February 22, 2022

A tank drives along a street in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine, after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of Russian troops to two breakaway areas in eastern Ukraine following the recognition of their independence.

In this photo provided by the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, lawmakers listen to the national song as they attend a session in Moscow. Lawmakers gave President Vladimir Putin permission to use military force outside the country.

Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya speaks as the United Nations Security Council meets in New York, Feb. 21, 2022, after Russia recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities.

Election officials look up a duty chart that shows their voting stations on the day before the fourth part of polling for Uttar Pradesh state elections in Lucknow, India.

A surfer competes during the Punta Galea Challenge big wave surfing international competition in the Northern Spanish city of Getxo.

Indigenous people from Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, wait for a ceremony to start at the National Museum of Natural History to mark the return of a Moai Tau del Ivi Tupuna statue in Santiago, Chile, Feb. 21, 2022.

People leave after the opening ceremony of the Museum of the Future, a show space for futuristic ideas, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

A man walks along Athalassas Park Lake in Nicosia, Cyprus, Feb. 21, 2022.