Photos of the week
The most compelling, intriguing pictures from the week's news, Feb. 28-March 6, 2015.
Members of Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) force escort Farabi Shafiur Rahman (C), a suspect in the murder of American blogger Avijit Roy, during his presentation to the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 2, 2015.
Roy who wrote against religious extremism was hacked to death.
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Oldest living person
Misao Okawa, the world's oldest woman poses for a photo with (L-R) her son Hiroshi Okawa, 92, and wife, great-grandchild Himaki, grandchild Takako Okaw and Higashi Sumiyosho ward Mayor Ogura on her 117th birthday celebration at Kurenai Nursing Home in Osaka, Japan, March 4, 2015.
Misao Okawa is the oldest living person in the world as certified by the Guinness World Records.
A weasel flies, England
A weasel flies on the back of a woodpecker near London, March 2, 2015.
The moment was captured by amateur photographer Martin Le-May on a walk in Hornchurch Country Park.
Chile - Valentina Maureira
Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (R) poses for a selfie with Valentina Maureira, a 14-year-old girl who suffers from cystic fibrosis, at a hospital room in Santiago, February 28, 2015.
Maureira made an emotional plea to be allowed to die, filming herself asking Bachelet to authorize her euthanasia. In a video that the media said had been uploaded to her Facebook page on February 22, 2015, Valentina said from her hospital bed: "I am asking to speak urgently to the president because I am tired of living with this sickness and she can authorize the injection to put me to sleep forever."
Skid row, Los Angeles
People protest against the killing of a homeless man by police in Los Angeles, March 3, 2015.
Los Angeles police officers trying to subdue a robbery suspect in the city's skid row section shot and killed the man as he tried to grab an officer's gun during a scuffle that was captured on video. The dead man was reported by the Los Angeles Times to have been a homeless man known by his street name, Africa, who according to witnesses at the scene had been living in a tent for a few months after a period in a mental health facility.
Villarrica volcano, Chile
Smoke and lava spew from the Villarrica volcano, as seen from Pucon town in the south of Santiago, March 3, 2015.
The volcano went quiet on Tuesday after an eruption that sent a plume of ash and lava high into the sky in the early hours put Chile on high alert.
China politics
Actor Zhao Benshan (L), also a delegate of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), wipes his face as he talks to journalists during a session of the CPPCC, in Beijing, March 4, 2015.
Coney Island, New York
A man runs on the beach along Coney Island in the Brooklyn, New York, March 2, 2015.
Harrison Ford plane crash
Hollywood star Harrison Ford's small vintage plane rests on the ground after it crash-landed on Penmar Golf Course in the Venice area of Los Angeles, March 5, 2015.
Ford crashed shortly after take off from a nearby airport. The 72-year-old actor suffered multiple gashes to his head and was bleeding after the crash.
Boris Nemtsov funeral, Moscow
Mourners surround a coffin as they attend a memorial service before the funeral of Russian leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, March 3, 2015.
Several hundred Russians, many carrying red carnations, queued on Tuesday to pay their respects to Nemtsov, the Kremlin critic murdered last week.
Solidier's burial, Arlington
A caisson carrying the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech Sgt. Charles Johnston proceeds to the burial site at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, March 2, 2015.
Johnston, was aboard a B-24D Liberator during World War II that was shot down on April 10, 1944 over Papua New Guinea. Johnston was among a dozen service members whose remains were recently discovered at the site of the aircraft's wreckage.
Giorgio Armani sow, Milan
A guest uses her cell phone during the Giorgio Armani women's Fall-Winter 2015-16 show, part of Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, March 2, 2015.
Rebel fighter, Syria
A rebel fighter of al-Jabha al-Shamiya (the Shamiya Front) rests inside a room at al-Amriya frontline in Aleppo, Syria, March 3, 2015.
Lantern Festival, China
Performers spray molten iron against a concrete wall to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival in Nuanquan town of Yuxian County, Hebei province, March 1, 2015.
For over 300 years, the village has carried out the tradition of spraying molten iron at 1,300 degrees Celsius (2,372 degrees Fahrenheit) against a cold concrete wall to form spark-like fireworks during the Chinese New Year celebration.
The Lantern Festival or Yuan Xiao Jie is a Chinese festival that is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar year in the Chinese calendar. The festival falls on March 5 this year.
LRA victim, Uganda
Hellen Akello, 38, a victim of the Lira district attacks by members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) militia movement, displays her injuries during a visit by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in northern Uganda March 1, 2015.
Bensouda is visiting the region to meet people who said they were victims of the LRA following the capture of former LRA commander Dominic Ongwen, who is currently under the custody of the ICC in the Hague after defecting in late December and handing himself over to the Seleka rebels who control swathes of the north and east of the Central African Republic.
ISIS, Iraq
Shi'ite fighters fire a rocket during clashes with ISIS militants in Salahuddin province in Iraq, March 1, 2015.
Thousands of Iraqi soldiers and Shi'ite militiamen sought to seal off ISIS fighters in Tikrit and nearby towns on Tuesday, the second day of Iraq's biggest offensive yet against a stronghold of the Sunni militants.
Future Music Festival
Drake performs during the Future Music Festival at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, February 28, 2015.
Spock on Canadian money
A likeness of actor Leonard Nimoy is shown drawn on a five-dollar Canadian bill in Calgary in this photo February 27, 2015.
It turns out there's not a lot of logic in the belief that it's against the law to Vulcanize Wilfrid Laurier's likeness on the five-dollar Canadian banknote.
Prince William, Japan
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge is greeted by Lion Dancers performing in an Shishimai Ceremony at Chime of Hope Shopping Centre in Ishinomaki, Japan, March 1, 2015
Missed runway landing
Delta flight 1086 is seen after it slid off the runway upon landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport, March 5, 2015.
The Delta Air Lines jetliner slid off the runway and struck a fence before coming to rest at the edge of Flushing Bay, but there were no serious injuries.
Mobile World Congress 2015
Visitors take pictures of the new Samsung Galaxy S6 during the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, March 1, 2015.
"The dress"
Shop manager Debbie Armstrong adjusts a two tone dress in a window display of a shop in Lichfield, England, Friday February 27, 2015.
It's the dress that's beating the Internet black and blue. Or should that be gold and white? The debate over the the true hues of a royal blue dress with black lace that, to many an eye, transforms in one photograph into gold and white was talked about non-stop last week.
Snow, New York
A morning commuter makes her way under a winter storm in New York, March 5, 2015.
A major winter storm slammed parts of the U.S. on March 5, as thousands of flights were canceled and federal offices shut down in anticipation of more than half a foot of snow.
Morales arrest, Mexico
Omar Trevino Morales, known as "Z-42" and leader of the Zetas drug cartel, is escorted by soldiers during a media conference about his arrest in Mexico City March 4, 2015.
Mexican security forces captured Morales, leader of the bloody Zetas drug cartel and one of the country's most wanted men.
Yamuna River, India
An Indian child looks up as he uses a makeshift raft to cross the Yamuna River in New Delhi, February 28, 2015. I
Ambassador Lippert, South Korea
U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert touches his bleeding face after getting attacked in Seoul, March 5, 2015.
Ambassador Lippert was attacked with a razor blade by a man at a venue where he was going to give a lecture.
Purim, London
A group of Orthodox Jewish boys dance and sing in the home of a local businessmen while collecting money for their school during the Jewish holiday of Purim in London, March 5, 2015.
The annual Purim holiday is celebrated by Jewish communities around the world with parades and costume parties.
Crufts dog show
A woman shows a Great Dane on the second day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, central England, March 6, 2015.
Cinderella, Los Angeles
(L-R) Actor Ian Ziering watches his daughter Mia and actress Lily James compare shoes at the premiere of Disney's "Cinderella" at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, March 1, 2015.
Holi festival, India
Indian Hindu devotees from Barsana village, smeared in colored powder, pray at the Nandagram Temple, famous for Lord Krishna and his brother Balram, during Lathmar Holi festival, in Nandgaon, India, February. 28, 2015.