A drone view shows people and Palestinian Hamas militants gather on the day Avera Mengistu, who entered Gaza around a decade ago and has been held there since, and Tal Shoham, a hostage held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, are released by Palestinian Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 22, 2025. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A drone view shows a man surfing with the wing on the frozen Kierskie lake in Kiekrz, Poland, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Piotr Skornicki/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via Reuters)





Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza mark 500 days of their captivity by spreading a massive Israeli flag depicting an hourglass in the Mediterranean Sea, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, February 17, 2025. Hebrew of the flag reads “Without the abductees, Israel runs out”. (Photo by Oded Balilty/AP Photo)





Cars are seen at the Geely Auto production base in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on February 16, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





An aerial view of the Zvikov Castle, Czech Republic, Wednesday, February 19, 2025. (Photo by Petr David Josek/AP Photo)





Houseboats and charter boats are docked in the ice in the harbor at Fischerhof Eldenburg in the Mecklenburg Lake District, northern Germany, Wednesday, February 19, 2025. (Photo by Jens Büttner/dpa)





People demonstrate at the main boulevard in the central Serbian city of Kragujevac on February 15, 2025, amid months long calls for government accountability and reforms. The demonstration is the latest in a series of mass protests to rock the Balkan country after the collapse of a roof at a train station killed 15 people in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad. The university student-led movement has put increasing pressure on the government of the Balkan country, spurring the resignation of several high-ranking officials. (Photo by Andrej Isakovic/AFP Photo)





An aerial view of the snow covered Basaksehir district and its surroundings as snowfall continues intermittently in Istanbul, Turkiye on February 22, 2025. (Photo by Cem Tekkesinoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Aerial view of Canadian Rangers Master Corporal Lorraine Villeneuve, riding a snowmobile in the surroundings of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, on January 24, 2025. A new geopolitical, economic, and strategic reality is emerging and it poses real challenges for Canada, says Canadian Brigadier-General Daniel Riviere, the commander of the Canadian Armed Forces's Joint Task Force North. The area represents 40 percent of Canada's territory and 75 percent of its coastline. Ottawa has just announced a buildup of its military and diplomatic presence to reinforce its claim to region. (Photo by Sebastien St-Jean/AFP Photo)





A lone boat navigates the shallow, emerald waters of the Jamuna River in Rajbari, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 22, 2025, revealing the intricate sand formations beneath the surface. The aerial perspective captures the river's dynamic landscape, where shifting sandbars constantly reshape the waterways. These submerged patterns highlight the challenges faced by boatmen, who must carefully maneuver through unpredictable depths. As seasonal changes alter the river's course, communities relying on the Jamuna for transport and livelihood adapt to its ever-changing nature. (Photo by Muhammad Amdad Hossain/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A drone view shows a message ploughed across fields reading “I have no oxygen”, a phrase a victim of a deadly train accident in 2023 that killed 57 passengers, used in a phone call to the emergency services, in the village of Galarinos, Greece, on February 18, 2025. Christian Ruci, 22, brother of Denis Ruci, one of the victims of the train crash, and farmer Anestis Glias, 21, ploughed the message in memory of the victims of the crash. (Photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)





A view of the destruction and roofless houses in the town Jarjanaz, eastern Idlib, two months after the fall of the Syrian regime, Syria, 23 February 2025. The former Syrian regime deliberately destroyed towns in Idlib and Aleppo by tearing off roofs to steal iron, alongside widespread aerial and artillery bombardment. As a result, these areas are largely uninhabitable. People are now selling the remaining iron to rebuild their homes. (Photo by Ahmad Fallaha/EPA)





People flock to Ipanema beach during summer in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, February 16, 2025. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo)





A drone view shows Chertsey sewage treatment works, owned by Thames Water, near Chertsey, Britain, on February 17, 2025. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)





A sidewinder log tug moves rafts of logs near the Western Forest Products Inc. Ladysmith Log Sort and Ladysmith Saw Mill in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. Canada is the US's biggest foreign lumber supplier and has already been dealing with higher duties on its shipments that started last summer. (Photo by James MacDonald/Bloomberg)