وێنهی 2 ی سێی 2015
Iraqi government forces and allied militias fire weaponry from a position in the northern part of Diyala province, bordering Salaheddin province, as they take part in an assault to retake the city of Tikrit from jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group.
Student protesters shout inside a monastery compound after police surrounded the monastery apparently to prevent them from proceeding with a protest march against an academic law to Yangon from Letpadan, north of Yangon, Myanmar, to protest against an academic law.
Performers spray molten iron against a concrete wall to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival in Nuanquan town of Yuxian County, Hebei province, China, March 1, 2015.
A woman holds a sign reading "I am not afraid" during a march in Moscow, Russia, in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov who was shot and killed near the Kremlin on Feb. 27, 2015. (Photo taken by Vladimir Zablitsky from Moscow on March 1, 2015)
A harbor light on Lake Michigan at the 31st Street Harbor in Chicago, Illinois, is covered by snow and ice, March 1, 2015.
A woman looks at Hina dolls and thousands of hanging decorations marking Girls' Day at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan. March 3 is celebrated as Girls' Day to pray for the vigorous growth of girls in the family.
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry Virts and Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore venture outside the International Space Station for their third spacewalk in eight days. Virts and Wilmore completed installing 400 feet of cable and several antennas associated with the Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles system known as C2V2.
The beautiful tones of the morning sunrise over lower Manhattan as reflected in the icy waters of the Hudson river made waiting outside in the frosty 7° C air all worth it! (Photo taken by Daniel Leavey of Jersey City in New Jersey on Feb. 21, 2015)
A farmer pulls an old fishing net over a rice field to protect it from birds in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia.
A participant in the Chicago Polar Plunge is engulfed by the partially frozen waters of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 2015.
A man shields himself from women playfully beating him with sticks as part of Holi celebrations at Gokul village in Mathura district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Children react with their faces covered in cream from a 450-meter-long cake that was prepared as part of celebrations to mark the 450th anniversary of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 1, 2015.
An American Robin perches on a tree branch enjoying snowflakes in freezing weather in Virginia, Feb. 26, 2015. (Diaa Bekheet/VOA)
A woman uses Samsung Gear vr during the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Grumpy Cat attends the World Premiere of Cinderella in Los AngelesMarch 1, 2015.