Today’s top pics: Sri Lanka Buddhist festival and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis, of Germany, celebrate winning the gold medal in the 2-man at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Karen Chen, of the United States, reacts after the women's short program during the figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, competes in the women's short program during the figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Belarus' Stanislau Hladchenka competes during the men's aerials qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Latvia's Lauris Darzins (10) scores a goal during a men's qualification round hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Franz-Josef Rehrl, of Austria, reacts after his jump during the competition round of the individual Gundersen large hill/10km, ski jumping competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Anna Gasser of Austria competes during the women's snowboard big air finals of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Team United States, led by Casey Dawson, with Emery Lehman center and Ethan Cepuran, compete during the speedskating men's team pursuit semifinals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau removes his mask as he arrives at a news conference to announce the Emergencies Act will be invoked to deal with protests, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 in Ottawa. Trudeau says he has invoked the act to bring to an end antigovernment blockades he describes as illegal. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
Kansas guard Christian Braun (2) dunks the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Oklahoma State Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Indonesian Air Force's Jupiter Aerobatic Team takes part in an aerial display during the Singapore Airshow 2022 at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Suhaimi Abdullah)
A decorated elephant waits to take part in a procession during Navam Perahera, an annual Buddhist temple festival, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Buddhist monks, dancers, musicians and others participate in the festivities at famous Gangaramaya temple, one of the tourists attractions in Colombo. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A Ukrainian serviceman fires an NLAW anti-tank weapon during an exercise in the Joint Forces Operation, in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. While the U.S. warns that Russia could invade Ukraine any day, the drumbeat of war is all but unheard in Moscow, where pundits and ordinary people alike don't expect President Vladimir Putin to launch an attack on its ex-Soviet neighbor. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A member of the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army relaxes ahead of deployment to Poland from Fort Bragg, N.C. on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. They are among soldiers the Department of Defense is sending in a demonstration of American commitment to NATO allies worried at the prospect of Russia invading Ukraine. (AP Photo/Nathan Posner)
A newlywed couple celebrates during a wedding ceremony in Altamira square in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. The wedding was part of a ceremony for 10 couples organized by the City Hall of the Chacao Municipality in the East of Caracas. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)