气候变暖威胁蝴蝶
February 27, 2021 - 一只黑脉金斑蝶(Monarch butterfly)落在铺满苔藓的树桩上,墨西哥。黑脉金斑蝶是一种迁徙性蝴蝶,每年10月至次年3月,数百万黑脉金斑蝶会从加拿大高纬度地区迁徙到墨西哥过冬,迁徙路线超过3200公里。世界野生动物基金会(WWF)最新报告显示,由于气候变暖和栖息地破坏,2020年12月墨西哥黑脉金斑蝶数量比2019年同期减少26%,种群规模面临危机。摄影师:Toya Sarno Jordan

Italy
Lava flows from Mount Etna, near Catania in Sicily, southern Italy, on Feb. 23.
With Etna's lava flows largely contained to its uninhabited slopes, life goes in towns and villages elsewhere on the mountain.
— Salvatore Allegra / AP

Paris
People sit in front of the Sacre Coeur Basilica atop Montmartre's hill in Paris, on Feb. 21.
French health authorities reported 41,622 new confirmed Covid-19 cases over 24 hours on Thursday, an all-time daily high that brings the total of cases since the outbreak of the pandemic just shy of a million.
— Anne-Christine Poujalat / AFP - Getty Images

Israel
People look at a dead whale after it washed ashore near Nitzanim, Israel, on Feb 19.
— Amir Cohen / Reuters

Colorado
Pieces of an airplane engine from Flight 328 lie on the ground in Broomfield, Colo., on Feb. 20.
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that damage to a fan blade in a Pratt & Whitney engine that failed on a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 is consistent with metal fatigue, according to a preliminary assessment.
— Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images

Moscow
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow on Feb. 20.
The head of Russia's prison authority on Friday confirmed that Navalny had been moved from Moscow to a detention center where he would serve his just over 2-1/2 year sentence, the RIA news agency reported.
— Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP

San Francisco
The two-story Englander House Victorian home is pulled down Franklin Street for relocation six blocks away at 635 Fulton Street in San Francisco on Feb. 21.
Phil Joy, a veteran house mover who oversaw the move, told the San Francisco Chronicle that the house’s quarter-mile journey took several years to plan.
The Englander house will be combined into a 17-unit building with an old mortuary next door at its new location.
— Carlos Avila Gonzalez / Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images

Australia
A wild sheep, named Baarack by his rescuers, stands at Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary, in Lancefield, Australia, after he was found in a forest with a huge 77 lbs. coat after an estimated five years of unchecked growth.
Photo made available on Feb. 25.
— Edgars Mission / via AFP - Getty Images

摄影奖项:Wildlife Photographer of the Year
摄影师:Alessandro Gruzza
摄影作品:The Blue Pool on the Top of the World

法国重启周末封锁
February 28, 2021 - 人们在山顶露台上观看日落,巴黎。2月27日,法国政府宣布对尼斯和敦刻尔克进行周末封锁,以应对新一轮新冠疫情扩散。法国单日新增确诊病例在过去一周出现明显上升,其中约50%为英国变种新冠病毒感染者。法国全境仍处于宵禁状态,如果疫情继续恶化,有可能启动新一轮全境封锁。2月27日,法国单日新增确诊23996例,累计确诊373万例,死亡86332例。摄影师:Yoan Valat
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