Today’s top pics: Mt Etna volcano and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
Spain Rapper
Supporters of rap singer Pablo Hasél demonstrate condemning his arrest in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Violent street protests have erupted in some Spanish cities after police arrested a rapper who resisted imprisonment and has portrayed his case as a fight for free speech. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
APTOPIX Spain Soccer Champions League
PSG's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring during the Champions League round of 16, first leg soccer match between FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
APTOPIX Paraguay Prison Riot
An inmate walks on the roof of Tacumbu prison after they rioted and took control of the place in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
APTOPIX Italy Etna
Lava gushes from the Mt Etna volcano near Catania, Sicily, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Europe's most active volcano came alive around 4 pm local time on Tuesday, according to the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)
APTOPIX Paraguay Prison Riot
Inmates throw bricks at the police from the roof of Tacumbu prison during a riot and after they took control of the place in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
APTOPIX Winter Weather Texas Power Failures
Natalie Harrell holds her sleeping daughter, Natasha Tripeaux while sitting in a recliner at a Gallery Furniture store after the owner opened his business as a shelter for those without power at homes Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Houston. More than 4 million people in Texas still had no power a full day after historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state's power grid and causing widespread blackouts. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
APTOPIX Winter Weather West Virginia
Two men climb over downed trees as they head out to retrieve gas for generators, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Huntington, W.Va., following a winter weather system. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP)
APTOPIX Biden
President Joe Biden talks during a televised town hall event at Pabst Theater, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Japan Vaccine
A medical worker receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Tokyo Medical Center in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Japan's first coronavirus shots were given to health workers Wednesday, beginning a vaccination campaign considered crucial to holding the already delayed Tokyo Olympics. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)
APTOPIX Italy Alpine Skiing Worlds
Austria's Katharina Liensberger competes during the parallel giant slalom, at the alpine ski World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb.16, 2021. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Mardi Gras
Hannah Standiford holds hands with her friend Varia Degtiairenko, right, in the Bywater section of New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Malaysia
Medical workers register residents for coronavirus testing at a COVID-19 testing center in Shah Alam city, Selangor states, Malaysia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The second movement control order (MCO) enforced across the country has been extended to March. 4 in some of the states, in an attempt to halt the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Philippines Ash Wednesday
Placida Cano, 66, left, marks her forehead with blessed ash as she performs Ash Wednesday rituals Feb 17, 2021 at her home in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines. A nearby church distributed blessed ashes placed in small sachets to residents who cannot go to church so they can mark themselves and other family members at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus. Ash Wednesday marks the start of lent in this largely Roman Catholic country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
APTOPIX Myanmar
Demonstrators gather in an intersection close to Sule Pagoda to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Demonstrators in Myanmar gathered Wednesday in their largest numbers so far to protest the military’s seizure of power, even after a U.N. human rights expert warned that troops being brought to Yangon and elsewhere could signal the prospect of major violence. (AP Photo)
APTOPIX Myanmar
Demonstrators display placards with pictures of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and a sign that shows CDM, promoting "Civil Disobedience Movement" to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The U.N. expert on human rights in Myanmar warned of the prospect for major violence as demonstrators gather again Wednesday to protest the military's seizure of power. (AP Photo)
APTOPIX Myanmar
Demonstrators display placards with pictures of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The U.N. expert on human rights in Myanmar warned of the prospect for major violence as demonstrators gather again Wednesday to protest the military's seizure of power. (AP Photo)
APTOPIX Greece Weather
The ancient Acropolis hill is covered with snow after heavy snowfall in Athens, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Greece has called in the armed forces to help cope with the damage caused heavy snowfall that has left parts of greater Athens without power and water for up to three days. (Antonis Nikolopoulos/Eurokinissi via AP)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Germany
Interior view of a new coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccination center at the 'Velodrom' (velodrome-stadium) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool)
APTOPIX Britain Auction
Christie's employees adjust an oil on canvas painting by Sir Winston Churchill painted in Jan. 1943 called 'Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque' during an Art pre-sale photo call at Christie's auction house in London, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The painting currently owned by actress Angelina Jolie, has an estimate of 1,500,000-2,500,000 UK pounds (2,056,489- 3,427,482 US Dollars) and will go up for sale in the Modern British Art Evening Sale at Christie's on March 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
APTOPIX Myanmar
Demonstrators with placards sit on the railway tracks in an attempt to disrupt train service during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Demonstrators in Myanmar gathered Wednesday in their largest numbers so far to protest the military’s seizure of power, even after a U.N. human rights expert warned that troops being brought to Yangon and elsewhere could signal the prospect of major violence. (AP Photo)
APTOPIX Britain Politics
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, elbow bumps as he greets a police officer during a visit to South Wales Police Headquarters in Bridgend in Wales, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, pool)