakiran aircraft perform aerobatic maneuvers during rehearsals ahead of the Aero India 2023 at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India, Saturday, February 11, 2023. Aviation companies from around the world are expected to participate in the five-day event that starts Feb. 13. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





A forest fire approaches the town of Chiguayante, in the province of Concepcion, Chile, early on February 9, 2023. Forecasts of persistent high temperatures and strong winds bode ill Wednesday, February 8, 2023, for drought-stricken Chile as dozens of forest fires – several of them deadly – showed no signs of abating More than 5,600 local firefighters, with backup from personnel flown in from Mexico, Colombia and Spain, were actively battling 89 priority fires out of a total of 311 burning a week into the disaster, officials said. (Photo by Javier Torres/AFP Photo)





The Turkish flag is projected on the statue of Christ the Redeemer on Mount Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro, February 16, 2023, during a tribute to the victims of the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel/AFP Photo)





In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter attend a feast to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Army at an unspecified place in North Korea Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Photo)





A view shows human remains discovered by archaeologists from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in a cemetery belonging to an early viceregal period in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, Mexico in this photo released on February 15, 2023 and distributed by INAH. (Photo by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History/Handout via Reuters)





Revellers dressed as a “Gilles”, the oldest and principal participants in the Carnival of Binche in Belgium, take part in the parade in Binche on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP Photo)





Candidate Patricia Lara Gonzalez wears the fantasy “Prohibida” (Prohibited) during the gala to choose the new Queen of Santa Cruz de Tenerife's Carnival in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on 15 February 2023. (Photo by Ramon de la Rocha/EPA/EFE)





People participate in the Midsumma Pride March along Fitzroy Street on February 5, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. The Midsumma Pride March returned to Fitzroy Street in St. Kilda on Sunday with an iconic parade celebrating solidarity in gender and sexuality diversity. (Photo by Kim Landy/Getty Images)





A member of Israeli security forces and one from settlement security walk past a burning car reportedly set on fire by settlers from the nearby Bracha settlement, in the Palestinian Burin village in the occupied West Bank on February 25, 2023. (Photo by jaafar ashtiyeh/AFP Photo)





Women dressed as brides pose for a photo before the wedding of Pepino, a Carnival character, in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, February 12, 2023. The parody wedding ceremony is part of pre-Carnival celebrations. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)