Farmers protest low crop prices in India, a shallow flood in Death Valley, a bird fair in Colombia, a wooden replica of the Eiffel Tower in France, unusually warm weather at a ski resort in Poland, a wild elephant in Sri Lanka, a chilly day at Niagara Falls, and much more
. Skip to the next and previous photo by typing j/k or ←/→.
-
An Iberian lynx runs after being released in the Sierra de Arana mountain range, 40 km from Granada, in Iznalloz, Spain, on February 20, 2024. Five Iberian lynxes were released in a mountainous area of the Andalusian province of Granada, as part of the "LIFE Lynx Connect" project to repopulate this native species. #
Jorge Guerrero / AFP / Getty Read more -
A wild elephant crosses a road in Habarana, Sri Lanka, on February 20, 2024. #
Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP / Getty Read more -
This photo taken on February 17, 2024, shows people walking past a dragon installation to celebrate the Lunar New Year on a street in Luoyang, in central China's Henan province. #
AFP / Getty Read more -
A large fire sweeps through two buildings in the Campanar neighborhood of Valencia, Spain, on February 22, 2024. #
Manuel Queimadelos Alonso / Getty Read more -
Gregoire Munster of Luxembourg and Louis Louka of Belgium compete on Day Three of the FIA World Rally Championship Sweden, on February 17, 2024, in Umea, Sweden. #
Massimo Bettiol / Getty Read more -
A bright rainbow lights up stormy skies in Robbins, California, on February 19, 2024. #
Josh Edelson / AFP / Getty Read more -
A Lent art installation created by Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Austria, on February 16, 2024. #
Alex Halada / AFP / Getty Read more -
A model poses at the "ON|OFF Presents... Jack Irving" showcase during London Fashion Week on February 16, 2024. #
Tristan Fewings / Getty Read more -
Baotu Spring is lit by colorful lantern installations during the 43rd Baotu Spring Lantern Show in Jinan, Shandong province, China, on February 19, 2024. #
VCG / Getty Read more -
Ice coats red plum trees during a cold snap in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, on February 21, 2024. #
CFoto / Future Publishing / Getty Read more -
People try to find their way out of a melting snow maze during an unusually high-temperature day in Zakopane, Poland, on February 16, 2024. #
Omar Marques / Anadolu / Getty Read more -
An aerial view of a ski slope operating with a dwindling amount of snow during an unusually warm day in Zakopane, Poland, on February 16, 2024 #
Omar Marques / Anadolu / Getty Read more -
The South Korean Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the first day of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 20, 2024. #
Vincent Thian / AP Read more -
An artistic light mapping installation is seen during the Bright Festival in Brussels, Belgium, on February 17, 2024. #
Yves Herman / Reuters Read more -
Supporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) party offer Friday prayers during a protest rally in Jamshoro, Pakistan, on February 16, 2024, amid claims of alleged vote-rigging in Pakistan's national elections. #
Akram Shahid / AFP / Getty Read more -
Tourists release sky lanterns during the Pingxi Lantern Festival in New Taipei City on February 17, 2024. #
I-Hwa Cheng / AFP / Getty Read more -
A boy swims in an area affected by floods due to the overflowing of the Batanghari River at Sungai Bungur village in Muaro Jambi, Indonesia, on February 20, 2024. #
Wahdi Septiawan / Antara Foto / Reuters Read more -
A model wears a creation as part of the Antonio Marras women's Fall-Winter 2024-25 collection presented in Milan, Italy, on February 21, 2024. #
Antonio Calanni / AP Read more -
French carpenter Frederic Malmezac works on a 16-meter replica of the Eiffel Tower built from recycled wood which they hope to display along the path of the Olympic torch relay and in Olympic sites for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in La Chevroliere, near Nantes, France, on February 19, 2024. #
Stephane Mahe / Reuters Read more -
An aerial image shows a home along Scenic Drive that stands on the edge of a cliff above the Pacific Ocean, after a landslide following heavy rains in Dana Point, California, on February 15, 2024. #
Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Getty Read more -
Displaced Palestinians walk next to the border fence between Gaza and Egypt on February 16, 2024, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. #
Mohammed Abed / AFP / Getty Read more -
An aerial view of a shepherd leading a herd of sheep on the snow-covered slopes of a hill in a rural area in Turkey's eastern city of Van on February 3, 2024. #
Ali Ihsan Ozturk / Anadolu / Getty Read more -
Parts of Niagara Falls froze due to extreme cold weather as a winter storm hit much of the Midwest and northern United States on February 19, 2024, in New York, United States. #
Lokman Vural Elibol / Anadolu / Getty Read more -
A hungry red fox, struggling in the wild, tracked its prey for an hour across a snow-covered landscape in the Göle district of Ardahan, Turkey, on February 15, 2024. The fox was eventually successful in its hunt. #
Murat Kaya / Anadolu / Getty Read more -
A golden-shaded British shorthair cat is admired by visitors as he is carried at the Cat Extravaganza event at Olympia in London, on February 18, 2024. #
Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP Read more -
An empress brilliant hummingbird is pictured in Dagua, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, during the 2024 Colombian Bird Fair on February 15, 2024. #
Joaquin Sarmiento / AFP / Getty Read more -
A man takes a photograph of blooming Kawazu zakura cherry trees on February 20, 2024, in Kawazu, Japan. In the small town on the east coast of the Izu Peninsula, a type of cherry blossom that begins to flower two months earlier than the normal type of cherry will be in full bloom by the end of February. #
Takashi Aoyama / Getty Read more -
Police detain a man as he tried to lay flowers to pay last respects to Alexei Navalny at the monument, a large boulder from the Solovetsky Islands, where the first camp of the Gulag political prison system was established, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 17, 2024. Russian authorities said that Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison. He was 47. #
AP Read more -
Visitors try on headsets in the Canon booth during the CP+ 2024 show on February 22, in Yokohama, Japan. The trade show, organized by the Camera and Imaging Products Association, is held through February 25. #
Tomohiro Ohsumi / Getty Read more -
A firefighter pets a rescued cat at the site of a house destroyed in a Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine, on February 17, 2024. #
Jose Colon / Anadolu / Getty Read more -
Israeli soldiers pose for a photo on the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, with destroyed buildings in Gaza seen in the background, on February 19, 2024. #
Tsafrir Abayov / AP Read more -
Tourists enjoy the rare opportunity to walk in water as they visit Badwater Basin, normally the driest place in the U.S., in California's Death Valley National Park on February 19, 2024. Badwater Basin was flooded by recent rains in California. #
David Swanson / AFP / Getty Read more -
A farmer equipped to face police tear gas poses for a photo, as Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices wait to march to the capital near the Shambhu border that divides northern Punjab and Haryana states, about 120 miles from New Delhi, India, on February 21, 2024. The protesting farmers began their march last week, but their efforts to reach the city have been blocked by authorities. #
Altaf Qadri / AP Read more -
Many cars crash near the end of the Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Florida, on February 19, 2024. #
John David Mercer / USA Today Sports / Reuters Read more -
A monorail train runs through blooming plum blossoms in the Fotuguan section of light rail line 2 in Chongqing, China, on February 19, 2024. #
Li Hongbo / VCG / Getty Read more We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com.
TheAtlantic.com Copyright (c) 2024 by The Atlantic Monthly Group. All Rights Reserved.