Thursday 19 February 2015

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

A reveler from the Sao Clemente samba school poses for a photo as he waits for the start of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.
A reveler from the Sao Clemente samba school poses for a photo as he waits for the start of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.

Model Mina Cvetkovic, of Serbia, gets make-up applied backstage before the Prabal Gurung Fall 2015 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.
Model Mina Cvetkovic, of Serbia, gets make-up applied backstage before the Prabal Gurung Fall 2015 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. 
Rosario Echevarria Pedrezuela, left, her sister, right, and a housing rights activist, center, watch as police cordon the area around the apartment to evict her in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. The apartment occupied by Echevarria Pedrezuela, her husband Angel Echevarria Gabarri, 35, and their two children, aged 5 and 8 belongs to Bankia bank, after the previous owner was unable to continue paying the mortgage. The family occupied the foreclosed apartment ten months ago after they were evicted from their previous home. With both Echevarria Pedrezuela and her husband being unemployed and the family's sole income being a state benefit of euro 530 ($ 604), they could not afford to pay rent. Attempts to negotiate a lower rent with the bank were turned down, resulting in the family's eviction by police.
Rosario Echevarria Pedrezuela, left, her sister, right, and a housing rights activist, center, watch as police cordon the area around the apartment to evict her in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. The apartment occupied by Echevarria Pedrezuela, her husband Angel Echevarria Gabarri, 35, and their two children, aged 5 and 8 belongs to Bankia bank, after the previous owner was unable to continue paying the mortgage. The family occupied the foreclosed apartment ten months ago after they were evicted from their previous home. With both Echevarria Pedrezuela and her husband being unemployed and the family's sole income being a state benefit of euro 530 ($ 604), they could not afford to pay rent. Attempts to negotiate a lower rent with the bank were turned down, resulting in the family's eviction by police. 
A woman mourns for the Egyptian Coptic Christians who were captured in Libya and killed by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, inside the Virgin Mary Church in the village of el-Aour, near Minya, Egypt, 220 kilometers (135 miles) south of Cairo, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Egyptian warplanes struck Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday in swift retribution for the extremists' beheading of a group of Egyptian Christian hostages on a beach, shown in a grisly online video released hours earlier.
A woman mourns for the Egyptian Coptic Christians who were captured in Libya and killed by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, inside the Virgin Mary Church in the village of el-Aour, near Minya, Egypt, 220 kilometers (135 miles) south of Cairo, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Egyptian warplanes struck Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday in swift retribution for the extremists' beheading of a group of Egyptian Christian hostages on a beach, shown in a grisly online video released hours earlier.
Hundreds of people gather for a vigil near the cultural club in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. The slain gunman behind two deadly shooting attacks in Copenhagen was released from jail two weeks earlier and may have become radicalized there the previous summer, a source close to the Danish terror investigation told The Associated Press on Monday. The prime ministers of Denmark and Sweden were expected to join thousands of people at memorials in Copenhagen on Monday evening.
Hundreds of people gather for a vigil near the cultural club in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. The slain gunman behind two deadly shooting attacks in Copenhagen was released from jail two weeks earlier and may have become radicalized there the previous summer, a source close to the Danish terror investigation told The Associated Press on Monday. The prime ministers of Denmark and Sweden were expected to join thousands of people at memorials in Copenhagen on Monday evening. 
People holding umbrellas gather in Plaza de Mayo to demand answers from the government in the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman a month earlier in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. Nisman was found dead of a gunshot wound Jan. 18, hours before he was to detail to Congress his explosive accusations that President Cristina Fernandez and top administration officials orchestrated a secret deal with Iran to shield officials allegedly responsible for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
People holding umbrellas gather in Plaza de Mayo to demand answers from the government in the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman a month earlier in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. Nisman was found dead of a gunshot wound Jan. 18, hours before he was to detail to Congress his explosive accusations that President Cristina Fernandez and top administration officials orchestrated a secret deal with Iran to shield officials allegedly responsible for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.  
An Ukrainian soldier stands next to a broken down vehicle outside Artemivsk, Ukraine, as troops pull out of Debaltseve, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. After weeks of relentless fighting, the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve fell Wednesday to Russia-backed separatists, who hoisted a flag in triumph over the town. The Ukrainian president confirmed that he had ordered troops to pull out and the rebels reported taking hundreds of soldiers captive.
An Ukrainian soldier stands next to a broken down vehicle outside Artemivsk, Ukraine, as troops pull out of Debaltseve, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. After weeks of relentless fighting, the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve fell Wednesday to Russia-backed separatists, who hoisted a flag in triumph over the town. The Ukrainian president confirmed that he had ordered troops to pull out and the rebels reported taking hundreds of soldiers captive.  
A man and child are silhouetted against the wall of the San Francisco Convent as they leave an event where a symbolic burial of violence took place, organized by the International Poetry Festival of Granada, in Granada, Nicaragua on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. Organizers said more than 100 poets from around the world are expected to participate in the week-long festival.
A man and child are silhouetted against the wall of the San Francisco Convent as they leave an event where a symbolic burial of violence took place, organized by the International Poetry Festival of Granada, in Granada, Nicaragua on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. Organizers said more than 100 poets from around the world are expected to participate in the week-long festival. 
Filipino performers practice their dragon dance as they prepare for Chinese New Year celebrations in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.
Filipino performers practice their dragon dance as they prepare for Chinese New Year celebrations in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. 
Eventual winner Fox Kieren rides Berrahri, far left, during the GP Christoffel Bau Trophy on the frozen Lake St. Moritz on the second weekend of the White Turf races in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.
Eventual winner Fox Kieren rides Berrahri, far left, during the GP Christoffel Bau Trophy on the frozen Lake St. Moritz on the second weekend of the White Turf races in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.
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