This Week in Pictures (February 24 - March 2)

People walk in the central via dei Fori covered with snow in Rome on February 26, 2018.

Vladimir Putin with Olympic figure stating medalists Alina Zagitova (left) and Yevgenia Medvedeva after the awards ceremony in Kremlin.

German Chancellor and party chairwoman Angela Merkel acknowledges the applause of the delegates after her speech during the party convention of the Christian Democratic Union CDU in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. The delegates came together to decide on the coalition agreement on forming a new German government.

The Soyuz MS-06 capsule carrying the crew of Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei of the US and Alexander Misurkin of Russia, descends beneath a parachute just before landing in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan.

A tourist dances during a Holi festival celebration in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 1, 2018. The festival marks the advent of spring.

A cow is prepared to be milked by a robotic milking system during the 55th International Agriculture Fair (Salon de l'Agriculture) at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center on February 26, 2018 in Paris.

White House Communications Director Hope Hicks leaves the US Capitol after attending the House Intelligence Committee closed door meeting in Washington, US, February 27, 2018.

The sun sets behind the wreckage of a train collision near Kom Hamadah, in the Beheira province in the Nile delta, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018.

A model presents a creation for Christian Dior during the 2018/2019 Fall/Winter collection fashion show on February 27, 2018 in Paris.

Firecrackers are set off outside each store to ward off evil spirits during celebrations marking the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dog, in First Chinatown, Johannesburg on February 24, 2018.

This photo taken on February 25, 2018 shows people swing dancing in front of Phra Pathom Chedi temple in the central Thai province of Nakhon Pathom. More than 300 enthusiasts, including foreign dancers, came out for the shindig on a street in Nakhon Pathom, about an hour outside of Bangkok.

President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during the annual Parliamentary Address.

Mississippi cheerleaders perform during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Florida at the women's Southeastern Conference tournament Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Demonstrators, including, Valeria Suarez, center, and Gerardo Gomez, right, yell slogans as they block an intersection outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in San Francisco.

Passengers stand on a deck of a tourist boat with restaurant aboard especially designed for winter river cruises as it breaks through the frozen Moskva River in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018.

A Venezuelan refugee child walks inside a shelter in the city of Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil, on February 24, 2018.

A hostess stands in front of medal winners on the podium as they are presented with their medals after the women's team sprint final race at The UCI World Cycling Championships in Apeldoorn on February 28, 2018.

An unidentified swimmer braves the cold as he walks on the snow covered Biarritz beach, southwestern France, after enjoying a swim in the Atlantic ocean, Wednesday, Feb.28, 2018.

Protestors demonstrate outside the closed gate of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on February 27, 2018.

An Indian woman looks at her mobile phone as she carries red chillies on her head at a farm at Shertha village near Gandhinagar, India, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018.

A man removes snow from the stairs of his home in the village of Mramor, near Pristina, on February 27, 2018.
Dubbed "The Beast from the East," Europe was seized on February 27 with an icy cold originating from Siberia, which has already been responsible for at least twenty deaths in four days.

Victor the polar bear plays in the snow at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, north England, Wednesday Feb. 28, 2018. Britain, which is buffered by the Atlantic Ocean and tends to have temperate winters, saw heavy snow in some areas that disrupted road, rail and air travel and forced hundreds of schools to close.

Participants parade during the "Miss Germany 2018" beauty pageant on February 24, 2018 in Rust, southern Germany.

A guardsman sits on duty in the snow at Horse Guards Parade in London, February 28, 2018.

The Russian ice hockey national team celebrates after beating Germany in the Olympic final.