The week in photos for Feb. 16 to Feb. 22
Indian brides from impoverished families, dressed in wedding finery, wait for their grooms to arrive during a mass marriage ceremony in New Delhi, India. Twelve couples tied the knot in a single ceremony organized by a social organization, that would otherwise have cost each family thousands of dollars.Saurabh Das/The Associated Press
Reflections from the building that will act as Team Canada's residence in the Pan Am/Para Pan Am Games Athletes Village in Toronto.Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Orhan Duzgun falls down as lawmakers from his party and the ruling AK Party (R) scuffle during a debate on a legislation to boost police powers at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara.Reuters
A rebel fighter from the Free Syrian Army's Al Rahman legion covers his ears during the launching of a mortar at the frontline against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the besieged town of Arbeen in the eastern Ghouta of Damascus.Reuters
Jasmin Glaesser, Stephanie Roorda, Kirsty Lay, Alison Beveridge of Canada Cycling team compete in the Womens Team Pursuit Qualifying round during the UCI Track Cycling World Championships held at National Velodrome in Paris.Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images
Artists perform during the flower parade of the 131st Carnival of Nice. The Carnival will run up to March 1 and will celebrate the "King of Music".Eric Gaillard/Reuters
Lights are on as people work in their offices in a skyscraper in downtown Milan.Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
Baby gorilla Diara explores its enclosure at the Zoo in Leipzig, Germany.Jens Meyer/The Associated Press
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
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