Our world in photos: February 2

PENNSYLVANIA – Phil himself: Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, Thursday.
Photo: Barry Reeger/AP

PENNSYLVANIA – Reading of the scroll: Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, while Vice President Dan McGinley reads the scroll during the 137th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Thursday.
Photo: Barry Reeger/AP

RUSSIAN FEDERATION – Stalingrad: Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a commemoration inside the memorial at the monument to Motherland, marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the battle of Stalingrad, in the southern Russian city of Volgograd (once known as Stalingrad) Thursday.
Photo: Dmitry Lobakin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool via AP

ISRAEL – Road crossing: People crossed a road on a rainy day in downtown Jerusalem, Thursday.
Photo: Oded Balilty/AP

UKRAINE – Walking home from shopping: A man walked with his shopping bag during a blackout in the town of Kolychivka, Wednesday.
Photo: Daniel Cole/AP

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – Morning commute: People donning face masks walked across the intersection in the central business district of Beijing, Thursday.
Photo: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

PENNSYLVANIA – Six more weeks, folks: Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume held Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 137th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney.
Photo: Barry Reeger/AP