February 19, 2021

Asylum-seekers wait for news of policy changes at the border in Tijuana, Mexico. After waiting months in Mexico, people seeking asylum in the U.S. are being permitted to enter the country starting Feb. 19, 2021, as they wait for courts to decide on their cases.

Water to be loaded onto vehicles is seen at a City of Houston water distribution site. The area was set up to provide bottled water to individuals while the city remains on a boil water notice or because of frozen water pipes in homes.

Volunteers evacuate elderly women with a boat in an area affected by floods, following heavy rains in Jakarta, Indonesia, in this picture taken by Antara Foto.

Family members of victims of the August 2020 Beirut port explosion hold pictures of their loved ones who killed during the explosion, as they burn tires to block a road during a sit-in outside the Justice Palace, in Beirut, Lebanon.

Smoke rises from the Mt. Etna volcano as seen from Giarre, Sicily.

Japan's Sara Takanashi competes in the women's Ski Jumping World Cup event in Rasnov, Romania.

Workers spray disinfectant in the playground of a primary school in Huaibei, in eastern China's Anhui province, as the school prepares for the start of a new term.

A protester holds up a sign with a picture of Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing, who died from a gunshot wound after being shot in the head last week, during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar.

People look at images seen on the wall and reflected in a mirror during a virtual show called "Immersive Van Gogh" at the Lighthouse ArtSpace, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

This image form above shows local people visiting a riverside park in Taipei during the Lunar New Year.