Category Archives: Feb 2015 – 2
Ukraine: Feb. 21 – 27, 2015
Photographers Vadim Ghirda and Evgeniy Maloletka have been covering the unrest in Ukraine this week for The Associated Press.
February 26, 2015
AP Monthly Staff Photo Contest
Each month, The Associated Press management honors photographers for outstanding photo coverage while on assignment.
February 25, 2015
Baseball Spring Training
Major League Baseball’s spring training is underway, attracting crowds of devoted fans to the warm climates of Arizona and Florida. Spring training begins in mid-February and ends just before Opening Day of the regular season.
NYC Cold Weather Aerials
Photos by Seth Wenig The freezing temperatures that have plagued much of the eastern U.S. haven’t spared New York City. The waterways around the island of Manhattan are filled with ice.
February 24, 2015
Bolivia Grandmothers’ Handball
Photos by Juan Karita Dozens of traditional Aymara grandmothers ease many of the aches and pains of aging by practicing a sport that is decidedly untraditional in Bolivia — team handball.
Greece Flour War
Photos by Petros Giannakouris For a few hours on a single day every year, the prim and elegant Greek seaside town of Galaxidi explodes into frantic childishness.
February 23, 2015
The Cursed River
Photos by Altaf Qadri For centuries, it was a curse that saved the river.
70th Anniversary of Joe Rosenthal’s Iwo Jima
On Feb. 23, 1945, a 33-year-old Associated Press photographer who had been rejected from the Army because of poor eyesight took a photograph that would ultimately become one of the most recognizable and reproduced images in history.
February 20, 2015
Antarctica’s Mysteries
Photos by Natacha Pisarenko Earth’s past, present and future come together here on the northern peninsula of Antarctica, the wildest, most desolate and mysterious of its continents.
Oscars’ Memorable Moments
The Oscars, or Academy Awards, dates back to 1929, when the first ceremony honoring excellence in film was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
February 19, 2015
Philippines’ New Year Dancers
Photos by Aaron Favila Amid the deafening drumbeats and firecracker blasts, the dragon snakes into a building in downtown Manila while three lion heads bob to the crowd’s delight.
Spanish, Portuguese Towns Celebrate Carnival
The wild and colorful costumes and masquerades that precede the Christian season of Lent have created popular festival traditions in Spain and Portugal.
February 18, 2015
Daily Life Roundup
For this week’s installment of AP’s Daily Life series, we feature photography from all over the world: A Kayan-Padaung woman weaves at a souvenir shop in Myanmar, an Orthodox clergyman blesses newly weds during a religious ceremony in Georgia, and Philadelphia firefighters work the scene of an overnight blaze.
Disneyland Measles Outbreak
Photos by Jae C. Hong The number of U.S. measles cases this year has risen to 141, with most of the new illnesses tied to outbreaks at Disneyland in California and an Illinois day care center.
February 17, 2015
Westminster Dog Show
The Westminster Dog Show started Monday morning and, to the owners of the 2,711 pooches who take part, it’s the Super Bowl, World Series and Daytona 500 of dogdom in the United States, one giant bark in the park.
Brazil’s Carnival 2015
Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous samba school parades held their grand finale as the five-day-long Carnival celebration ends on ash Wednesday.
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