Best pictures from February 17
Belarus' winner Anton Kushnir competes during the men's freestyle skiing aerials qualification round at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Rosa Khutor February 17, 2014.DYLAN MARTINEZ/Reuters
Members of the York Regional Police Department plunge into an icy pool as they take part in a Family Day urban polar bear dip to benefit children's cancer initiatives in Toronto's Yonge and Dundas Square on Monday February 17, 2014.Chris Young/The Globe and Mail
People skate on the Rideau Canal Skateway at Dow's Lake on the last day of the Winterlude Festival, as seen from a winter hot air balloon flight in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
The Olympic Rings are pictured on a fogged-up window of a gondola heading to the freestyle skiing men's aerials at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press
Vladimir Luxuria, right, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, walks through the Olympic Plaza as visitors look on at left at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Luxuria was soon after detained by police upon entering the Shayba Arena to attend a women's ice hockey match.David Goldman/The Associated Press
Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, is detained by police after entering the Shayba Arena at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.David Goldman/The Associated Press
A Russian fan wears face paint while attending men's curling competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.Robert F. Bukaty/The Associated Press
A firefighter attempts to extinguish a fire which broke out on piles of reed at a paper factory in Changde, Hunan province February 16, 2014. No casualty was reported, according to local media. Picture taken February 16, 2014.CHINA STRINGER NETWORK/Reuters
Canada's Christopher Robanske and his compatriots play with a tennis ball as they wait for the start of the men's snowboarding cross qualification round during a delay because of the fog at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Rosa Khutor February 17, 2014.MIKE BLAKE/Reuters
Palestinian Hamas militants march during a training exercise in Gaza February 17, 2014.MOHAMMED SALEM/Reuters
A woman sits on a bench on a flooded Thames riverside path in Staines, southern England February 17, 2014. Engulfing towns and countryside, floods have triggered the biggest rescue operation in Britain since World War Two. Tens of thousands have been left without power, others evacuated from their homes after the wettest January on record pushed river banks to breaking point. There is now concern that the unrelenting bad weather could be severe enough to dent Britain's economic recovery.TOBY MELVILLE/Reuters
An opposition supporter shouts at a riot police officer during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas February 17, 2014. Venezuela ordered the expulsion of three U.S. diplomats on Monday on charges of recruiting university students to lead demonstrations that have left three dead in the OPEC nation's most serious violence since President Nicolas Maduro's election in April.Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
Skaters in period dress make their way along a river trail near the historic site of the Forks, the confluence of the Red and Assinibione rivers in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, February 17, 2014. Hundreds of people took to the rivers in warmer weather and on Louis Riel day, a provincial holiday.LYLE STAFFORD/Reuters
Canadians ice dance partners Mitchell Islam and Alexandra Paul during the free dance competition at Sochi Winter Olympics February 17, 2014.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Canadian ice dance partners Tessa Virtur and Scott Moir after winning sliver hug gold winning americans Charlie White and partner Meryl Davis along with their coaches at Sochi Winter Olympics February 17, 2014.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail