Photos of the week
The most compelling photos from the week's news, February 20-26, 2016
In this photo, police guard the front door of Excel Industries in Hesston, Kansas, where a gunman killed three people and injured more than a dozen others, February 25, 2016. The gunman was identified as Cedric Ford, a 38-year-old plant worker, was shot and killed by Hesston Police Chief Doug Schroeder.
By CBSNews.com Senior Photo Editor Radhika Chalasani
Hollywood - Oscar statue
An Oscar statue stands covered in plastic at the entrance to the Dolby Theatre as preparations continue for the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, February 25, 2016. The Oscars will be presented on February 28, 2016.
China - Cadillac CT6
A man looks at a Cadillac CT6 displayed inside a fish tank during an event promoting the car's environmental-friendly features, in Shanghai, China, February 25, 2016.
Apple support rally
People gather in Santa Monica, California at a small rally in support of Apple's refusal to help the FBI access the cell phone of a gunman involved in the killings of 14 people in San Bernardino, California, February 23, 2016.
Justin Bieber at Brit Awards
Canadian singer Justin Bieber performs at the BRIT Awards at the O2 arena in London, February 24, 2016.
Lion checkup
Mandela, an African lion, undergoes an annual check-up at the Perth Zoo, February 24, 2016.
During the check-up, it was discovered that Mandela had a dental infection and some broken teeth.
Indonesia anti-terror police
Indonesian anti-terror police lead away two of six men arrested this week for their suspected involvement in last month's militant attack in Jakarta, at police headquarters in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, February 21, 2016.
John Kerry on Capitol Hill
Codepink activists protest behind U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the FY2017 State Department Budget Request on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 23, 2016.
Nepal crash
The body of one of the crew members of a Twin Otter plane, operated by private Tara Air, that crashed on Wednesday is carried to a vehicle from a helicopter at teaching hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, February 25, 2016.
Milky Way
This image of the Milky Way has been released to mark the completion of the APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (ATLASGAL).
Toklyo - Job-hunting pep rally
Japanese college students publicly declare that they will do their best in trying to find work during a job-hunting pep rally held to boost their morale, at an outdoor theatre in Tokyo, February 25, 2016.
Vietnamese fishing boats destroyed
Four of eight confiscated Vietnamese fishing boats are destroyed in Mempawah Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia on February 22, 2016.
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, together with the Indonesian Navy, destroyed 30 foreign fishing vessels in different locations across the country, which were seized earlier for illegal fishing in Indonesian waters.
Kalamazoo shooting victims mourned
People gather and pray at Center Point Church following a mass shooting on February 21, 2016 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Authorities said that a shooter who killed six people and injured two others was an Uber driver who appears to have gunned down people at random during a four-hour rampage in the parking lots of a western Michigan apartment complex, a car dealership and a Cracker Barrel store on February 21 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Iranians vote
Iranians fill in their ballots during elections for the parliament and Assembly of Experts, which has the power to appoint and dismiss the supreme leader, in Tehran, February 26, 2016.
South Sudan - Rehabilitation
A technician measures the amputated leg of Merceliuna Atiye, a woman from Yei, South Sudan, at the Physical Rehabilitation Reference Centre (PRRC) in Juba on February 22, 2016.
Atiye lost her left leg in a landmine while she was living as a refugee in the Democratic Republic of the Congo some years ago. The PRRC, run by the Government of South Sudan and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is the only one that attends victims of amputations in the country and provides prothesis. The more than two decades of armed conflict between North and
30th anniversary of People Power Revolution
Soldiers and police officers link arms as they march behind a Philippine military armored vehicle decorated with flowers during a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution that toppled late President Ferdinand Marcos, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, February 25, 2016.
Military competition
Members of youth military clubs take part in sport and military competitions among pre-enlistment aged youths in the southern city of Stavropol, Russia, February 25, 2016.
France - Bataclan concert hall
Didi (C), a security guard at the Bataclan concert hall, hugs Emmanuel Domenach (L) as Frank Auffret looks on, all three survivors of the Bataclan attack, in a cafe in Paris, February 24, 2016.
Didi, who was on duty on November 13, 2015 and saved hundreds of lives at the Bataclan concert hall, emerged as one of the silent heroes of the Paris attacks, as he continues to meet with survivors of the Bataclan attack and continues to help them recover from their traumas.
President Obama
President Barack Obama walks from the West Wing to the residence of the White House with a binder of potential Supreme Court nominees in Washington, D.C. on February 19, 2016.
Greece -Stranded refugees
Stranded refugees and migrants shouts slogans as they stage a protest demanding to be allowed to cross the Greek-Macedonian border at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, February 26, 2016.
