Daily life in February | Pictures in the news

Balloons carrying tourists fly near old temples in Bagan, Myanmar on Tuesday Feb. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

The sun sets behind old temples in Bagan, Myanmar, Tuesday Feb. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

An Afghan refugee girl carries laundry on her head on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Roany, the grey 10-year-old miniature horse, takes a break from the dry stable to barrel through the snow Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, at Sandy Creek Stables in West Paducah. Roany’s owner, Sandy Lipford, said she often takes Roany and her other miniature, Dixie, to birthday parties and schools. Lipford teaches jumping, western and dressage. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, John Paul Henry)

A general view of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on February 1, 2015 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque was built between 1996 and 2007 and features eighty-two domes. Greek and Italian white marble covers the exterior, with Islamic calligraphy decorating the inside. The Mosque is named after the founder and first President of the Unite Arab Emirates, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

An Iraqi man displays rings for sale at an antiques market in the capital Baghdad on February 17, 2015. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Imgeas)

A man goes for a walk next to Aralar Sanctuary covered by snow, in Aralar, northern Spain, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Ted Nace flies a kite atop Bernal Heights Hill in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

A headless mural of Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin is painted on the facade of a building as part of an advertisement, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, in Los Angeles. Griffin recently had surgery to remove a staph infection from his right elbow. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

An Afghan boy carries balloons for sale in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Floyd Eastman, 107 years-old, celebrates his birthday at the Orchard Nursing Home in North Granville, NY, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. (AP Photo /Post Star, Steve Jacobs)

Local artist Tom Chouteau looks through the Hands In Scope kaleidoscope which is part of his Kaleidoscopia display at the German American Heritage Center in Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/The Quad City Times, Kevin E. Schmidt )

Cheyne Cottrell kneels down to surf a narrow tube formed by a wave in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. Scores of surfers were taking advantage of the high waves that accompanied the areas low temperatures and high gusts. (AP Photo/ The Palm Beach Post, Damon Higgins)

A gust of wind whips up snow as a group of ice fishermen from Ashby, Mass., work to push their bob-house across frozen Lake Winnipesaukee in Meredith, N.H. on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. Hundreds of fisherman are expected for the upcoming weekend’s annual ice fishing derby. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Capt. Josh McVay, front, is reunited with his wife, Bethany and daughter Elise at Dyess Air Force Base, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Abilene, Texas. About 35 airmen flew supplies from Senegal to Liberia to aid in the fight against Ebola. (AP Photo/The Abilene Reporter-News, Nellie Doneva)

Kimberly, left, and Michelle Cann, the Cann Sisters Piano Duo, battle for the last note Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, while playing an improvisational piece for students in the CAPA Piano Lab at Overton High School in Memphis. In addition to their educational outreach, the sisters — who usually play on separate pianos — will be performing Wednesday evening at the University of Memphis Harris Concert Hall, part of this year’s Concerts International season. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)

Sixth-grade students at Owyhee-Harbor Elementary School in Boise, Idaho play hide and seek during lunch recess Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green)

While much of Memphis stayed indoors out of the drizzling cold rain, Vallorie Higgins, left, and Omar Tellez take advantage of the wet day to fly through mud holes along Covington Pike near the Wolf River in Memphis, Tenn., Sunday, March 1, 2015. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)

In this photo taken Feb. 4, 2015, Bob Meyers practices his Irish folk songs while learning to play the flute in a City of Stamford activity bus parked at Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, Conn. Meyers, a retired teacher and Board of Education member, drives sports teams to away games. (AP Photo/The Hour, Alex von Kleydorff)

Zombie Walk participant Susan Harrington from St. Simons Island, Georgia gives her all during Zombie Walk, part of the day’s Retr-O-Rama event in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015 Comic book and vintage toy fans worked their way through the displays at Sunday’s Retr-0-Rama Collectible Show as well as took part in a Zombie Walk outside the hotel and a costume contest inside. Among this year’s celebrity guests was Lew Temple who plays Alex the convict in the series, Walking Dead. (AP PhotoThe Florida Times-Union, Bob Self)

