Week in pictures 25 February 2023
KYIV: US President Joe Biden, right, walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his surprise visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, February 20 (Evan Vucci/AP)
RIO DE JANEIRO: A bolt of lightning hits the hand of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, February 21 (Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS: Beads are tossed from a Mardi Gras float in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 21 (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate/AP)
PARIS: The Eiffel Tower in Paris is lit up with Ukraine's national colors on Thursday, February 23, to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion (Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters)
PUNO: Protesters in Puno, Peru, stop their demonstration and spray police with foam and water as part of a Carnival tradition on Wednesday, February 22. Anti-government protests have rolled Peru since December (Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP/Getty Images)
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Moscow's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Thursday, February 23 (Valery Sharifulin/Sputnik/Reuters)
BINCHE: Carnival revelers take part in a parade in Binche, Belgium, on Tuesday, February 21. The costumed "Gilles" are a tradition at the Carnival of Binche (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images)
ABU DHABI: A person watches an air show in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, February 20 (Amr Alfiky/Reuters)
PRAGUE: A baby Chinese pangolin is weighed at the Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic on Thursday, February 23. It's the first birth of the critically endangered animal on the European continent, the zoo said (Petr David Josek/AP)
PHOENIX: Hikers are silhouetted against the setting sun in Phoenix's Papago Park on Saturday, February 18 (Charlie Riedel/AP)