The best images from around the world for Feb. 16
Palestinians shout during a protest calling for reconstruction of their houses that witnesses said were destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer.Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis gives a press conference at the end of an Eurogroup finance ministers meeting in Brussels. Eurozone ministers handed Greece an ultimatum to request an extension to its hated bailout program.Emmanuel Dunand/AFP / Getty Images
Revelers of the Grande Rio samba school perform during the first day of carnival parade at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Vanderlei Almeida/AFP / Getty Images
A cat makes its way down a set of stairs at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, or Presidential Palace, near an honour guard standing in formation prior to the welcome ceremony for Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena in New Delhi.Roberto Schmidt/AFP / Getty Images
A young Chinese traveler wheels her bag as others wait in the departure area for a train at a local railway station in Beijing.Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
A man mourns for the Egyptian Coptic Christians captured in Libya and killed by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, outside of the Virgin Mary church in the village of el-Aour, Egypt.Hassan Ammar/The Associated Press
A migrant child wears mittens on her feet as she arrives with her mother on the boat "Nos Taurus Genova" at the Sicilian harbor of Pozzallo.Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
Hundreds of people gather for a vigil in honour of the victims of shooting attacks in Copenhagen, Denmark.Michael Probst/The Associated Press
A Bichon Frise in the judging area at Pier 92 and 94 in New York City on the first day of competition at the 139th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.Timothy A. Clary/AFP / Getty Images
A man rides a snowmobile in downtown Charlottetown . A major winter storm with rain, snow and high winds is disrupting travel and power outages have been reported across the region.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press