Day in Photos: Protests in Beirut, Fire at Peatland Forest, and Art Deco FestivalDay in Photos: Protests in Beirut, Fire at Peatland Forest, and Art Deco Festival
Fire from burning tires burns as supporters of Lebanese Shiite Islamist movement Hezbollah stand before Lebanese Army soldiers during a Hezbollah-organized rally to block the road to Beirut International Airport over a decision to bar two Iranian flights from landing in Beirut, Lebanon, on Feb. 15, 2025. Ibrahim Amro/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Protests in Beirut, Fire at Peatland Forest, and Art Deco Festival

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Supporters cheer and hold Israeli flags as an Israeli helicopter carrying freed hostages Sagui Dekel Chen and Sasha Troufanov lands at a hospital after they were released from Hamas captivity in Ramat gan, Israel, on Feb. 15, 2025. Hamas informed the Israeli government on Friday that Sagui Dekel Chen, Alexander Sasha Troufanov, and Iair Horn would be released today, as part of a cease-fire deal that seemed in jeopardy earlier in the week. Amir Levy/Getty Images
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A family gathers around their car as white South Africans supporting President Donald Trump and South African-born Elon Musk leave the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, at the end of a demonstration on Feb. 15, 2025. Trump and Pretoria are locked in a diplomatic row over a land expropriation act that Washington says will lead to the takeover of white-owned farms. Trump said on Feb. 7 that the law signed in January would “enable the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners' agricultural property without compensation.” Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images
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People place a candle in tribute to victims at the makeshift memorial set up at the scene where an Afghan asylum seeker, who was granted a Munich residence permit, drove a car into a crowd in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 15, 2025. A 2-year-old girl and her mother died as a result, and 37 others were injured, police said, noting the attacker showed
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Frogman Forces Command personnel of the Indonesian Navy patrol during a rehearsal a day before the opening ceremony for the Komodo 2025 multilateral naval exercise at Denpasar, in Indonesia's Bali island, on Feb. 15, 2025. Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP via Getty Images
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Tidjane Thiam (R), the president of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI), greets his supporters upon his arrival for a mobilisation meeting for the presidential election of October 2025, in Yopougon, a popular commune in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Feb. 15, 2025. Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images
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From right: Britain's Niall Treacy, Kazakhstan's Gleb Ivchenko, Bosnia Herzegovina's Tarik Omeragic, Ukraine's Daniil Bergin, and Hong Kong's Tsz Fung Kwok compete in the Men's 1,500m quarterfinals during the 2024/2025 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Milan 2025, part of a Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games test event, at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 15, 2025. Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images
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Heads of states pose for a group picture during the 38th African Union (AU) Summit, where leaders will elect a new head of the AU Commission, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Feb. 15, 2025. Amanuel Sileshi/AFP via Getty Images
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An empty street in Bukavu, eastern Congo, on Feb. 15, 2025. Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of the Rwanda-backed rebels. Janvier Barhahiga/AP Photo
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Red-crowned cranes, dancing gracefully in the snowy fields, spread their wings and perform a “courtship dance” at the feeding area of the “Tsurui Ito Red-crowned Crane Sanctuary” in the village of Tsurui, in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, on Feb. 15, 2025. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images
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Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto, who also serves as the chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), is seen on a large screen as he speaks during the party's 17th anniversary in Bogor, West Java, on Feb. 15, 2025. Aditya Aji/AFP via Getty Images
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An Israeli soldier stands guard near a wall in Beita, south of Nablus, on Feb. 14, 2025. Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
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Students and citizens attend a demonstration as they block the main boulevard in central Serbian city of Kragujevac on Feb. 15, 2025, continuing months-long calls for government accountability and reforms. The demonstration is the latest in a series of mass protests to rock the Balkan country after the collapse of a roof at a train station killed 15 people in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad. The university student-led movement has put increasing pressure on the government of the Balkan country, spurring the resignation of several high-ranking officials. Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images
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Members of the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure work at the scene of a fire at a peatland forest converted into palm oil plantations in Meulaboh, west coast of Aceh province, Indonesia, on Feb. 15, 2025. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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The motorcade of President Donald Trump is parked next to a 13-year-old Boeing 747 sitting on the tarmac at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 15, 2025. Trump, who toured the plane, is reported to be frustrated by delays to two new presidential planes, which were meant to be delivered already but now may not be ready until 2028 or possibly later. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images
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People in Istanbul, Turkey, take part in a protest against President Donald Trump's proposal to take over and move out the population in the Gaza Strip on Feb. 15, 2025. Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images
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A Hamas fighter stands guard on the rooftop of a building overlooking an area secured by fellow terrorists in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, before the release of three Israeli hostages on Feb. 15, 2025, as part of the sixth hostage-prisoner exchange in exchange for 369 Palestinians in Israeli custody. Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images
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Ukraine Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov (C-L) and German Chancellery Minister Wolfgang Schmidt (C-R) sign a mutual letter of intent on the creation of a “Unity Hub” as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz look on at the 61st Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 15, 2025. International defense and security leaders from around the world are gathering for the Feb. 14–16 conference. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Wilco Nienaber of South Africa plays a shot on day three of the NTT DATA Pro Am 2025 at Fancourt Golf Estate in George, South Africa, on Feb. 15, 2025. Luke Walker/Getty Images
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Vintage cars take part in a parade in Napier, New Zealand, on Feb. 15, 2025. The Napier Art Deco Festival 2025, running from Feb. 13 to 16, promises an immersive experience with over 200 events celebrating the city's iconic Art Deco architecture and heritage. This year's festival marks significant anniversaries, including the centennial of the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris and features vintage car rallies, fashion shows, and steam train excursions. Kerry Marshall/Getty Images
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A cat participates in a show organized by the Kuwait Cat Club in Kuwait City, on Feb. 15, 2025. Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images