The Week in Pictures (February 21, 2015)
A sniper's eye view in Syria, sharks draw a bead on Hawaii’s cageless divers, and America freezes over. A look at the most compelling images of the last seven days.
© Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
Boston
February 16, 2015
A woman walks through blowing snow in the East Boston neighborhood. New England remained bitterly cold after the region's fourth winter storm in a month blew through.
Michael Dwyer/AP
Rafah, Gaza Strip
February 16, 2015
Smoke rises from burning tires as Palestinian protesters shout calls for reconstruction of their houses that witnesses said were destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, outside a United Nations food distribution center in Rafah.
Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuter
Minya, Egypt
February 16, 2015
Relatives and neighbors of Egyptian Coptic men who were killed in Libya mourn outside one of their houses in El-Our village. Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, a day after the group there released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians, drawing Cairo directly into the conflict across its border.
Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
Laukkai, Myanmar
February 17, 2015
Moe Kyaw Than, 45, a volunteer with the Myanmar Red Cross Society, reacts after he was wounded when the convoy he was in was fired upon by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), according to the Myanmar army. Thousands of Burmese people have been forced to flee to the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan following fighting between Myanmar's army and insurgents, the Chinese government said, repeating a call for restraint.
Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
Arbeen, Syria
February 19, 2015
A rebel fighter from the Free Syrian Army’s Al Rahman legion covers his ears during the launching of a mortar at the front line against forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the besieged town in the eastern Ghouta province.
Yousef Homs/Reuters
Homs, Syria
February 18, 2015
A view seen through the scope of a weapon belonging to a sniper and rebel fighter shows a building where forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad are stationed, as seen from a rebel-controlled area in the northwestern district of Al Waer.
Reuters
Lalitpur, Nepal
February 19, 2015
A Tibetan boy points a toy gun toward a girl during the function organized to mark Losar, or the Tibetan New Year, at a Tibetan refugee camp.
© Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
Haleiwa, Hawaii
February 16, 2015
Shark ecologist and boat captain Juan Oliphant signals to tourists that a lot of sharks are approaching them during a cageless shark dive tour. Shark tours are a common form of eco-tourism in Hawaii and diving with sharks without a cage is becoming increasingly popular as well.
Hugh Gentry/Reuters
Rhenen, Netherlands
February 19, 2015
Two polar bear cubs follow their mother as they venture outside their enclosures for the first time since they were born at Ouwehands Zoo. Three cubs were born Nov. 22, 2014, but one of the triplets died soon after birth. The cubs’ mother and grandmother live at the zoo, their father now lives at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in England.
Peter Dejong/AP
Niagara Falls, Canada
February 17, 2015
A partially frozen American Falls in sub-freezing temperatures, seen from the Ontario side.
Lindsay DeDario/Reuters
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