Wednesday February 21, Our World in Pictures

February 21, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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ITALY — New Collection Debuts: In this Wednesday photo, a model wears a creation for the Arthur Arbesser women’s fall/winter collection during Milan Fashion Week.

FLORIDA —Students Rally for Change: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School survivors Tanzil Philip, left, is comforted by fellow student Diego Pfeiffer as Philip speaks to Leon High School students after arriving in Tallahassee on Tuesday. The students from Douglas High School are in town to lobby the state’s Legislature after last week’s deadly mass shooting at their school.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Shooting Sparks Protests: School students from Montgomery County, Maryland, rally in rally in solidarity with those affected by the shooting at Parkland High School in Florida on Wednesday.

BRAZIL – Surprise Operation in the Slums: A young student looks at a Brazilian marine as she and her classmates have their bags inspected during a surprise operation in Kelson’s slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday. Members of the armed forces and the police spread out in the slum in northern Rio in the first major operation since the military took control of security forces in the state.

SOUTH KOREA – Olympic Bobsledding: Driver Katrin Beierl and Victoria Hahn of Austria take a curve in their second heat during the women’s two-man bobsled competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday.

LIBYA – Refugees Await Rescue: In this photo taken on Sunday photo, refugees and migrants wait to be rescued by aid workers of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, after leaving Libya trying to reach European soil aboard an overcrowded rubber boat, 60 miles north of Al-Khums, Libya.