Photos Of The Week #9

Bare-chested participants run at the Real Men's Race to celebrate the Defender of the Fatherland Day in Minsk on February 23. (epa-EFE/Tatyana Zenkovich)

An Indian farmer scatters fertilizer on his newly planted paddy field in the Morigaon district of Assam. (epa-EFE/STR)

A staff member sits in an deserted examination hall as authorities canceled exams in all education institutes throughout Balochistan, Pakistan after the first case of coronavirus in the region was confirmed. (epa-EFE/Jamal Tarakai) 

In the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, children from Afghanistan use blankets to warm themselves after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey. (AP/Michael Varaklas)

Pakistan Air Force jets perform to celebrate the first anniversary Operation Swift Retort, in which two Indian jets were shot down over Kashmir on February 27. 2019. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)

Afghan Army soldiers celebrate Soldiers Day in Jalalabad on February 27. (epa-EFE/Ghulamullah Habibi)

Iraqi people wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus walk past burning tires ignited by Iraqi anti-government protesters in Nassiriya. (Reuters/Ahmed Dhahi)

Protesters in Amritsar shout slogans as they burn an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a demonstration against religious violence in New Delhi on February 26. (AFP/Narinder Nanu)

Dogs rescued from the streets by the government-run Mission Nevado are tended to by a volunteer at the beach during Carnival in La Guaira, Venezuela. (AP/Ariana Cubillos)

A performer wearing a scary mask entertains the public during the Shrovetide spring festival near the Kremlin in Moscow on February 24. Shrovetide or Maslenitsa is an ancient farewell ceremony to winter traditionally celebrated in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine that involves the burning of a large effigy. (AFP/Yuri Kadobnov)

A man throws a flare at Greek riot police in clashes at a demonstration against the construction of a new migrant camp near the town of Mantamados on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos. (AFP/Aris Messinis)

An Afghan laborer works at a brick kiln in Jalalabad. (epa-EFE/Ghulamullah Habibi)

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's Health Ministry raised the death toll from the new virus to 12 people in the country on February 25, amid concerns that clusters there, as well as in Italy and South Korea, could signal a serious new stage in its global spread. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A local resident clashes with riot police at a roadblock in the Greek village of Karava near the area where the government plans to build a new migrant detention center on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos. (AP/Michael Varaklas)

People supporting a new Indian citizenship law destroy a protest site used by those opposing the law in New Delhi. (Reuters/Danish Siddiqui)