FEBRUARY 21-27, 2020
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FEBRUARY 21-27, 2020
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A figure depicting U.S. President Donald Trump as Roman Emperor Nero is displayed in the traditional carnival parade in Mainz, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. (AP PhotoMichael Probst)
Ethan Elder, father of Finnegan Lee Elder, holds hands with his wife, Leah, as they attend the opening of the trial for the killing of an Italian police officer in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. In pre-trial court documents, prosecutors alleged that Finnegan Lee Elder, now 20, thrust an 18-centimeter (7-inch) knife repeatedly into Carabiniere Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello, while his friend, Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, now 19, scuffled with the officer's partner while they were vacationing in Rome last summer. (AP PhotoDomenico Stinellis)
Emilien Jacquelin of France, center; Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway, right, and Quentin Fillon Maillet of France, second left, compete in the men's 15 kilometer mass start competition during the Biathlon World Championships in Antholz, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. (AP PhotoMatthias Schrader)
Burkina Faso paratroopers train with Dutch special forces during a U.S. military-led annual counterterrorism exercise in Thies, Senegal on Tuesday Feb. 18, 2020. More than 1,500 service members from the armies of 34 African and partner training nations have assembled for the Flintlock exercises in Senegal and Mauritania, the two countries in West Africa's sprawling Sahel region that so far have not been hit by violence from extremists linked to al-Qaida or the Islamic State group. (AP PhotoCheikh A.T Sy)
A man wears a face mask in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during Pope Francis' weekly general audience, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. The viral outbreak that was discovered in China has infected tens of thousands globally. (AP PhotoAlessandra Tarantino)
A man sits alone at a table outside a bar along the Naviglio Grande canal in Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Italy has been scrambling to check the spread of Europe's first major outbreak of the new viral disease amid rapidly rising numbers of infections, calling off the popular Venice Carnival, scrapping major league soccer matches in the stricken area and shuttering theaters, including Milan's legendary La Scala. (AP PhotoLuca Bruno)
A man looks out of a window at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel in La Caleta, on the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Spanish officials say the tourist hotel has been placed in quarantine after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and Spanish news media says some 1,000 tourists staying at the complex are not allowed to leave. (AP Photo)
A fan kneels before Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo during a Europa League soccer match between Lyon and Juventus at the Lyon Olympic Stadium in Decines, France, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP PhotoLaurent Cipriani)
''Momotxorros'' take part in the carnival in Alsasua, northern Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. During the carnival the characters who seem to have been resurrected from a prehistoric ritual, come out onto the streets wearing horns and hiding their faces under headscarves, and dressed in a white sheet stained with blood. (AP PhotoAlvaro Barrientos)
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Chelsea's Olivier Giroud, left, and Bayern's Jerome Boateng jump for the ball during the Champions League round of 16 soccer match between Chelsea and Bayern Munich at Stamford Bridge in London, England, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP PhotoFrank Augstein)
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A Russian Communist party supporter carries a portrait of former Soviet leader Josef Stalin ahead of other demonstrators during a rally marking the Defenders of the Fatherland Day in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. The nationwide holiday honors the country's military. The Bolshoi Theatre is in the background. (AP PhotoAlexander Zemlianichenko)
A figure depicting U.S. President Donald Trump as Roman Emperor Nero is displayed in the traditional carnival parade in Mainz, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. (AP PhotoMichael Probst)
Ethan Elder, father of Finnegan Lee Elder, holds hands with his wife, Leah, as they attend the opening of the trial for the killing of an Italian police officer in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. In pre-trial court documents, prosecutors alleged that Finnegan Lee Elder, now 20, thrust an 18-centimeter (7-inch) knife repeatedly into Carabiniere Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello, while his friend, Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, now 19, scuffled with the officer's partner while they were vacationing in Rome last summer. (AP PhotoDomenico Stinellis)
Emilien Jacquelin of France, center; Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway, right, and Quentin Fillon Maillet of France, second left, compete in the men's 15 kilometer mass start competition during the Biathlon World Championships in Antholz, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. (AP PhotoMatthias Schrader)
Burkina Faso paratroopers train with Dutch special forces during a U.S. military-led annual counterterrorism exercise in Thies, Senegal on Tuesday Feb. 18, 2020. More than 1,500 service members from the armies of 34 African and partner training nations have assembled for the Flintlock exercises in Senegal and Mauritania, the two countries in West Africa's sprawling Sahel region that so far have not been hit by violence from extremists linked to al-Qaida or the Islamic State group. (AP PhotoCheikh A.T Sy)
A man wears a face mask in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during Pope Francis' weekly general audience, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. The viral outbreak that was discovered in China has infected tens of thousands globally. (AP PhotoAlessandra Tarantino)
A man sits alone at a table outside a bar along the Naviglio Grande canal in Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Italy has been scrambling to check the spread of Europe's first major outbreak of the new viral disease amid rapidly rising numbers of infections, calling off the popular Venice Carnival, scrapping major league soccer matches in the stricken area and shuttering theaters, including Milan's legendary La Scala. (AP PhotoLuca Bruno)
A man looks out of a window at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel in La Caleta, on the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Spanish officials say the tourist hotel has been placed in quarantine after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and Spanish news media says some 1,000 tourists staying at the complex are not allowed to leave. (AP Photo)
A fan kneels before Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo during a Europa League soccer match between Lyon and Juventus at the Lyon Olympic Stadium in Decines, France, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP PhotoLaurent Cipriani)
''Momotxorros'' take part in the carnival in Alsasua, northern Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. During the carnival the characters who seem to have been resurrected from a prehistoric ritual, come out onto the streets wearing horns and hiding their faces under headscarves, and dressed in a white sheet stained with blood. (AP PhotoAlvaro Barrientos)