With the temperature in the high 70’s, (left) Kevin Hamilton, 12 and his friend Leroy Whitaker, 14 enjoy the warm spring like day as they play on the basketball courts at Central Riverside Elementary School in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union/Bob Self)

Volunteers jump as they take a photograph near snow-made small igloos illuminating at the Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival in Yunishigawa, Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

In this photo taken, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, Curt Krieger makes patterns in the snow while snowshoeing on a quarry lake in Mason City, Iowa. He has been making the patterns as part of a workout routine as he prepares to compete in the U.S. national snowshoe championships later this month. (AP Photo/The Globe Gazette, Arian Schuessler)

A robin eats berries from a tree near downtown Marion, Ind., on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. Temperatures are expected to fall to the single digits overnight in Central Indiana. (AP Photo/Chronicle-Tribune, Jeff Morehead)

A man looks at South Korean national flags hanging on a tree to celebrate the upcoming March First Independence Movement Day, the anniversary of the 1919 uprising against Japanese colonial rule during a street campaign in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

James Scott carries a stuffed animal after purchasing it as a Valentine’s Day gift Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, in Houston. Valentine’s Day is Saturday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

A woman walks past a restaurant advertisement in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

In this photo taken Thursday night, Feb. 26, 2015, Queensbury High School drama students get ready to rehearse on stage for the upcoming play, “Seussical”, in Queensbury, N.Y.(AP Photo/The Post-Star, Steve Jacobs)

Joseph Smith flies through the air after hitting a snow pile while sledding Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 afternoon at Riverview Farm Park in Newport News, Va. (AP Photo/The Daily Press, Jonathon Gruenke)

Houston artist Michael Rodriquez works on a mural under the watchful eyes of his subject Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, in Houston. The mural is one of five commissioned by the Houston Zoo to celebrate the coming arrival of seven western lowland gorillas. Rodriquez expects to finish the project in another week or more depending on the weather. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

In this Feb. 25, 2015 photo, a hairstylist cuts hair into the shape of a sheep at his hair salon in Changchun in northeast China’s Jilin province. The hairstylist offered over 30 patterns of sheep to his customers as the county celebrates the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Sheep. (AP Photo)

People react to a dragon dance Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, during a Vietnamese New Year celebration at the Jaycee Pavilion in Lampkin Park in Bowling Green, Ky. (AP Photo/Daily News, Bac Totrong)

Parade revelers beg for beads while standing in the bed of a pick-up truck on Navarre Beach for the annual Navarre Beach Mardis Gras Parade in Navarre, Fla., on Feb. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/ Northwest Florida Daily News, Nick Tomecek)

Derm Flynn, of Panama City Beach, sizes up a shot during the annual Snowbird Shuffleboard Tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at the Destin Community Center in Destin, Fla. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Devon Ravine)

Ilana Brown, 1 touches a baby chick with her dad, Matthew at the chick exhibit at the Florida State Fair in Tampa, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. The fair runs through February, 16, 2015. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Eve Edelheit)

Girls show off their dresses and hats during the parade of contestants at the Azalea Trail Pageant, Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Panama City, Fla. (AP Photos/News Herald, Heather Leiphart)

People sit on a bench on the promenade des Anglais in Nice, southeastern France, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Temperatures in the area rose to 16 degrees Celsius (60 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

After getting her teeth cleaned, Talicia Hadden, 6, picks up a dental instrument and tries to clean dental student Jason Allred’s teeth but, in a playful defensive move, he threatens to squirt her in the face during the Give Kids A Smile event at the GRU College of Dental Medicine Friday morning, Feb. 6, 2015. During the event, dental professionals volunteer to provide free screenings, treatment and dental education to children. (AP Photo/The Augusta Chronicle, Michael Holahan )

Two International Finance Centre tower, center right, and International Commerce Centre, top left, are seen over the clouds in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

