Taiwan plane crash, February’s snow moon, Brotherhood of the Devils, New York train accident

Full moon sets behind the parish church of Schoenach near Regensburg, southern Germany, on February 4, 2015. (Armin Weigel/Getty Images)

A couple kiss each other as a rainbow forms just after a storm at a breakwater facing the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A supporter of RD Congo’s national football team dances during training session of their country in Bata on February 3, 2015. RD Congo will face Ivory Coast in a semi-final African Cup of Nations match in Bata on February 4, 2015. (Carl De Souza/Getty Images)

A North Korean soldier (L) and a South Korean soldier (R) stand opposite each other at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas on February 4, 2015. North Korea appeared to rule out any resumption of dialogue with the United States, threatening to react to any US “war of aggression” with nuclear strikes and cyber warfare. (Jung Yeon-Je/Getty Images)

An Afghan refugee child stands outside her family’s mud home in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

This screen grab taken from video provided courtesy of TVBS Taiwan on February 4, 2015 shows a TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane clipping an elevated motorway and hitting a taxi (C) before crashing into the Keelung river outside Taiwan’s capital Taipei in New Taipei City. The low-flying passenger plane, TransAsia Flight GE235 with 58 people on board, clipped the bridge and plunged into the river outside Taiwan’s capital with at least 11 feared dead and many trapped inside. (TVBS Taiwan/AFP/Getty Images)

Emergency personnel try to extract passengers from a commercial plane after it crashed in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. The Taiwanese commercial flight with 58 people aboard clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and crashed into a river in the island’s capital on Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Rescue teams work to free people from a TransAsia Airways ATR 72-600 turboprop airplane that crashed into the Keelung River shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan airport on February 4, 2015 in Taipei, Taiwan. Over 50 people were onboard the aircraft when it clipped a bridge and crashed into the river. Twelve deaths have currently been reported. (Ashley Pon/Getty Images)

An injured passenger (C) is stretchered by emergency personnel along the river bank after a TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane crash-landed into the Keelung river outside Taiwan’s capital Taipei in New Taipei City on February 4, 2015. The low-flying passenger plane, TransAsia Flight GE235 with 58 people on board, clipped a road bridge and plunged into the river outside Taiwan’s capital with at least 11 feared dead and many trapped inside. (Sam Yeh/Getty Images)

An injured passenger (L) is escorted by emergency personnel up the river bank after a TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane crash-landed into the Keelung river outside Taiwan’s capital Taipei in New Taipei City on February 4, 2015. The low-flying passenger plane, TransAsia Flight GE235 with 58 people on board, clipped a road bridge and plunged into the river outside Taiwan’s capital with at least nine feared dead and many trapped inside. (Sam Yeh/Getty Images)

An Albanian man walks through flood waters towards his home in the village of Mifol near the city of Vlora on February 3, 2015. Floods caused by heavy rains over the last days have hit southern Albania, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of villagers after rivers flooded thousands of hectares (acres), hundreds of homes and many roads. Many regions in southern Albania had no power or water. Police urged residents to cancel travel plans and more intense rain was forecast to hit over the next few days. No casualties were reported. (Gent Shkullaku/Getty Images)

A Metro-North Railroad passenger train smolders after hitting a vehicle in Valhalla, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr)

A sports utility vehicle remains crushed and burned at the front of a Metro-North train, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Valhalla, N.Y. The commuter train slammed into the SUV stuck on the tracks Tuesday evening, killing the driver and several train passengers, authorities said. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

A firefighter walks past the burning wreckage of a Metro-North Railroad passenger train and a vehicle in Valhalla, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. Metro-North Railroad spokesman Aaron Donovan says the train struck a vehicle at a railroad crossing about 20 miles north of New York City. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Albert Conte)

Sri Lankan Buddhist monks take part in a procession in front of the Gangarama Temple during the Navam Perahera festival in Colombo on February 3, 2015. Monks, drummers, dancers and some 50 trained elephants, mostly from entral part of the island, thronged into Colombo from various regions of Sri Lanka to participate in the city’s biggest two day annual Buddhist procession starting February 2. (Ishara S. Kodikara/Getty Images)

