Top pics from the weekend: Brazil Carnival and more
Top pics from the weekend as selected by the Associated Press.
Israeli Arab kids play with soap bubbles during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's Mideast initiative, in the Israeli Arab town of Jaljulia, Israel, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. The proposal has infuriated many of Israel's Arab citizens, who view it as a form of forced transfer. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Personnel carry new beds inside the hospital of Codogno, near Lodi in Northern Italy, Friday, Feb. 21,2020. Health officials reported the country's first cases of contagion of COVID-19 in people who had not been in China. The hospital in Codogno is one of the hospitals - along with specialized Sacco Hospital in Milan - which is hosting the infected persons and the people that were in contact with them and are being isolated. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Bolivia's former President Evo Morales looks up as his lawyers speak during a press conference regarding the rejection of his plan to run for Senator in Buenos Aires, where he is living, in Argentina, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Thursday rejected Morales' candidacy for a Senate seat in May's national elections because he does not reside in the South American country. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A fan holds up a cutout depicting golfer Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland dressed as a mariachi, during the second round of the WGC-Mexico Championship golf tournament, at the Chapultepec Golf Club in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jorge Lopez throws in the bullpen before a spring training baseball game against the Texas Rangers Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Supporters of President Donald Trump look out from their seats as the president speaks during a campaign rally, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Phoenix Suns forward Dario Saric gets around Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
A group of anti-government protesters who were drenched by a police water cannon, stand close to a burning barricade to dry off, during clashes with police at the weekly protest in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Chile has been roiled by continuing street protests since Oct. 18, when a student protest over a modest increase in subway fares turned into a much larger and broader movement with a long list of demands that largely focus on inequality. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A farmer wears a string of corn cobs bandolier-style during a march in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Demonstrators are protesting Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's infrastructure projects. The protest brought together unions, environmentalists, students and representatives of Mexico's indigenous peoples, a mix that would seem a natural base for Lopez Obrador, but which has become among his most vocal critics. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland, bottom, and Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal are unable to come up with the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in Washington. Garland was called for a foul on the play. The Cavaliers won 113-108. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
San Antonio Spurs center Jakob Poeltl (25) blocks the shot of Utah Jazz guard Joe Ingles (2) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
People wearing face masks wait at a pedestrian cross walk Hong Kong Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. COVID-19 viral illness has sickened tens of thousands of people in China since December. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant, below, tries to pass the ball from under the legs of Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Chicago Blackhawks center Kirby Dach, top, is checked by Nashville Predators center Colin Blackwell during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Chicago, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Filip Zubcic of Croatia and his teammates pose for photographers after winning the men's giant slalom during the 2020 Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup at Naeba Ski Resort in Yuzawa, Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Christopher Jue)
Two younger protesters talk with an older man during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
A reveler dressed in Spider-Man costume strikes a pose at the "Ceu na Terra" or Heaven on Earth street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. From very early in the morning revelers take the streets of the bohemian neighborhood Santa Teresa for one of the many block parties during the Carnival celebrations in the city. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Dortmund's Erling Haaland, center, celebrates scoring a goal against Werder Bremen during the German Bundesliga soccer match in Bremen, Germany, Saturday Feb. 22, 2020. (Peter Steffen/DPA via AP)
Romania's Simona Halep returns the ball to Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina during the final match of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Barcelona's Arthur, 2nd left, celebrates with Arturo Vidal after scoring his side's fifth goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Eibar at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
Wales Jarrod Evans, right, is tackled by France's Romain Ntamack during the Six Nations rugby union international between Wales and France at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
Models wear creations as part of the Missoni Fall/Winter 2020 collection, presented in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Marquette's Koby McEwen (25) attempts to block a shot by Providence's Maliek White (4) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
A Palestinian man rides a horse during sunset at the beach, in Gaza City, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. The beach is one of the few open public spaces in this densely populated city. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Scotland's Adam Hastings, center, celebrates with Scotland's captain Stuart Hogg, left, and Scotland's Rory Hutchinson after winning the Six Nations international rugby union match between Italy and Scotland, at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A traditional "Morenada" dancer looks out from behind his mask during a Carnival performance, in Oruro, Bolivia, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. The festival features folk dances, costumes, crafts, music and up to 20 hours of continuous partying. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates his 700th career goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