In this photo taken Feb. 10, 2015, Abraham Lincoln impersonator Fritz Klein, of Springfield, Ill., makes an appearance at Union Station Visitors Center in Davenport, Iowa. He was filming a video for River Action Inc. to help raise money for a footbridge over River Drive near the site of the first railroad crossing over the Mississippi River. (AP Photo/The Quad City Times, Jeff Cook)

Ian Hartstack, of Dubuque, Iowa, drops to a knee after surprising his girlfriend, Deanna Crowe, also of Dubuque, with a proposal in front of the 40,000-gallon Gulf of Mexico aquarium at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa, on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Telegraph Herald, Mike Burley)

In a Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 photo, Joe Brown jumps out of the way of a ball thrown at him by opponents during the Heave-Ho Dodgeball Battle, at the Dow Bay Area Family Y in Bay City. (AP Photo/The Bay City Times, Yfat Yossifor)

A bird sits on a sheep as an Egyptian sheep vendor waits for customers in the Imbaba neighborhood of Giza, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Palestinian children play on the street in Deir el-Balah refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Danny Agnew, from the Dream Defenders group, teaches a young boy, Ismael, to play a drum at a multi-cultural festival, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, at Miami’s Little Haiti cultural center. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

An ethnic Kayan-Padaung woman in traditional attire weaves at a souvenir shop in Ywama village, Inle lake, northeastern Shan state, Myanmar, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Wearing neck-rings is officially discouraged in Myanmar but shop owners employ Padang women in traditional attire as a tourist attraction. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Ethnic Intha fishermen with their legs wrapped around oars pull up nets in Inle lake, northeastern Shan state, Myanmar, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. Intha fisherman are known for a unique style of rowing with one leg wrapped around a single oar instead of using their hands. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Dorper sheep huddle on a frigid winter day at Kinderhook Farm on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in Ghent, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

An Afghan refugee boy walks toward a hand pump to fetch water, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

The lower half of a mannequin is stuck in a deep pile of snow and ice in front of a home, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, in Covington Township, Pa. (AP Photo/The Times & Tribune, Butch Comegys)

A dog barks as he is chained to a jeep after taking a bath along the road in a poor district of Manila, Philippines Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A Portuguese shepherd leads her flock of goats and sheep back to the shed during a foggy evening on the mountains around Mazes village, near Lazarim, northeaster Portugal, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Local women wear a traditional cape or “capucho” made of wool weave that helps them to shelter against the cold and rainy weather conditions. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

South Korean graduate Yoo Hye-jin checks her smartphone during a graduation ceremony at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Ryder Dillard, 6, of Martinsville, Texas, practices his roping technique before entering the ring Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, for the Pineywoods Youth Rodeo Association competition at the county Expo Center in Nacogdoches, Texas. (AP Photo/The Daily Sentinel, Andrew D. Brosig)

A giraffe sticks out a tongue toward visitors at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, Harrisonburg Master Police Officer Kyle Dolph trains his 4-year-old K-9 German shepherd, Streak at the police training facility in Harrisonburg, Va. He received a narcotic case of the year award from the Virginia Police Canine Association. (AP Photo/Daily News-Record, Nikki Fox)

Fusion Dance Crew, based at North Carolina State University, performs during the sixth annual Coalescence Hip-Hop Dance Showcase at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Daily News-Record, Daniel Lin)

Gorillas Pete and Nina, both born in 1968, celebrated their 47th birthdays with treats from zookeeper’s Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Jordan Stead)

Bill Vasek, left, and his wife, Connie, right, take fly fishing lessons from Steve Buckner, of Toledo, at South Lewis County Park Pond at sunset on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 in Toledo, Wash. The Tumwater, Wash. couple said they are planning a trip to Mexico to go bone fishing in March. (AP Photo/The Chronicle, Pete Caster)

Adam Westaby, right, and Savannah James emerge Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, from the icy waters of Half Moon Lake in Eau Claire, Wis. The two employees of a local grocery store were among several hundred people who participated in the Eau Claire Polar Plunge, a fund raiser for Special Olympics Wisconsin. The plunge took place on a day when the high temperature barely reached zero degrees with a wind chill reading near minus-25 degrees. (AP Photo/Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Steve Kinderman).

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