Best pictures from February 16
People walk over a beached Sperm Whale at Henne Strand, North of Esbjerg on the Danish West Coast, Denmark, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014.Christer Holte/The Associated Press
A bulldozer removes barricades at the site of recent clashes with riot police in Kiev February 16, 2014. Scores of Ukrainian anti-government protesters ended a two-month-old occupation of city hall in the capital Kiev on Sunday to meet a government amnesty offer.STRINGER/Reuters
A child sleeps at a temporary shelter, with a balloon tied to his arm, during an eruption from Mount Kelud at Pare village in Kediri, Indonesia's East java province February 16, 2014. More than 56,000 people were forced to flee their homes and four people were killed when Mount Kelud erupted late on Thursday in East Java province, coating cities and airports as far as 500 kilometers away in a layer of ash and stranding thousands of passengers.STRINGER/Reuters
A truck carries animals for evacuation past houses covered with ash following an eruption of Mount Kelud, in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. The eruption of the 1,731-meter (5,680-foot) -high mountain on Java island late Thursday was one of the most dramatic to hit Indonesia in recent years, with ash falling as far as 600 kilometers (370 miles) away.Trisnadi/The Associated Press
Canadian figure skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir during their ice dance short performance February 16, 2014 at the Sochi Winter Olympics.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Gondolas are shrouded in fog as they travel between biathlon and cross country skiing venues and the community below at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press
Russia's goalie Yulia Leskina makes a save on Japan in the second period of their women's classification ice hockey game at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, February 16, 2014.LASZLO BALOGH/Reuters
Olga Gharkova enters a aromatherapy room at the British Banya bathhouse, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, just a few miles away from the ski slopes where athletes are competing for Olympic medals.Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press
Pilot Edwin van Calker (front) and Bror van der Zijde of the Netherlands speed down the track during the men's two-man bobsleigh competition at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 16, 2014. Picture taken using multiple exposure function.FABRIZIO BENSCH/Reuters
A volunteer looks out of a window as he watches the preparation for the welcoming ceremony for India's team, in the Olympic athlete's village which stands on a mountain plateau in Rosa Khutor, during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics February 16, 2014. India completed its return to the Olympic family on Sunday when its flag was hoisted at the Sochi Games, five days after the International Olympic Committee lifted its suspension on the Asian nation.SHAMIL ZHUMATOV/Reuters
An aerial view of Deanna Irvin as she sledboards past her mother Mary Irvin (L), on a sand hill outside Moab, Utah, February 16, 2014. Temperatures in southeastern Utah were in the upper 60's Fahrenheit over the Presidents' Day holiday weekend.JIM URQUHART/Reuters
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes a selfie with a group of students in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 16, 2014. Kerry gave a speech urging Indonesia to address climate change, an issue that has long been a centerpiece of Kerry's foreign policy goals, even as developing Asian economies argue that the United States should shoulder more of the economic burden associated with carbon cutbacks.EVAN VUCCI/The New York Times
Opposition supporters shout slogans during a rally in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. Anti-government demonstrators in Ukraine's capital ended their nearly three-month occupation of Kiev City Hall on Sunday as promised in exchange for the release of all jailed protesters. But tensions remained high as hundreds stayed outside the building, vowing to retake it if the government fails to drop all criminal charges against the protesters.Sergei Chuzavkov/The Associated Press
A dog sniffs at "Fuleco", the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, during the "Blocao" dog carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. About 100 dogs have had their day at a pre-Carnival bash in Rio de Janeiro. A 10-man brass band and a singer belting out Rio's anthem song "Cidade Maravilhosa" (Marvelous City) kicked off the four-footed fest as dog owners gathered to party down with pooches on Copacabana beach Sunday.Silvia Izquierdo/The Associated Press