February 21, 2017

A civilian who escaped Islamic State territory phones his family he left behind, in Abu Saif, Iraq. Iraqi forces advanced into the southern outskirts of Mosul in a push to drive Islamic State militants from the city's western half.

Israeli soldier Elor Azaria (R), who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant in March 2016, is embraced by his mother Oshra (L) at the start of his sentencing hearing in a military court in Tel Aviv.

Snow is seen in the moat surrounding the Forbidden City during a snowfall in Beijing, China.

A municipal guard fires tear gas at demonstrators during a protest against the state government in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 20, 2017. The protesters denounced a proposal to privatize the state's water and sewage company.

Afghan children play in a refugee camp situated in the suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan, Feb. 20, 2017.

Emergency services personnel are seen at the site of a plane crash in Essendon, in Melbourne, Australia.

Farmers clash with riot police in the background as another group of demonstrators runs across the street during a protest by coca leaf farmers in La Paz, Bolivia.

Libyan Red Crescent volunteers can be seen recovering the bodies of 74 migrants that washed ashore near Zawiyah on Libya’s northern coast, Feb. 20, 2017.

Orange parrot (Eupsittula canicularis) and catalnica (Brotogeris jugularis) chicks are seen at "El Tronador" Wildlife Rescue Center in Berlin, 107 kilometers southwest of San Salvador.

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) activists wear crocodile masks during a demonstration against the use of crocodile skins ahead of Milan's Fashion Week, in Milan's Duomo Square, Italy.