A boy in a Capitan America costume stands holding a lollipop as he is scolded by his mother because he did not want to play with the other children but stay near his father, in the Catia neighborhood during the Carnival Caribe 2020 in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Brooklyn Nets guard Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, top, and Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier fight for a loose ball in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign event in San Antonio, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Nick Foligno (71) pushes his way past Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis (4) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Washington assistant coach Will Conroy, left, celebrates on the bench after forward Reagan Lundeen (34) tipped in a shot against California during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Seattle. Washington won 87-52. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo is fouled as he drives between Philadelphia 76ers' Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid (21) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Transgender godmother Camila Prins, representing the Colorado do Bras samba school, performs at Carnival in the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. Prins entered the parade grounds, in a costume of feathers that displayed her sinuous body, fulfilling a dream nearly three decades old. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Vancouver Canucks' Tyler Motte, bottom left, crashes into Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40), of Finland, after being taken down by Patrice Bergeron during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
Phoenix Suns forward Kelly Oubre Jr., middle, reaches for the ball between Chicago Bulls forward Thaddeus Young, bottom, and forward/center Cristiano Felicio during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. The Suns won 112-104. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Tyson Fury, of England, celebrates after defeating Deontay Wilder in a WBC heavyweight championship boxing match Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
BYU forward Yoeli Childs (23) reacts after dunking against Gonzaga during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
A dancer from the Mocidade Alegre samba school performs on a float during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
People wearing protective face masks walk on a street in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. South Korea and China both reported a rise in new virus cases on Sunday, as the South Korean prime minister warned that the fast-spreading outbreak linked to a local church and a hospital in the country's southeast had entered a "more grave stage." (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
In this Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020 photo, Indian workers prepare to install life size cut out images of U.S. President Donald Trump, center and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad, India. Trump is visiting the city in Gujarat during a two-day trip to India to attend an event called "Namaste Trump," which translates to "Greetings, Trump," at a cricket stadium along the lines of a "Howdy Modi" rally attended by Modi in Houston last September. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
A woman wearing a sanitary mask walks past the Duomo gothic cathedral in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. A dozen Italian towns saw daily life disrupted after the deaths of two people infected with the virus from China and a pair of case clusters without direct links to the outbreak abroad. A rapid spike in infections prompted authorities in the northern Lombardy and Veneto regions to close schools, businesses and restaurants and to cancel sporting events and Masses. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Pope Francis kisses a a baby as he greets faithful in St. Nicholas Basilica, in Bari, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. The Pope is in Bari to preside the closing of the “Mediterranean sea a border of peace” conference. Twenty bishops from the countries overlooking the Mediterranean are attend to talk about peace and dialogue. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
An Indian worker walks carrying flowers to plant passes a billboard featuring U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Agra, India, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Trump on Monday is expected to travel to Agra to visit the 17th century monument to love, the Taj Mahal. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Members of Worcester Canoe Club paddle on the flooded horse race course at Worcester Racecourse, England, Sunday Feb. 23, 2020. Stormy weather continues to batter west and northern England bringing further flooding to already sodden communities. (Jacob King/PA via AP)
Hundreds of fools of the Elzacher Schuttig walk through the main street during the traditional Schuttig jump carnival parade in Elzach, Germany, Sunday, Feb 23, 2020. (Patrick Seeger/dpa via AP)
A commuter looks through a water-stained window wearing a mask and gloves to help guard against the Coronavirus, on a public bus in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Iran's health ministry raised Sunday the death toll from the new virus to 8 people in the country, amid concerns that clusters there, as well as in Italy and South Korea, could signal a serious new stage in its global spread. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Dawn breaks for ice fisherman on Pigeon Lake in the city of Kawartha Lakes in central Ontario, Canada, on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP)
Skiers take part in the Skicolor event where they are sprayed with biodegradable color powders as part of carnival celebrations in the alpine resort of La Tzoumaz, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)
Britain's Chris Froome of Ineos Team signs in before start of the first stage of the UAE cycling tour in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb, 23, 2020. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Khaled)
Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada plays a shot against Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the men's singles final of the Open 13 Provence tennis tournament in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Italy's Federica Brignone celebrates on the podium after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup alpine combined, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
People take part in an ancient rural carnival in the small Pyrenees village of Lantz, northern Spain, Sunday, Feb 23, 2020. The carnival is a long-standing rural tradition in which the forces of good and evil confront each other in a symbolic battle. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Two passengers cover their noses and mouths in a cloud of red dust at the airport in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Flights leaving Tenerife have been affected after storms of red sand from Africa's Saharan desert hit the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)
