Photos of the week

Riot police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators as they try to march to the Turkish Parliament during a protest against Turkey's ruling Ak Party (AKP) government in Ankara, Feb. 26, 2014.

Russia

Children watch their classmates pour cold water on themselves under the watch of fitness coach Oksana Kabochko at local kindergarten number 317 during a snowfall in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Feb. 21, 2014.

Ukraine

Men carry a cross of the crucifixion to points in Independence Square where anti-government demonstrators were killed in clashes with police last week in Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2014.

India

An artist is helped with getting dressed as both Hindu god Lord Shiva and his wife goddess Parvati before taking part in a religious procession ahead of the Mahashivratri festival in Jammu, Feb. 26, 2014.

India

Arrested Kashmiri state government employees shout anti-government slogans while crammed inside a police truck in Srinagar, Feb. 22, 2014.

North Korea

A NASA image released on Feb. 24, 2014 shows a photo taken by the Expedition 38 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Jan. 30, 2014 of the night view of the Korean Peninsula, and North Korea in the middle is almost completely dark compared to neighboring South Korea (bottom right) and China (top left).

Thailand

Thai police commandos take part in an anti-terrorism drill at the Crime Suppression Department headquarters in Bangkok, Feb. 26, 2014.

Syria

This picture taken on Jan. 31, 2014, and released by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), shows residents of the besieged Palestinian camp of Yarmouk, lining up to receive food supplies, in Damascus, Syria.

Ukraine

An anti-Yanukovich protester buckles her helmet as she stands guard outside the parliament building along with her comrades in Kiev, Feb. 27, 2014.

China

Soldiers take part in a drill during a heavy snow in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, Feb. 26, 2014.

Israel

A partial view of the Old City of Jerusalem during sunset, Feb. 22, 2014.

Lebanon

UNHCR's special envoy actress Angelina Jolie smiles as she meets with Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley, Feb. 23, 2014.

Thailand

The body of one of the siblings killed in a bomb blast near an anti-government protest site on Sunday is prepared for a funeral at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Feb. 24, 2014.

England

Tottenham Hotspur's Jan Vertonghen (L) challenges Dnipro's Roman Zozulya during their Europa League soccer match at White Hart Lane, in London, Feb. 27, 2014.

Ukraine

Anti-government protesters shout "Glory to the Ukraine" as they man a barricade at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 21, 2014.

Kentucky

Army Pvt. Daniel Cianella sweeps the floor following a welcome home ceremony for members of the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division in the Natcher Physical Fitness Center at Fort Knox, Feb. 27, 2014.

India

An Indian man moves out of the way of a leopard in the northern Indian city of Meerut, Feb. 23, 2014.

Florida

A view of the Delta IV rocket streaking across the sky after launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is seen from Port Canaveral, Fla., Feb. 20, 2014.

Argentina

Newlyweds Alexander Emereev, left, and Dmitry Zaytsev, right, both of Russia, are showered with rice as they pose with their marriage book in Buenos Aires, Feb. 25, 2014.

Russia

Artists perform during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Feb. 23, 2014.

North Korea

North Korean trainers direct dolphins performing at a dolphinarium in Pyongyang, Feb. 28, 2014.

Indonesia

Motorist in Pekan Baru City wear face masks for covered from the haze in Pekan Baru, Riau, Indonesia, Feb. 28, 2014. Air quality has reached dangerous levels as forest fires rage on in Indonesia's Riau province.

Japan

A couple wearing wedding costumes races with heart-shaped balloons in the Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Feb. 23, 2014.