• Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, hits the wall as he slides down the track on a skeleton sled during an Invictus Games training camp, in Whistler, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 is scheduled to take place from Feb. 8-16, 2025. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press via AP)
    Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, hits the wall as he slides down the track on a skeleton sled during an Invictus Games training camp, in Whistler, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 is scheduled to take place from Feb. 8-16, 2025. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press via AP)
  • Kenyan-Mexican actress and president of the film festival's international jury, Lupita Nyong‘o, on the red carpet before the opening ceremony of the 74th Berlinale, in Berlin. AFP
    Kenyan-Mexican actress and president of the film festival's international jury, Lupita Nyong‘o, on the red carpet before the opening ceremony of the 74th Berlinale, in Berlin. AFP
  • Palestinian national football team defenders Bashar Shobaki, left, and Ali Rabei, right, pose for a photograph from the top of Table Mountain, in Cape Town. AFP
    Palestinian national football team defenders Bashar Shobaki, left, and Ali Rabei, right, pose for a photograph from the top of Table Mountain, in Cape Town. AFP
  • Palestinians fleeing Khan Younis arrive in Rafah with their belongings in a damaged car. AFP
    Palestinians fleeing Khan Younis arrive in Rafah with their belongings in a damaged car. AFP
  • A visitor films an exhibit during the preview of Signs And Objects: Pop Art From The Guggenheim Collection, featuring works from the art movement that explored the visual language of popular culture, at the Guggenheim Museum, in Bilbao, Spain. Reuters
    A visitor films an exhibit during the preview of Signs And Objects: Pop Art From The Guggenheim Collection, featuring works from the art movement that explored the visual language of popular culture, at the Guggenheim Museum, in Bilbao, Spain. Reuters
  • A Seattle Mariners baseball player tosses a ball against a wall during drills at spring training, in Peoria, Arizona. AP
    A Seattle Mariners baseball player tosses a ball against a wall during drills at spring training, in Peoria, Arizona. AP
  • Villagers of the Hoang Mai district fight for a ball made of dried jackfruit, weighing 25kg, during the Thuy Linh village traditional ball scrambling festival, in Hanoi, Vietnam. EPA
    Villagers of the Hoang Mai district fight for a ball made of dried jackfruit, weighing 25kg, during the Thuy Linh village traditional ball scrambling festival, in Hanoi, Vietnam. EPA
  • A hot-air balloon in the French Alps. AFP
    A hot-air balloon in the French Alps. AFP
  • Birds featured during the 2024 Colombian Bird Fair, which runs until February 18, in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. AFP
    Birds featured during the 2024 Colombian Bird Fair, which runs until February 18, in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. AFP
  • A mural honouring journalists in Gaza, painted on a wall in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town. AFP
    A mural honouring journalists in Gaza, painted on a wall in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town. AFP
  • Actress and activist Susan Sarandon speaks against US funding to Israel, and in support of Gaza and a ceasefire, as she visits the office of House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, during an advocacy day organised by CODEPINK, in Washington. Reuters
    Actress and activist Susan Sarandon speaks against US funding to Israel, and in support of Gaza and a ceasefire, as she visits the office of House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, during an advocacy day organised by CODEPINK, in Washington. Reuters
  • People stand around a crater created by a Russian missile strike, in the village of Buda-Babynetska, near Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters
    People stand around a crater created by a Russian missile strike, in the village of Buda-Babynetska, near Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters
  • Actress Anya Taylor-Joy attends the world premiere of the film Dune: Part Two, in London. Reuters
    Actress Anya Taylor-Joy attends the world premiere of the film Dune: Part Two, in London. Reuters

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February 16, 2024

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