Italy
Lava gushes from Mount Etna near Catania, Sicily, on Feb. 16.
As Tuesday’s volcanic activity was largely expected, areas surrounding the crater were secured and there were no reported injuries or deaths. But nearby residents said the eruption was unusual in that big chunks of volcanic stones carpeted the area, not just ash.
— Salvatore Allegra / AP
Indonesia
A girl wearing a protective mask and face shield against the spread of Covid-19, holds incense sticks while praying with her mother at the Surya Dharma temple during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, on Feb. 12.
— Antara Foto / Reuters
Texas
People push a car free after spinning out in the snow in Waco, Texas, on Feb. 15. The winter storm that brought snow, ice and plunging temperatures across the southern Plains caused a power emergency in Texas.
— Jerry Larson / Waco Tribune-Herald via AP
Texas
Brett Archibad, whose home was without electric power, entertains his family as they try to stay warm in the BlackHawk neighborhood in Pflugerville, Texas, on Feb. 16.
— Ricardo B. Brazziel / American-Statesman/USA Today Network via Reuters
Latvia
A woman gets her hair dyed and cut on the frozen Babelitis lake while a man swims in an ice hole behind her in Riga, Latvia, on Feb. 15.
— Gints Ivuskans / AFP - Getty Images
New Orlean
A Munholland United Methodist Church clergy member spreads ashes on the forehead of a congregant during a drive-thru Ash Wednesday prayer in New Orleans on Feb. 17. Ashes were administered with a long Q-tip as a Covid-19 safety precaution measure.
— Jon Cherry / Getty Images
North Carolina
People sift through the rubble of homes at the Ocean Ridge Plantation in Brunswick County, N.C., on Feb. 17 after a tornado hit the area Monday night.
— Chris Seward / AP
Germany
"Alter Flecken's" 80 half-timbered houses in the old town of Freudenberg, western Germany on Feb. 13.
— Ina Fassbender / AFP - Getty Images
Kazakhstan
Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-16 cargo spacecraft blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 15.
— Russian Space Agency Roscosmos / Reuters
Texas
Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon stands on his kitchen counter to warm his feet over his gas stove in Austin, Texas on Feb. 16. Power was out for thousands of central Texas residents after temperatures dropped into the single digits when a snow storm hit the area on Sunday night.
— Ashley Landis / AP
Athens
Snow blankets Lycabettus hill in Athens on Feb 16.
Snow is common in Greece’s mountains and in the north of the country, but much rarer in the capital. Hundreds of toppled trees downed power cables, causing blackouts in several suburbs, while one area on the city’s northern fringes was declared in a state of emergency for the next month.
— Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP - Getty Images
Rio de Janeiro
Men dressed up in costumes for Carnival run along a street in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 13.
Rio's city government officially suspended Carnival and warned it would have no tolerance for those who try to celebrate with open street parades or clandestine parties.
— Bruna Prado / AP
Australia
A butterfly lands on Naomi Osaka's face during the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 12.
— Daniel Pockett / Getty Images
New York City
Magnolia, a French bulldog, wears a Chanel pouch during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 16.
— Angela Weiss / AFP - Getty Images
Women have a snowball fight at the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on Feb. 18.
— Mahmoud Illean / AP
Mars
Perseverance, a car-sized robotic explorer that will search for traces of ancient microbial life and collect what could be the first rocky samples from Mars that are sent back to Earth, moments before wheels touched down on the red planet on Feb. 18.
— NASA/JPL
Houston
People wait in line to fill propane tanks in Houston on Feb. 17.
Customers waited over an hour in the freezing rain to fill their tanks. Millions in Texas still had no power after a historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state's power grid and causing widespread blackouts.
— David J. Phillip / AP
Hong Kong
Worshippers wearing face masks make offerings of incense sticks during the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year at Wong Tai Sin Temple, in Hong Kong, on Feb. 12.
— Tyrone Siu / Reuters
Venezuela
Camila Iachini, 8, performs with her bike during celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the founding of Caracas' Petare neighborhood in Venezuela on Feb. 17.
— Leonardo Fernandez Viloria / Reuters
Haiti
An anti-government protester rides a bicycle in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Feb. 14. The protest against the government of President Jovenel Moise was mostly peaceful, with a few clashes breaking out between demonstrators and police, who fired tear gas and rubber bullets.
— Valerie Baeriswyl / AFP - Getty Images
Bolivia
A sheep walks inside a pen during the traditional "Martes de Challa" celebration to thank "Pachamama," Mother Earth, on the last day of Carnival in La Paz, Bolivia, on Feb. 16.
