The Week in Pictures: February 28, 2015
Thousands of men cram into Japan’s Naked Festival. Turkey’s Iwo Jima moment. A look at the most compelling images of the past seven days.
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Tokyo
February 26, 2015
A man holding an umbrella crosses a street at a business district.
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Mao, Chad
February 21, 2015
Chadian special-forces troops jog during Flintlock 2015, an American-led military exercise.
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Huaibei, China
February 21, 2015
A monkey plays at a zoo in Anhui province.
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Falun, Sweden
February 26, 2015
Michael Hayboeck of Austria soars through the air during the men's large hill ski-jumping event at the Nordic World Ski Championships.
Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
Ome, Japan
February 14, 2015
Sadao Kimbara (L) rides on a Honda motorcycle with a sidecar he made out of an oil barrel as his grandson Rui smiles in the sidecar.
Toru Hanai/Reuters
Melbourne, Australia
February 26, 2015
A supporter of Bangladesh’s World Cup cricket team wears face paint in the manner of a tiger as he shouts in the crowd during the Cricket World Cup match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Brandon Malone/Reuters
Monterrey, Mexico
February 26, 2015
Members of the Fuerza Civil (Civil Force) police unit check their weapons at their headquarters before going on patrol. The tactical team, trained by the army, was created by the Nuevo Leon government in 2011 to curb corruption and drug-gang infiltration in the police corps, local media reported.
Daniel Becerril/Reuters
Tel Tawil, Syria
February 25, 2015
A fighter with the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fires an antiaircraft weapon in the direction of ISIS militants positioned in the countryside of the town of Tel Tamr. Kurdish militia pressed an offensive in northeast Syria, cutting one of ISIS’s supply lines from Iraq, as fears mounted for dozens of Christians abducted by the hardline group. The Assyrian Christians were taken from villages near Tel Tamr, some 20 km (12 miles) to the northwest of the city of Hasaka. There has been no word on their fate. There have been conflicting reports on where the Christians had been taken.
Reuters
Esmesi, Syria
February 22, 2015
Turkish soldiers raise the Turkish flag in an area where the Tomb of Suleyman Shah will be placed. The Turkish army launched a military operation to evacuate soldiers guarding Tomb of Suleyman Shah in the exclave of Turkey in Karakozak village, northeast of Aleppo. Suleyman Shah was the grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire. His tomb was 30 kilometers south of the Turkey-Syria border.
Firat Yurdakul/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Hollywood
February 21, 2015
An Oscar statue is surrounded with roses during preparations for the 87th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater.
Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Okayama, Japan
February 21, 2015
Men cram into a temple waiting for priests to drop the sacred talisman at the Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Festival at Saidaiji Temple. Some 9,000 men battle to grab a pair of lucky sticks thrown by priests at one of the most vibrant festivals in Japan.
Trevor Williams/Getty Images
Washington, D.C.
February 26, 2015
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama host a reception celebrating African-American History Month in the East Room of the White House.
Yuri Gripas/Reuters
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