FEB. 14: An orangutan drinks milk on a couch at a studio, in Kunming, Yunnan province, China.
FEB. 15: A dog owner sleeps in the benching area before judging at the 2016 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in the Manhattan.
FEB. 12: Paula, 7, poses with her horse on the cracked ground of Atibainha dam, part of the Cantareira reservoir near Sao Paulo, Brazil.
FEB. 14: A bride gets her make-up done before the start of a mass marriage ceremony in Kolkata, India. A total of 150 tribal Hindu, Muslim and Christian couples from various villages across the region took their wedding vows during the ceremony.
FEB. 16: A woman with an umbrella walks in the rain past a U.S. flag painted on a building in Manhattan.
FEB. 16: Nuns participate in a Mass by Pope Francis at Venustiano Carranza stadium in Morelia, Mexico.
FEB. 16: Ethnic Miao men wearing traditional masks smear dust on a woman's face to wish her good luck during a Lunar New Year celebration in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
FEB. 16: A worker carries a fresh wheel of Parmesan wheel from a storehouse shelf at a dairy cooperative in Modena, Italy, As Parmesan has gotten costly and prices too volatile for Italy's strained banks to finance, 4 Madonne Caseificio dell'Emilia, near Bologna, came up with a novel solution: funding its needs with bonds backed by wheels of cheese. The cooperative is an exception to small businesses struggling to get long-term financing as a credit crunch still threatens to hold back Italy's fragile economic recovery.
FEB. 17: A Belgian fighter from the Democratic Forces of Syria looks out of a military vehicle in Ghazila village after taking control of the town from Islamic State forces in the southern countryside of Hasaka,
FEB. 17: An aerial view shows part of Calanques National Park on the Mediterranean coast near Marseille, France.
FEB. 18: An Islamic State fighter who was taken prisoner with fellow fighters by Democratic Forces of Syria are transported by truck near al-Shadadi, Syria.
FEB. 18: Supporters of incumbent President Mahamadou Issoufou attend a campaign rally in Niamey, Niger. Niger was to hold presidential and legislative elections on Sunday.
FEB. 18: A Thai migrant catches crabs in an estuary off Zikim beach in the Mediterranean Sea near the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.
FEB. 18: Lady Gaga models a creation by Marc Jacobs during a presentation of his Fall/Winter 2016 collection – part of New York Fashion Week in Manhattan.
FEB. 18: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton hugs linen room worker Brana Marancic during a campaign stop at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
FEB. 18: Australian dog trainer and former surfing champion Chris de Aboitiz rides a wave with his dogs Millie and Rama off Sydney's Palm Beach. De Aboitiz uses the discipline of surfing as a way of teaching owners to build healthy relationships with man's best friend.
FEB. 18: British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, and European Council President Donald Tusk sit down to talk ahead of a European Union leaders summit addressing the so-called Brexit – British exit – and the migrants crisis, in Brussels, Belgium.
FEB. 18: New York Islanders right wing Cal Clutterbuck (15) hits Washington Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov during the second period of game at Barclays Center.
FEB.18: Scott Buchler, the principal of Northwest High School in Jackson, Michigan, kisses Patti the pig during an assembly. The school's administrators and faculty promised to kiss the pot-bellied pig after students raised about $800 for a local humane society.
FEB. 19: A devotee is carried around town in a vessel as part of rituals during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival at Thecho in Lalitpur, Nepal.
FEB. 19: A migrant plays with his baby as they wait to enter Macedonia from Greece near Gevgelija, Macedonia.
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