— Gaston Brito Miserocchi / Getty Images
中印两国去年在边界爆发冲突后，直至近日中共官方才首度证实，有4名中国士兵死亡、1人受伤。
但中国一名前记者、拥有254万粉丝的微博主“辣笔小球”发文质疑，中方死亡人数可能不只4人，
此言一出竟遭到当局抓捕。
新恒星发光天体
February 20, 2021 - 欧空局公布一张哈勃望远镜拍摄的赫比格-哈罗天体「HH 46/47」照片。
「赫比格-哈罗天体」（Herbig-Haro objects）由新生恒星喷发出的气体与尘埃摩擦而形成，
呈现状似星云的发光天体，持续时间一般仅有数千年。「HH 46/47」位于南天星座船帆座，
距离地球约1400光年。这个天体纵深宽度达10光年，1977年由美国天文学家 R. D. Schwartz 首次观测发现。摄影师：Hubble
「毅力号」空中悬吊着陆
February 20, 2021 - NASA 公布一张「毅力号」火星探测器着陆过程照片，「天空起重机」（Sky Crane）推进器通过尼龙绳将火星车平稳下降至火星地表。「天空起重机」是类似于直升机的降落飞行器，四角有推进器实时调整方向，确保火星车6个轮子平稳接触火星地面。由于火星和地球之间存在11分钟信号延迟，着陆过程完全由探测器自动操作完成。摄影师：NASA
「毅力号」首张火星彩照
February 20, 2021 - NASA 公布「毅力号」火星探测器着陆后的第一张彩色照片。
根据 NASA 计划，「毅力号」着陆后将首先进行1至2个月仪器测试程序，预计第2周展开位于探测车顶部的桅杆装置，通过桅杆位置的高清相机拍摄周围环境照片。毅力号随后需要测试机械臂操作性能，并在火星表面进行第一次短程行驶。摄影师：NASA
Facebook 封杀澳洲新闻
February 20, 2021 - 澳大利亚报纸头版刊登「Facebook 封禁澳洲新闻」报道，悉尼。2月18日，美国社交平台 Facebook 全面封禁澳大利亚新闻媒体账号，并禁止澳洲用户在平台分享或浏览新闻。这项措施被认为是意图报复澳政府计划出台「新媒体法」，新法律强制要求 Facebook 和谷歌等数字平台为新闻内容付费。澳大利亚总理谴责 Facebook 此举「傲慢且令人失望」，呼吁对方取消封禁并谈判沟通。摄影师：Rick Rycroft
七国集团线上峰会
February 20, 2021 - 英国首相 Boris Johnson 主持七国集团（G7）线上峰会，伦敦。2月19日，七国集团领导人在持续2小时会议后发表联合声明，承诺加强全球联合抗疫，并向世卫组织 COVAX 疫苗计划追加投入40亿美元资金。声明指出，七国集团在过去1年中投入超过6万亿美元纾困基金，未来将根据《巴黎协定》进一步实现绿色产业和清洁能源转型，并与中国等G20国家合作解决重要全球问题。七国集团领导人还特别承诺支持2020东京奥运会以安全有保障的方式举办。摄影师：Geoff Pugh
七国集团线上峰会
February 20, 2021 - 法国总统 Emmanuel Macron 以视频连线方式出席七国集团（G7）峰会，巴黎。2月19日，七国集团领导人在持续2小时会议后发表联合声明，承诺加强全球联合抗疫，并向世卫组织 COVAX 疫苗计划追加投入40亿美元资金。声明指出，七国集团在过去1年中投入超过6万亿美元纾困基金，未来将根据《巴黎协定》进一步实现绿色产业和清洁能源转型，并与中国等G20国家合作解决重要全球问题。七国集团领导人还特别承诺支持2020东京奥运会以安全有保障的方式举办。摄影师：Thibault Camus
英加制裁缅甸军方
February 20, 2021 - 缅甸抗议者和防暴警察在仰光市中心对峙。2月18日，英国和加拿大宣布制裁缅甸国防部长、内政部长等军方领导人，美国国务卿对此表示支持并敦促其他国家采取相似制裁手段。当天美日印澳四方会谈（QUAD）发布联合声明，表示坚决反对缅军方镇压抗议民众，要求缅甸军方尽快恢复民选政府。缅甸医疗、教育、银行、铁路运输系统均发生罢工活动，一名在抗议中遭枪击的20岁女性抗议者在2月19日不治身亡。摄影师：iDaily Media
美国首只克隆濒危动物
February 20, 2021 - 美国野生动物管理局宣布成功克隆一只濒危动物「黑足鼬」（Black-footed Ferret）。科学家们使用一只1988年死去的野生黑足鼬冷冻细胞与人工圈养雪貂的受精卵培育出胚胎，然后将胚胎植入代孕雪貂的体内，最终于2020年12月10日成功诞下2只黑足鼬，其中1只存活。这是美国首次成功克隆濒危物种，将有效改进黑足鼬的基因多样性，帮助重建该物种的野外种群。摄影师：iDaily Media
步态康复训练机器人
February 20, 2021 - 一名脑瘫儿童患者正在使用康复治疗机器人练习行走，俄罗斯伏尔加格勒。这款名为 Walkbot-K 的机器人由韩国保生科技公司研发，通过对髋、膝和踝关节的机器驱动支撑，智能模拟人体自然行走的动作姿态，从而帮助脑瘫和脊髓损伤症患者恢复功能性行走能力。摄影师：Dmitry Rogulin
印尼领航鲸集体搁浅
February 20, 2021 - 当地民众正在试图营救一批搁浅领航鲸，印尼马都拉岛。2月18日，马都拉岛西部海岸发生领航鲸集体搁浅事件，至少53只领航鲸死亡，仅有3只被营救至深水区脱险。领航鲸是一种高度社会化的动物，通常以集体行动。救援过程中，部分成功脱困的领航鲸再次返回海滩寻找同伴，导致死亡比率大幅提升。海洋专家推测，本次事件起因为领航鲸试图保护受伤同伴而误入近海导致集体被困。当地政府计划在2月20日海水退潮后埋葬死去的鲸鱼。摄影师：Juni Kriswanto
泰国大象村晨祷
February 20, 2021 - 泰国素林府大象村的村民们与僧侣在日出时分祈祷。这座大象村生活着逾200只亚洲象，当地人驯化大象后让它们参与搬运、耕地、播种等农活。亚洲象是体型最大的陆地动物，全球野生数量仅不到5万只，已被列为濒危物种。泰国境内60%亚洲象为人工圈养，野生象仅约2000只。摄影师：Thirawatana Phaisalratana
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