February 17, 2015

A man slides down a snow-covered hill in the northwest of Washington, D.C. Some 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) of snow fell in the city overnight. Schools and government offices closed Tuesday.

Ice hangs from buildings on Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts, Feb. 16, 2015.

People participate in a big snowball fight following a big winter storm at Meridian Park in Washington, D.C.

A view of an explosion after shelling is seen not far from Debaltseve, Ukraine. Government forces and pro-Russian separatists said they would not carry out an agreement to pull back heavy guns in east Ukraine.

White whales swim at an oceanarium at the Russky Island in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia.

Moe Kyaw Than, 45, a volunteer with the Myanmar Red Cross Society was wounded when the convoy he was in was fired upon by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), between the capital of Kokang, Laukkai, and Chinshwehaw, according to the Myanmar army.

Two mothers and their children eat before participating in the parade of the Carnival in Gijon, northern Spain, Feb. 16, 2015.

A worker fixes red lanterns ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations at the Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A bomb disposal expert investigates an unattended package in front of a cafe in Oesterbro, Copenhagen February 17, 2015.

Indian devotees travel on a ferry to Umananda, left, a river island in the Brahmaputra that houses a Shiva temple, during Shivratri festival in Gauhati.

Pakistani police officers and a volunteer rush an injured person to a hospital after a bombing in Lahore, Pakistan. An apparent suicide bombing killed five people outside a police complex in Lahore, officials said.

The Up'Ards and the Down'Ards fight for the ball during the first day of the Royal Shrovetide Football match in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England.

A participant falls during the fancy dress Great Spitalfields Pancake Race, off Brick Lane in east London.

Children wearing traditional costumes are seen during preparations for Lunar New Year celebrations in Hong Kong. The "Year of the Sheep" begins on February 19.

A model swings her purse at photographers as she gets into a limo following the Tory Burch Fall/Winter 2015 collection show during New York Fashion Week.

Clown-like performers known as Gilles take part in a carnival parade on Shrove in the streets of Binche, Belgium. The Binche Carnival tradition is one of the most ancient and representative of Wallonia and inscribed in 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

Dead pilot whales lay on a remote beach at Farewell Spit at the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island after beaching themselves on Feb.13, 2015.