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Our world in photos: February 13

February 13, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

NEW YORK — Brawling, though a traditional part of the game, can still land you in the penalty box: Players fight during the second period of an NHL hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Calgary Flames on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in New York.Photo: Bryan Woolston/AP

NEW YORK — Brawling, though a traditional part of the game, can still land you in the penalty box: Players fight during the second period of an NHL hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Calgary Flames on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in New York.
Photo: Bryan Woolston/AP

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QATAR — ‘I can’t fly like a butterfly, but I can swim like one’: Diego Nicolas Balbi Alayo of Peru competes in the men’s 200-meter butterfly heat at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.Photo: Lee Jin-man/AP — QATAR — ‘I can’t fly like a butterfly, but I can swim like one’: Diego Nicolas Balbi Alayo of Peru competes in the men’s 200-meter butterfly heat at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
Photo: Lee Jin-man/AP

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE — The Great British Pancake-off: Pancake race winner Kaisa Larkas, center, and second place finisher Eloise Kramer, second left, and third place finisher Rebecca Budd, second right, celebrate after the annual Shrove Tuesday trans-Atlantic pancake race in the town of Olney, in Buckinghamshire, England, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Every year, women clad in aprons and head scarves from Olney and the city of Liberal, in Kansas, USA, run their respective legs of the race with pancakes in their pans. According to legend, the Olney race started in 1445 when a harried housewife arrived at church on Shrove Tuesday still clutching her frying pan with a pancake in it.Photo: Kin Cheung/AP — BUCKINGHAMSHIRE — The Great British Pancake-off: Pancake race winner Kaisa Larkas, center, and second place finisher Eloise Kramer, second left, and third place finisher Rebecca Budd, second right, celebrate after the annual Shrove Tuesday trans-Atlantic pancake race in the town of Olney, in Buckinghamshire, England, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Every year, women clad in aprons and head scarves from Olney and the city of Liberal, in Kansas, USA, run their respective legs of the race with pancakes in their pans. According to legend, the Olney race started in 1445 when a harried housewife arrived at church on Shrove Tuesday still clutching her frying pan with a pancake in it.
Photo: Kin Cheung/AP

RIO DE JANEIRO — Indulges in the vices before the sacrifices: Drum queen Mayara Lima from Paraiso do Tuiuti samba school performs during Carnival celebrations before lent at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.Photo: Silvia Izquierdo/AP — RIO DE JANEIRO — Indulges in the vices before the sacrifices: Drum queen Mayara Lima from Paraiso do Tuiuti samba school performs during Carnival celebrations before lent at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
Photo: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

RIO DE JANEIRO — Dervishes whirl as a form of meditation, Brazilians do it as a form of celebration: Performers from the Portela samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.Photo: Bruna Prado/AP — RIO DE JANEIRO — Dervishes whirl as a form of meditation, Brazilians do it as a form of celebration: Performers from the Portela samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
Photo: Bruna Prado/AP

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. version of Carnival involves more yarn: People walk in costumes during the Society of Saint Anne parade through Bywater and Marigny neighborhoods on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.Photo: Matthew Hinton/AP — NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. version of Carnival involves more yarn: People walk in costumes during the Society of Saint Anne parade through Bywater and Marigny neighborhoods on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
Photo: Matthew Hinton/AP

NEW ORLEANS — If you can’t afford beads, coconuts are free: A member of the traditional Mardi Gras group The Tramps holds a traditional coconut throw during the Krewe of Zulu Parade on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.Photo: Matthew Hinton/AP — NEW ORLEANS — If you can’t afford beads, coconuts are free: A member of the traditional Mardi Gras group The Tramps holds a traditional coconut throw during the Krewe of Zulu Parade on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
Photo: Matthew Hinton/AP

JAKARTA — ‘How the sausage is made’ in Indonesian elections: Workers prepare ballot boxes to be distributed to polling stations ahead of the Feb. 14 election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, will open its polls on Wednesday to nearly 205 million eligible voters in presidential and legislative elections, the fifth since Southeast Asia’s largest economy began democratic reforms in 1998.Photo: Tatan Syuflana/AP — JAKARTA — ‘How the sausage is made’ in Indonesian elections: Workers prepare ballot boxes to be distributed to polling stations ahead of the Feb. 14 election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, will open its polls on Wednesday to nearly 205 million eligible voters in presidential and legislative elections, the fifth since Southeast Asia’s largest economy began democratic reforms in 1998.
Photo: Tatan Syuflana/AP

RED SEA — Bombs foreboding continued involvement in Yemen: Crew members work on the deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower, also known as the 'Ike' on the south Red Sea, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024.Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP — RED SEA — Bombs foreboding continued involvement in Yemen: Crew members work on the deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower, also known as the ‘Ike’ on the south Red Sea, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024.
Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP

ANTALYA — Nature’s revenge: Vehicles are scattered during floods after heavy rains in Antalya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.Photo: Dia Images via AP — ANTALYA — Nature’s revenge: Vehicles are scattered during floods after heavy rains in Antalya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
Photo: Dia Images via AP

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