The Week in Pictures: February 15, 2019 - MSN.com

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Huai'an, China
Aerial view of a citizen with an umbrella walking at Hongze District after snow on Feb. 8.




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Washington, D.C.
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is sworn in before testifying to the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill Feb. 8. Following a subpoena fight between committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and the Justice Department, Whitaker was questioned about his oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.




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Yamanouchi, Japan
Macaque monkeys bathe in a hot spring on Feb. 8.




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Moscow, Russia
Skiing enthusiasts start in the traditional mass skiing competition "Ski-track of Russia," just outside Moscow on Feb. 9.




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New York City
Gwendoline Christie walks the runway for the Tomo Koizumi fashion show during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 8.




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Lawrence, Massachusetts
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) looks at supporters gathered during her presidential candidacy announcement on Feb. 9.




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Cucuta, Colombia
Detail of a bag made with Venezuelan money seen in the La Parada neighborhood of Cucuta, Colombia, near the border with Tachira, Venezuela, on Feb. 9.




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Pebble Beach, Calif
Brian Gay hits his approach shot from the ninth fairway of the Pebble Beach Golf Links during the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament, on Feb. 9.




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Bagouz, Syria
Civilians who have fled fighting board trucks after being screened by members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at a makeshift screening point in the desert on Feb. 9, in Bagouz, Syria. After weeks of fighting the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the start of a final operation to oust ISIS from Bagouz the last village held by the extremist group.




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Melbourne, Australia
Competitors race during the Six Day Series track cycling competition at Melbourne Arena on Feb. 9.

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Volta Redonda, Brazil
A friend, wearing a Flamengo soccer kit, grieves over the coffin containing the remains of the young soccer player Arthur Vinicius, one of the victims of a fire at a Brazilian soccer academy, during his funeral in Volta Redonda, Brazil, Feb. 9. A fire early last Friday swept through the sleeping quarters of an academy for Brazil's popular professional soccer club Flamengo, killing 10 people and injuring three, most likely teenage players, authorities said.




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Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Tire barricades are set ablaze on Feb. 10 by demonstrators on the fourth day of protests against Haitian President Jovenel Moise and misuse of Petrocaribe fund.




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Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Worshippers gather around candles stuck to jars with honey during a religious mass to mark the day of Saint Haralampi, the Orthodox patron saint of beekeepers, in the church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria Feb. 10.




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Are, Sweden
Lindsey Vonn poses with her medals following a press conference after the Women's Downhill event of the 2019 FIS Alpine Ski World Championships at the National Arena in Are, Sweden on Feb. 10.




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Los Angeles, California
Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Alicia Keys, Michelle Obama, and Jennifer Lopez speak onstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on Feb. 10, in Los Angeles, California.




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Alamogordo, New Mexico
Visitors walk across dunes at White Sands National Monument as a rain storm passes on Feb. 10.




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Uttar Pradesh, India
Thousands of Hindu pilgrims take a ritualistic dip on the auspicious day of Basant Panchami during the Kumbh Mela or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Feb. 10. The Kumbh Mela is a series of ritual baths by Hindu sadhus, or holy men, and other pilgrims at Sangam that dates back to at least medieval times. Pilgrims bathe in the river believing it cleanses them of their sins and ends their process of reincarnation.




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Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) declares her candidacy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Feb. 10.




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Rio Bravo, United States
A U.S. border patrol boat rescues migrants crossing the Rio Bravo towards the United States, as seen from Piedras Negras, Mexico, Feb. 10.




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Karachi, Pakistan
A Pakistani official uses a steamroller to crush bottles of liquor beside a burning pile of drugs on the outskirts of Karachi on Feb. 11, during an event organized by the Pakistan Coast Guards to destroy seized illicit alcohol and drugs smuggled into the country.

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El Paso, Texas
Supporters of President Donald Trump cheer during a rally in El Paso, Texas on Feb. 11.




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Seattle, Washington
Antoniette Richards, left, and her friends Zusette Rios, center, of Dallas, and Sister Monyen, of the Philippines, examine a nearly life-sized snow sculpture of a sea lion on Feb. 11.




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Oban, Scotland
Carianne MacDonald, from Ardhan Fold on the Isle of North Uist, kisses her bull after he was sold at a sale of pedigree highland cattle on Feb. 11, in Oban, Scotland.




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Kaminoyama, Japan
Participants dressed in 'Kendai,' or a bird-shaped straw coats, dance to taiko drumming during the Kasedori Festival in Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, on Feb. 11, to pray for good harvest, good fortune and fire prevention.




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Caracas, Venezuela
Venezuelan opposition leader and self declared acting president Juan Guaido (C, with helmet) leaves after a rally in eastern Caracas on Feb. 12.




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New York City
Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Joaquin Guzman, departs after the trial of Mexican drug lord known as "El Chapo" at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse on Feb. 12.




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Boston, Massachusetts
A woman and child walk through a winter snow storm in Boston, Massachusetts, on Feb. 12.




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Najaf, Iraq
Women marking the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran look at portraits of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as they visit the house where he lived during his 13-year exile in Iraq on Feb. 13.




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Naivasha, Kenya
A woman picks roses inside a greenhouse at Wildfire Flowers on Feb. 13, in Naivasha, Kenya.




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Brumadinho, Brazil
A firefighter takes part in the search for victims at the Vale plant, 20 days after the rupture of a tailings dam of mining company Vale in Corrego do Feijao, near Brumadinho, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, on Feb. 13.

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Cucuta, Colombia
A Venezuelan girl lines up to receive a free lunch at the "Divina Providencia" migrant shelter outskirts of Cucuta, on the Colombian-Venezuelan border, on Feb. 13.




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Varna, Bulgaria
A heart-shaped hot air balloon is seen at Valentine's event on Feb. 13 in Varna, Bulgaria.




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Gevgelija, Republic of North Macedonia
Workers replace signage with an adhesive banner that reads "Republic of North Macedonia" near the southern border with Greece on Feb. 13 Workers in the newly renamed North Macedonia have begun replacing road signs to reflect the change in their country's name, following a deal with neighboring Greece to end a nearly three decade-long dispute and secure NATO membership.




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Toulouse, France
A picture taken on Feb. 14 shows parts of an Airbus A380 MSN 266 at an Airbus plant, as the  European aerospace giant announced it would end production of the A380 superjumbo.