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(L-R) Doug Emhoff and Former Vice President Kamala Harris, winner of the Chairman’s Award, pose in the press room during the 56th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2025 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
(L-R) Former Vice President Kamala Harris accepts the Chairman's Award from Leon W. Russell, Chair, NAACP National Board of Directors, onstage during the 56th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2025 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)
(L-R) Former Vice President Kamala Harris, winner of the Chairman’s Award, Devin Freeman, and Doug Emhoff in the press room during the 56th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2025 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for BET)
(L-R) Shanice Williams, Moriah Brown, Kylie Jefferson, Pepi Sonuga, Kerry Washington, Nicole Avant, Ebony Obsidian, Sarah Jeffery and Milauna Jackson, winners of the Outstanding Motion Picture award for "The Six Triple Eight" pose in the press room during the 56th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2025 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
Actor Jeff Goldblum (R) of the US and his wife Emilie Livingston (L) arrive on the red carpet for the 31st annual Screen Actor Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, USA, 23 February 2025. The annual SAG Awards presents 13 awards exclusively to actors in TV and film. EPA-EFE/ALLISON DINNER
Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande attend The Academy Museum hosts Oscars Season: Animated Short Film Screening with filmmaker introduction at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on February 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images)
Actor Cynthia Erivo arrives on the red carpet for the 31st annual Screen Actor Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, USA, 23 February 2025. The annual SAG Awards presents 13 awards exclusively to actors in TV and film. EPA-EFE/ALLISON DINNER
People demonstrate outside the courthouse on the opening day of the trial of Joel Le Scouarnec in Vannes, France, 24 February 2025. Surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec is on trial for the rape and aggravated sexual assault of 299 victims, most of them minors, crimes committed between 1986 and 2014. He has been in custody since 2020 for a previous conviction for rape and sexual assault of other children, and could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison in this current trial. EPA-EFE/TERESA SUAREZ
Activists block the entrance to Danish shipping and logistics company Maersk's headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 February 2025. The demonstrators protested against the company shipping military equipment to Israel, a statement reads. EPA-EFE/MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN
Activists from the feminist group FEMEN participate in a rally at Place de la Republique in Paris, France, 23 February 2025. The rally, organized by the French Inter-Union of Solidarity with Ukraine, is to support Ukraine and commemorate the third anniversary of the Russian invasion. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA
A South African delegation media member works in a corridor next to the assembly room during the High-Level Segment of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 24 February 2025. EPA-EFE/SALVATORE DI NOLFI
Flowers are placed next to the pictures of deceased members of PMC Wagner at a makeshift memorial to the group in downtown Moscow, Russia, 24 February 2025. On 24 February 2022, Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'special military operation', starting an armed conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV
Ariel firefighters during the fire at Table Mountain National Park on February 23, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that SANParks has deployed more than 50 ground firefighters and aerial resources to combat an active fire in the Newlands area of Table Mountain National Park above Kirstenbosch. (Photo by Gallo Images/Ashley Vlotman)
Russian Communist Party supporters attend a ceremony to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden near the Kremlin wall during the Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow, Russia, 23 February 2025. Defender of the Fatherland Day is celebrated annually on 23 February in Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, marking the date in 1918 when the first mass draft into the Red Army took place in Moscow and Petrograd during the country's Civil War and war against the German Emperor. EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
A vendor sells prayer beads ahead of the holy month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan, 24 February 2025. The beginning of Ramadan is expected to fall on 01 March 2025, depending on the sighting of the crescent moon. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. EPA-EFE/BILAWAL ARBAB
Supreme Mufti of Russia and Chairman of the Russian Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims Talgat Tadzhuddin attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 24 February 2025. EPA-EFE/MIKHAIL METZEL / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL
Walnut wood carving artisan Mohammed Yousaf Muran prepares a sculpture at his workshop in the downtown area of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 24 February 2025. Born deaf and mute, 65-year-old Yousaf found his voice in Kashmir's wood carving tradition. Once a symbol of its rich heritage, the craft is now struggling to survive. With declining profits and fewer young artisans willing to continue the craft, its future remains uncertain. EPA-EFE/FAROOQ KHAN
Artists perform during the traditional 'La Crida' event, officially opening the 'Fallas' fiestas in Valencia, Spain, 23 February 2025 (issued 24 February 2025). Fallas is a fortnight-long fiesta where artists create installations of papier-mache, cardboard, and wooden sculptures that are burnt annualy on the last day of the event in the so-called 'Crema' to end the festivities. EPA-EFE/Kai Foersterling
People spin fireballs near a bonfire during the celebration of Shrovetide in the village Goren Lozen near Sofia, Bulgaria, 23 February 2025. EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV
A model poses at the NEWGEN: YAKU presentation during London Fashion Week February 2025 on February 24, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
A model backstage at the Ashish show during London Fashion Week February 2025 at 180 Studios on February 24, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images). DM