Week in photos (Feb. 11-15)
February 16, 2013
Photo gallery: View a gallery of photos from the week of Feb. 11, 2013.
A photo of Christopher Kyle is displayed on the large screen before the start of a memorial service for the former Navy SEAL at Cowboys Stadium, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. Thousands are expected to attend the public memorial service for Kyle, the former Navy SEAL sniper who was shot to death at a Texas shooting range. (Brandon Wade / Fr168019 Ap)
Yemenis protesting continued detention of pro-democracy activists look from behind mock bars during a parade marking the second anniversary of the revolution in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The 2011 Yemeni Revolution was as an extension of the broader Arab Spring which has toppled four authoritarian leaders to date. Yemenis were able to create a unique revolution, their struggle came peacefully, unarmed, and lead by women and youth. (Hani Mohammed / Associated Press)
South Korean army soldiers patrol along barbed-wire fences at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. South Korea is confirming that North Korea has tested a nuclear device in defiance of U.N. orders to stop building atomic weapons. (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)
Ernesto Lara celebrates with Banana Joe, an affenpinscher, who won Best in Show, during the 137th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Frank Ii / Associated Press)
Hindu holy men make offerings to the fire as they chant mantras to be initiated as ‘Naga sadhus’ or naked Hindu holy men at the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. The significance of nakedness is that one will not have any worldly ties to material belongings, even something as simple as clothes. Rituals that transform selected holy men to Naga can only be done at the Kumbh festival. (Saurabh Das / Associated Press)
A golden retriever named Scout watches with his owners as pitchers and catchers for the Seattle Mariners participate in a spring training baseball workout Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, in Peoria, Ariz. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press)
A Pakistani youth poses for a picture taken by his friend in front of a big red heart made of flowers displayed outside flowers shop on Valentine’s Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Romance may not be dead in Pakistan but it is under attack. Conservatives in Pakistan are attacking the romantic holiday as a western-inspired event helping to spread vulgarity in their country and putting up posters calling on people to boycott the holiday. But romantics are fighting back with an arsenal of flowers, pink teddy bears and heart-shaped balloons. (Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press)
In this photo taken Thursday Feb. 14, 2013 a police officer holds a gun that was allegedly used in the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend of Olympian athlete Oscar Pistorius, at the Boschkop police station east of Pretoria. Oscar Pistorius arrived at a courthouse Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, for his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend as South Africans braced themselves for the latest development in a story that has stunned the country. The Paralympic superstar was earlier seen leaving a police station in a dark suit with a charcoal gray jacket covering his head as he got into a police vehicle. Model Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed at Pistorius’ upmarket home in an eastern suburb of the South African capital in the predawn hours of Thursday. (Phill Magakoe / Independent Newspapers Ltd South Africa)
A Palestinian wears a mask during clashes with the Israeli army north of the West Bank city of Jenin in support to the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails and against the administrative detention, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (Mohammed Ballas / Associated Press)
A priest applies tilak or vermilion powder mixed with rice, on a girl’s forehead outside a Hindu temple meant for Goddess Saraswati to mark Saraswati puja festival, in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Saraswati Puja, is a special day for students when they show their respect to Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and learning. Children are given their first writing and reading lessons during this festival. (Niranjan Shrestha / Associated Press)
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