Backstage at Milan Fashion Week
Photographers take pictures of models backstage of Etro Autumn/Winter 2016 women's collection during Milan Fashion Week, Italy, February 26, 2016.
New FIFA president
Newly elected FIFA President Gianni Infantino gestures next to UEFA Vice-President Angel Maria Villar Llona (L) during the Extraordinary Congress in Zurich, Switzerland on February 26, 2016.
Infantino was chosen as the new president of FIFA, a position which made his predecessor Sepp Blatter as instantly recognisable as some of the world's leading statesman.
New Space Ship Two
Richard Branson (R) stands with his son Sam (L) and daughter-in-law Isabella (2nd R) as he watches his one-year-old granddaughter Eva-Deia (2nd L) break a milk bottle to dedicate the new Space Ship Two, a six-passenger two-pilot vehicle meant to ferry people into space, that replaces a rocket destroyed during a test flight in October 2014, in Mojave, California, February 19, 2016.
Rabbi Yochanan Sofer's funeral
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man places a candle beside the body of Rabbi Yochanan Sofer, the spiritual leader of the Erlau dynasty, during his funeral in Jerusalem, February 22, 2016.
Rabbi Yochanan Sofer, a Holocaust survivor, immigrated to Israel in the 1950s from Hungary and later founded the Erlau yeshiva, or Jewish seminary, in Jerusalem. He died in Jerusalem on Monday at the age of 92.
Registration document for migrants
Wafy Al-Hamoud Alkhaldy, 36, and his wife Asma Al Saleh, 33, and their six children aged from five months old to 11 years old from the eastern Syrian town of Deir ez-Zor present their newly issued "Ankunftsnachweis", an initial German registration document for migrants following their registration at the former British Harewood barracks in Herford, western Germany, February 22, 2016.
Wafy and Asma left Syria after their home was destroyed by an airstrike. The family finally were able to cross the Syrian-Turkish border following a 10km march after 14 unsuccessfull attempts early in January 2016. After paying $600 for each person to people traffickers the family reached the Greek island of Lesbos from where they took the so-called Balkan-Route to Germany.
Yosemite's "firefall"
For a couple of weeks in February Yosemite National Park's Horsetail Falls is turned into a glowing "firefall" for a brief 10 minutes a day at sunset.
The rare illusion happens when conditions are perfectly aligned - snow, rain, clear skies and, most importantly, a setting sun in winter at a particular angle.
Child born with microcephaly
Physiotherapist Jeime Lara Leal does exercises with Lucas, 4-months old, who is Miriam Araujo's second child and born with microcephaly in Pedro I hospital in Campina Grande, Brazil, February 17, 2016.
Kevin Spacey portrait
Actor Kevin Spacey stands beside a portrait of his House of Cards character President Frank J. Underwood on the day of its unveiling at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington February 22, 2016.
The portrait was painted by British artist Jonathan Yeo.
Beirut's garbage crisis
A general view shows packed garbage bags in Jdeideh, Beirut, February 23, 2016.
Lebanon cancelled a plan to export its rubbish to Russia according to a government agency, sending Beirut's six-month garbage crisis back to square one as mountains of trash choke the city's air and streets.
Ebola
Pauline Cafferkey enters an isolation tent before boarding a RAF Hercules at Glasgow Airport on February 23, 2016 in Scotland. The RAFHercules aircraft is transporting her to London where she will be treated at the Royal Free Hospital.
Cafferkey was admitted to London's Royal Free Hospital due to a complication related to her previous Ebola virus infection.
Makha Bucha Day
Buddhist monks pray at Wat Phra Dhammakaya during a ceremony on Makha Bucha Day in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok February 22, 2016.
The Dhammakaya temple is regarded as the country's richest Buddhist temple. Makha Bucha Day honours Buddha and his teachings, and falls on the full moon day of the third lunar month.
Kesha leaves court
Pop star Kesha (C) leaves Supreme court in New York, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.
Kesha is fighting to wrest her career away from a hitmaker she says drugged, sexually abused and psychologically tormented her _ and still has exclusive rights to make records with her. Producer Dr. Luke says the singer is slinging falsehoods and ruining his reputation to try to weasel out of her recording contract and strike a new deal.
Ethan Couch case - Victim in court
Confined to a wheelchair, Sergio Molina, right, is hugged by his mother Maria Lemus after a juvenile court hearing for Ethan Couch Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, in Fort Worth, Texas.
Molina was a victim of the fatal drunken-driving wreck in 2013 that killed four people for which Couch was convicted of causing.
Spain - Mobile World Congress
People wear Samsung Gear VR devices as they attend the launching ceremony of the new Samsung S7 and S7 edge smartphones during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 21, 2016.