ADDS DATE - Douglas Ciampi of Westminster, Mass., stands next to a rime ice-covered antenna while taking in the view from the summit of Mount Washington, N.H., Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Rime ice forms when supercooled moisture hits a solid surface. Ciampi's 5-hour hike was rewarded by exceptionally clear conditions allowing for a visibility of 100 miles from the northeast's highest peak. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Tourists wearing sanitary masks move a few steps of dance, in downtown Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region with 90 cases Coronavirus infections, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed in the coming days, and sporting events were canceled. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden acknowledges applause from parishioners as he departs after attending services, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Detroit Red Wings center Luke Glendening (41) and Calgary Flames defenseman Alexander Yelesin (45) collide along the boards in the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Ricky Martin performs at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Chile, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Believed to be one of the largest musical events in Latin America, the annual weeklong festival was inaugurated in 1960. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Birds fly as President Donald Trump, with first lady Melania Trump, tour the Taj Mahal, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in Agra, India. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with the media as he departs at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Major contributors to the European Union's budget blocked progress at an emergency summit on Friday, insisting that they would not stump up more funds for the bloc's next long-term spending package. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
Emilien Jacquelin of France, center, Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway, right, and Quentin Fillon Maillet of France, 2nd left, compete during the men's 15 km mass start competition at the Biathlon World Championships in Antholz, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Australia's captain Aaron Finch is bowled by South Africa's bowler Lungi Ngidi for 14 runs during the 2nd T20 cricket match between South Africa and Australia at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Thousands of people take part in a funeral march in Hanau, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Several people were killed in a shooting in the central German city late Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. (Nicolas Armer/dpa via AP)
Germany's Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis celebrate after winning the two-man bobsled competition at the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships in Altenberg, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech marking the Defenders of the Fatherland Day at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. The Defenders of the Fatherland Day, is celebrated in Russia on Feb. 23, and honors the nation's military and is a nationwide holiday. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Everton's Richarlison, right, fights for the ball with Arsenal's Shkodran Mustafi during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Everton at Emirates stadium in London, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
An off-duty police officer who was shot in the arm runs during a protest over police pay and working conditions for the national police, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Off-duty police officers and their supporters exchanged fire for nearly two hours with members of the newly reconstituted Haitian army in front of the national palace. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
PSG's Thilo Kehrer, left, and Bordeaux's Josh Maja vie for the ball during the French League One soccer match between Paris-Saint-Germain and Bordeaux at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Sunday Feb. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Spain's Rafael Nadal serves a ball during a practice session on the eve of the Mexican Tennis Open in Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
In this Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, photo, sumo wrestlers wearing masks arrive at Shin Osaka railway station in Osaka, western Japan. A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 79,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it. (Kyodo News via AP)
In this Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, photo, a woman wearing a protective face mask works in a weaving factory in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province. Regulators on Monday promised tax cuts and other aid to help companies recover from China's virus outbreak and expressed confidence the ruling Communist Party's growth targets can be achieved despite anti-disease controls that shut down much of the economy. (Chinatopix via AP)
U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for a "Namaste Trump," event at Sardar Patel Stadium, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in Ahmedabad, India. After Air Force One touched down in Ahmedabad in western India, Trump's motorcade slowly drove down streets lined with hundreds of thousands of onlookers. He began that day's high-wattage trio of presidential photo-ops: a visit to a former home of independence leader Mohandas Gandhi, a rally at a huge cricket stadium and a trip to the famed Taj Mahal. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A woman wearing a sanitary mask talks on the phone as she walks in the Vittorio Emanuele Gallery shopping arcade, in downtown Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. At least 190 people in Italy’s north have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and four people have died, including an 84-year-old man who died overnight in Bergamo, the Lombardy regional government reported. (Claudio Furlan/Lapresse via AP)
An aerial view of empty main roads is seen in Daegu, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. South Korea reported another large jump in new virus cases Monday a day after the the president called for "unprecedented, powerful" steps to combat the outbreak that is increasingly confounding attempts to stop the spread. (Kim Hyun-tae/Yonhap via AP)
Also on this day in 2020 a rapid spike in coronavirus infections prompted Italian authorities in the northern Lombardy and Veneto regions to close schools, businesses and restaurants and to cancel sporting events and Masses. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.