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Our world in photos: February 15

February 15, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
NEW YORK CITY — Careful on the subway: A model walks the runway during the Thom Browne fall/winter 2024 fashion show during New York Fashion Week, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in New York.Photo: Peter K. Afriyie/AP
NEW YORK CITY — Careful on the subway: A model walks the runway during the Thom Browne fall/winter 2024 fashion show during New York Fashion Week, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in New York.
Photo: Peter K. Afriyie/AP
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MANILA — The power of anyone and everyone: Students at Catholic-run St. Scholastica's College flash the number 1 sign during a mass dance at their campus dubbed "One Billion Rising," a global campaign to help eradicate violence against women and children in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.Photo: Aaron Favila/AP
MANILA — The power of anyone and everyone: Students at Catholic-run St. Scholastica’s College flash the number 1 sign during a mass dance at their campus dubbed “One Billion Rising,” a global campaign to help eradicate violence against women and children in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.
Photo: Aaron Favila/AP
NEPAL — A ceremony for repatriated art: Women in traditional attire light incense sticks as a 16th-century statue of Hindu deity Uma-Maheswora, which was stolen four decades ago and later repatriated is paraded before reinstating the same at the premises of a temple where it belonged in Lalitpur, Nepal, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. The idol had somehow ended up at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, which handed over the same to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, paving the way to its return to Nepal.Photo: Niranjan Shrestha/AP
NEPAL — A ceremony for repatriated art: Women in traditional attire light incense sticks as a 16th-century statue of Hindu deity Uma-Maheswora, which was stolen four decades ago and later repatriated is paraded before reinstating the same at the premises of a temple where it belonged in Lalitpur, Nepal, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. The idol had somehow ended up at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, which handed over the same to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, paving the way to its return to Nepal.
Photo: Niranjan Shrestha/AP
NAIROBI — A vigil for women who are degraded and abused: Women hold candles and flowers during a "Dark Valentine" vigil to demonstrate against the rising cases of femicide in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. According to Kenya police, at least 16 women are thought to have been killed by their partners since the beginning of this year.Photo: Brian Inganga/AP
NAIROBI — A vigil for women who are degraded and abused: Women hold candles and flowers during a “Dark Valentine” vigil to demonstrate against the rising cases of femicide in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. According to Kenya police, at least 16 women are thought to have been killed by their partners since the beginning of this year.
Photo: Brian Inganga/AP
MAR AZUL — Bonfire with a purpose: Lifeguards start a bonfire with torches commemorating Lifeguard Day to honor their commitment to safety and aquatic rescue in Mar Azul, Argentina, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.Photo: Rodrigo Abd/AP
MAR AZUL — Bonfire with a purpose: Lifeguards start a bonfire with torches commemorating Lifeguard Day to honor their commitment to safety and aquatic rescue in Mar Azul, Argentina, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.
Photo: Rodrigo Abd/AP
QATAR — Dramatic light distortions underwater: Carles Coll Marti of Spain competes in the men's 200-meter breaststroke heat at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.Photo: Lee Jin-man/AP
QATAR — Dramatic light distortions underwater: Carles Coll Marti of Spain competes in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke heat at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.
Photo: Lee Jin-man/AP
BUCHAREST — Sometimes it looks just like a hug: Azerbaijan's Mariya Stadnik, left, competes with Turkey's Evin Demirhan in a women's freestyle 50 kg category gold medal wrestling match during the European Wrestling Championships, in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.Photo: Andreea Alexandru/AP
BUCHAREST — Sometimes it looks just like a hug: Azerbaijan’s Mariya Stadnik, left, competes with Turkey’s Evin Demirhan in a women’s freestyle 50 kg category gold medal wrestling match during the European Wrestling Championships, in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.
Photo: Andreea Alexandru/AP
ARKANSAS — ‘Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball’: Arkansas players Khalif Battle, left, and Jalen Graham, right, and Tennessee guard Zakai Zeigler scramble for control of the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Fayetteville, Ark.Photo: Michael Woods/AP
ARKANSAS — ‘Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball’: Arkansas players Khalif Battle, left, and Jalen Graham, right, and Tennessee guard Zakai Zeigler scramble for control of the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Fayetteville, Ark.
Photo: Michael Woods/AP
MUNICH — Holiday impact for all kinds of missions: Bavarian State Governor Markus Soeder welcomes U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris with a gingerbread heart upon her arrival for the Munich Security Conference at the airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. The 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 16 to Feb. 18, 2024, at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich.Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP
MUNICH — Holiday impact for all kinds of missions: Bavarian State Governor Markus Soeder welcomes U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris with a gingerbread heart upon her arrival for the Munich Security Conference at the airport in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. The 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 16 to Feb. 18, 2024, at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich.
Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP
MANHATTAN — ‘Another Op'nin', Another Show’ — the recurring courthouse waiting game: Donald Trump awaits the start of a hearing in New York City Criminal Court on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. A New York judge says former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled, with jury selection starting on March 25.Photo: Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times via AP, Pool
MANHATTAN — ‘Another Op’nin’, Another Show’ — the recurring courthouse waiting game: Donald Trump awaits the start of a hearing in New York City Criminal Court on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. A New York judge says former President Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled, with jury selection starting on March 25.
Photo: Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times via AP, Pool

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