Kjetil Jansrud of Norway races during the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships men’s downhill training February 3, 2015 in Beaver Creek, Colorado. (Fabrice Coffrini/Getty Images)

Riders begin stage one of the Dubai Tour from the Dubai International Marine Club to Union House Flag on February 4, 2015 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

Rescuers retrieve one of the body of two workers who died when a floor collapsed at a construction site for The Suites, an office and residential condominium in suburban Manila February 4, 2015. Eleven workers were also injured in the incident. (Jay Directo/Getty Images)

A woman covers the body of a man who was killed during a shelling at a residential area of Donetsk’s Tekstilshik district, on February 4, 2015. At least 12 people were killed in fighting between soldiers and pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, including four civilians who died when a hospital was hit in rebel stronghold Donetsk today. (Dominique Faget/Getty Images)

A full moon rises over the Chugach Mountains on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska. The temperature in early evening was 9 degrees, continuing February weather featuring clear skies and mild temperatures. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

A man cleans the floor as visitors walk past vintage and classic cars displayed by Bonhams auction house, during an exhibition, at the Grand Palais in Paris, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. The Grand Palais is staging an exhibition of vintage cars, to be followed by a sale of historic cars by Bonhams auction house on Thursday. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

India’s opposition Congress party supporters wait to enter the rally ground as policemen wait beside security gates during an election campaign rally ahead of Delhi state election in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. Delhi goes to the polls on Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

New England Patriots fans cheer as duck boats carrying players pass during a parade in Boston, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, to honor the NFL football team’s victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A pelican sits in the sun at Miami’s Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. Teresa Sepetuac, rehabilitation manager, reports 75percent of the seabirds treated at the station were damaged by fishing line and hooks. The station uses almost 40,000 pounds of fish a year. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Aniceto Rodrigo, 78, Diablo Mayor or ‘greater devil’, poses for pictures inside his home before walking around the village during the ‘Endiablada’ traditional festival in Almonacid Del Marquesado, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. The “Endiablada” (The Brotherhood of the Devils) festivals are celebrated each Feb. 2-3 in the central Spanish town of Almonacid del Marquesado since medieval times or before. In the festival, men from the town dress up as devil-type characters in colorful jumpsuit costumes and red miter hats. They don large heavy copper cowbells around their waists, which clang incessantly as they walk, dance and jump through the town’s winding streets and visit the cemetery. The Feb. 3 day procession commemorates the day of Saint Blas. According to a local legend, town shepherds found a statue of the saint and then won a competition with folk from a nearby town to keep the effigy and rang the bells of their animals in celebration. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

In this Feb. 2, 2015 picture, a member of the Endiablada brotherhood walks trough the cemetery after paying respect to their deceased fellow believers and relatives during the ‘Endiablada’ traditional festival in Almonacid Del Marquesado, Spain. The “Endiablada” (The Brotherhood of the Devils) festivals are celebrated each Feb. 2-3 in the central Spanish town of Almonacid del Marquesado since medieval times or before. In the festival, men from the town dress up as devil-type characters in colorful jumpsuit costumes and red miter hats. They don large heavy copper cowbells around their waists, which clang incessantly as they walk, dance and jump through the town’s winding streets and visit the cemetery. The Feb. 2 procession, the “Candelaria” (Candlemas), represents the Virgin Mary presenting baby Jesus to authorities in the temple 40 days after Christmas. The protocol is believed to have caused her some embarrassment and the accompanying bell-clanging characters are thought to be a way of diverting the publics attention. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

A woman looks as members of the Endiablada brotherhood march during the ‘Endiablada’ traditional festival in Almonacid Del Marquesado, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. The “Endiablada” (The Brotherhood of the Devils) festivals are celebrated each Feb. 2-3 in the central Spanish town of Almonacid del Marquesado since medieval times or before. In the festival, men from the town dress up as devil-type characters in colorful jumpsuit costumes and red miter hats. They don large heavy copper cowbells around their waists, which clang incessantly as they walk, dance and jump through the town’s winding streets and visit the cemetery. The Feb. 3 day procession commemorates the day of Saint Blas. According to a local legend, town shepherds found a statue of the saint and then won a competition with folk from a nearby town to keep the effigy and rang the bells of their animals in celebration. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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