Day in Photos: Protests in Panama, Scientists Detect Neutrino, and Valentine’s Photo at the ZooDay in Photos: Protests in Panama, Scientists Detect Neutrino, and Valentine’s Photo at the Zoo
Riot police officers take position during a protest against a bill being discussed by the Chamber of Deputies to raise the retirement age by three years in Panama City, on Feb. 12, 2025. A policeman was injured, and more than a dozen protesters were arrested in a protest against a government-sponsored pension reform. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Protests in Panama, Scientists Detect Neutrino, and Valentine’s Photo at the Zoo

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 12, 2025. Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP via Getty Images
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A man reacts as he looks the interior of a crashed bus after a collision on a main highway in Caracas, Venezuela, on Feb. 12, 2025. Two people were killed and seven injured in a multi-vehicle crash involving at least 17 vehicles, said the commander of the Caracas fire brigade. Pedro Mattey/AFP via Getty Images
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Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen speaks to the media following the collapse of government coalition negotiations earlier in the day in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. 12, 2025. Talks between the far-right Austria Freedom Party and the conservative Austrian People's Party broke down over disagreements over Cabinet positions. Michael Gruber/Getty Images
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Chuduku, traditional two-wheeled handmade vehicles are pushed loaded with items belonging to internally displaced persons, as they leave the camps in Bulengo, on Feb. 12, 2025. Fighting erupted Tuesday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, three days after a call by African leaders for a ceasefire and a brief lull in the conflict. Rwanda-backed M23 fighters attacked Congolese army positions in South Kivu province at dawn, local and security sources told AFP. Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty Images
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A war dancer from Minahasa, North Sulawesi, performs during the Cap Go Meh festival, marking the 15th and final day of the Lunar New Year celebrations, which symbolizes the end of the festive period with prayers, family gatherings, and cultural performances, particularly among Indonesia's Chinese communities, in Bogor, West Java, on Feb. 12, 2025. Aditya Aji/AFP via Getty Images
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Dexter Woods, a Georgetown Law student builds a snowman near the Washington Monument as snow covers the National Mall in Washington on Feb. 12, 2025. The Washington region saw 4 to 6 inches of snow overnight, with spotty morning snow showers before a mostly rainy system is expected to move in this afternoon, potentially starting as a wintry mix before clearing early Thursday. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images
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Tulsi Gabbard and her husband Abraham Williams hug before she is sworn in as Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard earlier as Trump's choice to lead the country's intelligence services. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
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Fishing boats are anchored near the seafront during sunset in Mumbai, India, on Feb. 12, 2025. Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images
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Vice President JD Vance carries his daughter Mirabel and  walks with his son Vivek as they visit Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, in Paris, on Feb. 12, 2025. Leah Millis/AFP via Getty Images
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This aerial view shows the third mainland bridge leading to Ikoyi and Lagos Island in Lagos, Nigeria, on Feb. 12, 2025. Olympia De Maismont/AFP via Getty Images
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Egyptian women make traditional cheese at the Nawaya Community Kitchen in the Giza governorate's village of Abu Sir, some 25 km south of Cairo, on Feb. 12, 2025. Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images
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A man walks through the multi-storied lobby area of the Barbican Centre in London on Feb. 12, 2025. London's Barbican Centre has shared plans for a major renewal project of the iconic brutalist civic arts center that first opened in 1982. The £230 million renovation of the Grade II listed site will restore buildings that have “deteriorated significantly,” with upgrades planned for the foyers, lakeside terrace, and glasshouse conservatory. Pending planning permissions, the first phase of construction is set to begin in 2027. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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A worker collects waste using a trash skimmer machine across Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, on the occasion of Maghi Purnima during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on Feb. 12, 2025. Niharika Kulkarni/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman stands next to a crater and a destroyed vehicle following a missile attack in Kyiv, on Feb. 12, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP via Getty Images
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Researchers conduct final inspections on a neutrino Detection Unit, rolled up over the Launcher Vehicle Module, aboard a research vessel to the seafloor in the Mediterranean Sea in this undated handout image released on Feb. 12, 2025. Using an observatory under construction deep beneath the Mediterranean Sea near Sicily, scientists have detected a subatomic particle called a neutrino boasting record-breaking energy in another important step toward understanding some of the universe's most cataclysmic events. Paschal Coyle/Handout via Reuters
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Tourists release sky lanterns during the Pingxi Lantern Festival in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on Feb. 12, 2025. Cheng Yu-Chen/AFP via Getty Images
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The U.S. Air Force's F-35 fifth-generation fighter aircraft takes off during Aero India 2025, a military aviation exhibition at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru, India, on Feb. 12, 2025. Idrees Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images
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A delivery man gestures as he queues in traffic in Lagos, Nigeria, on Feb. 12, 2025. Olympia De Maismont/AFP via Getty Images
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Canada geese come in for a landing near an ice-covered pond in Centreville, Md., on Feb. 12, 2025, after a winter storm brought heavy snow across the state. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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Pedestrians walk past an oversized welder mask sculpture in an area known for its metal fabrication plants and steel workers in Seoul on Feb. 12, 2025. South Korea's acting president vowed to protect local firms' interests after President Donald Trump signed off on 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
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Palestinians walk amid the devastation in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip on Feb. 12, 2025. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 12, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
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Engineers work inside the access void below the deck of the HS2 viaduct at the Delta Junction construction site in Sutton Coldfield, England, on Feb. 12, 2025. Construction of a major viaduct has been completed at the Delta Junction section of the HS2 rail network project in the West Midlands. The 472-meter River Tame West Viaduct will form part of the triangular section of the high-speed network connecting London and Birmingham. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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A Black and White Ruffed Lemur inspects a heart-shaped balloon in its enclosure at Five Sisters Zoo Valentine's photo call in West Calder, Scotland, on Feb. 12, 2025. The Five Sisters Zoo outside Edinburgh is home to more than 160 different species from around the world, including rescued animals. For a Valentine's Day photo call, the zoo is offering animal enrichment activities with a Valentine's theme. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images