Best photos of February 15: Winter in California to Art Deco festival in Napier - in pictures
A car in the Tahoe-Donner neighbourhood after an overnight winter storm in Truckee, eastern California, on Friday, February 14, 2025. AP Photo
Traditional instruments are played during the annual boat regatta in Yauri, Kebbi State, Nigeria, on February 14, 2025. The festival began about 200 years ago to celebrate the naval strength of the Gungu people, where warriors annually attacked dangerous hippopotamus that were destroying farmlands. AFP
Red-crowned cranes spread their wings in a courtship dance at the feeding area of the Tsurui Ito Red-crowned Crane Sanctuary in the village of Tsurui, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 15, 2025. AFP
A mother and son stand on a balcony in Al Remal neighbourhood of Gaza city on February 14, 2025. EPA
Guau Tap Brewery in collaboration with welfare organisations Brigada Murci and El Refugio stage a Valentine's Day blind date event for dog adoptions in Mexico City. Reuters
A flyboarder salutes during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony for the Komodo 2025 multilateral naval exercise at Benoa port in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on February 14. AFP
The Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, where Pope Francis was taken on Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened and is receiving drug therapy for a respiratory tract infection. AP Photo
Israelis watch a live Gaza broadcast of the release of three Israeli hostages during a gathering at the so-called Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on February 15, 2025. AP Photo
People cast their ballot during early presidential elections in Sukhumi, the capital of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia in the South Caucasus, on 15 February, 2025. EPA
A woman in Art Deco costume poses for a photograph on February 15, 2025 in the city of Napier on New Zealand's north island. The Napier Art Deco Festival 2025 runs from February 13 to 16. Getty Images
