Ladies’ Slalom, “Blocao” dog carnival parade, Valentines Day in Britain and France, Cardinals at The Vatican
The day in photos from around the world.
- Nicol Gastaldi of Argentina races during the Ladies’ Slalom on the Golden Eagle racecourse on Day 13 of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
- United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin races down the course during the womenís slalom competition at the alpine skiing world championships in Beaver Creek, Colo. AP Photo/John Locher
- A dog dressed for carnival is seen during the “Blocao” dog carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Carnival goes to the dogs as pet owners take to the streets for their own party, with their four-legged friends in ornate costumes. AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo
- Gucci stands next her owner that has a tattoo of her during the “Blocao” dog carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Carnival goes to the dogs as pet owners take to the streets for their own party, with their four-legged friends in ornate costumes. AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo
- Women and girls hold love heart shaped balloons during a day of action event with a theme of love revolution and a focus on healthy relationships organized by the One Billion Rising movement at Marble Arch in London, on Valentine’s Day. One Billion Rising is so named to give awareness to the statistic that one in three women in the world will be raped or beaten in their lifetime which equates to one billion women. AP Photo/Matt Dunham
- A couple kiss in front of the Eiffel Tower, during Valentine’s day in Paris. Valentine’s Day is observed on February 14 each year as a special day to celebrate love and romance. AP Photo/Thibault Camus
- A musher competes with his dog-sled during the Trans-Thuringia race, one of the biggest dog-sled races with purebred dogs in central Europe, in the Thuringian Forest near Fehrenbach, central Germany. Around 500 sled dogs and their mushers covered a distance of nearly 280 kilometers in seven runs. AP Photo/Jens Meyer
- Huskies compete during the Trans-Thuringia race, one of the biggest dog-sled races with purebred dogs in central Europe, in the Thuringian Forest near Fehrenbach, central Germany. Around 500 sled dogs and their mushers covered a distance of nearly 280 kilometers in seven runs. AP Photo/Jens Meyer
- A musher competes with his dog-sled during the Trans-Thuringia race, one of the biggest dog-sled races with purebred dogs in central Europe, in the Thuringian Forest near Fehrenbach, central Germany. Around 500 sled dogs and their mushers covered a distance of nearly 280 kilometers in seven runs. AP Photo/Jens Meyer
- Supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Manís Party, stretch out their hands to receive free drinks outside the venue where party leader Arvind Kejriwal is being sworn-in as the new chief minister of Delhi, in New Delhi, India. The AAP, headed by the former tax official who had remade himself into a champion for clean government, won 67 of the 70 seats in recent elections. Kejriwal and the party he created routed the country’s best-funded and best-organized political machine and dealt an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. AP Photo/Bernat Armangue
- Floyd Raven, of Texas A&M, runs with other draft-eligible players at the NFL football regional combine at the Houston Texans’ training facility in Houston. Players that do well at the regional combine will be invited to attend the NFL super regional combine. AP Photo/David J. Phillip
- Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada perform during the pairs free skating in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea. AP Photo/Lee Jin-man
- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, right, greets Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Pope Francis welcomed 20 new cardinals Saturday into the elite club of churchmen who will elect his successor and immediately delivered a tough- love message to them, telling them to put aside their pride, jealousy, self-interests and anger and instead exercise perfect charity. Francis issued the marching orders during the ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica to elevate the new “princes of the church” into the College of Cardinals. Retired Pope Benedict XVI was on hand for the ceremony, sitting off to the side in the front row of the basilica, in a unique blending of popes past, present and future. Francis and other cardinals greeted him warmly at the start of the service. AP Photo/L’Osservatore Romano
- Cardinals wearing their red three-cornered biretta hats gather during a ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Pope Francis welcomed 20 new cardinals Saturday into the elite club of churchmen who will elect his successor and immediately delivered a tough-love message to them, telling them to put aside their pride, jealousy and self-interests and instead exercise perfect charity. AP Photo/Andrew Medichini
- Participants in the Penguin Plunge to benefit the EOD Warrior Foundation, run into the Gulf of Mexico from the Eglin Beach Park on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. AP Photo/Northwest Fllrida Daily News, Nick Tomecek
- Evon Daley, of Hartford, Conn., clears his truck after unloading snow at a “snow farm” in Boston. Crews from around the region have worked urgently to remove the massive amounts of snow that has clogged streets and triggered numerous roof collapses ahead of yet another winter storm due to arrive on Saturday. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer