The Week in Pictures: February 7, 2015
Ukraine and Syria reel, and the falcons come out from Abu Dhabi to the steppe of remote China. Plus more of the most compelling images from the past seven days.
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Artemivsk, Ukraine
February 2, 2015
A Ukrainian soldier wounded during clashes with pro-Russian separatists near Debaltseve lies on a stretcher as he arrives at a hospital in the Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk region. Pro-Russian separatists vowed to mobilize as many as 100,000 fighters for their latest east Ukraine offensive as the United States mulled sending weapons to Kiev's outgunned forces after the latest truce bid collapsed.
Manu Brabo/AFP/Getty
Paris
February 3, 2015
French President Francois Hollande pays his respect near the flag-draped coffins of the nine French air force personnel in the Invalides courtyard. The nine died in an accident at a NATO training base in Spain, where a Greek F-16 fighter plane crashed after taking off.
Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
Donetsk, Ukraine
February 5, 2015
A municipal official looks through the window of a residential block that was damaged by shelling, according to local authorities.
Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
Anzere, Switzerland
February 3, 2015
An artificially triggered avalanche thunders down a mountainside at the Vallee de la Sionne near Sion.
© Denis Balibouse / Reuters
Germering, Germany
February 3, 2015
A biker ride a snowy path during cold and foggy winter weather, with temperatures by minus 10 degrees.
Christof Stache/AFP/Getty
Akqi County, China
February 1, 2015
Herdsmen from the Kyrgyz ethnic group hold their falcons as they ride on horses during a hunting competition in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region.
Reuters
Damascus, Syria
February 2, 2015
A man gives medical assistance to an injured man as two wounded children wait nearby at a field hospital after what activists said was an airstrike by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighborhood.
Mohammed Badra/Reuters
Moscow
February 3, 2015
Employees adjust an electronic transparent screen that shows social advertising.
Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
Calgary, Alberta
February 4, 2015
Calgary Flames left wing Lance Bouma (17) checks into the boards San Jose Sharks defenseman Matt Irwin (52) during the second period at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Sergei Belski/USA Today Sports/Reuters
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
February 3, 2015
Emirati men pose with their falcons after an evening training session. Traditionally a way of obtaining food, falconry today has become more of a national sport and a rite of passage for many young Emirati men. Groups of friends regularly come together in the evenings to meet and train their birds where the practice becomes more about camaraderie and sharing knowledge than subsistence.
Dan Kitwood/Getty
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