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Photos of the day - February 28, 2016

Sun, February 28, 2016 at 8:38 PM UTC

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Washington Capitals defenseman Karl Alzner, left, gets hit by a high stick from Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday,Feb. 28, 2016, in Chicago. The Blackhawks won 3-2. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — A Syrian refugee is helped by volunteers to leave a sinking dinghy at a beach on the southeastern island of Lesbos, Feb. 28, 2016. Greece is mired in a full-blown diplomatic dispute with some EU countries over their border slowdowns and closures. Those border moves have left Greece and the migrants caught between an increasingly fractious Europe, where several countries are reluctant to accept more asylum-seekers, and Turkey, which has appeared unwilling or unable to staunch the torrent of people leaving in barely seaworthy smuggling boats for Greek islands. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Dutch dj Armin van Buuren performs during the A State of Trance Festival in De Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, The Netherlands, Feb. 28, 2016. (EPA/FERDY DAMMAN) (EPA/FERDY DAMMAN)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — A Belarussian soldier from the Interior Ministry special unit poses for pictures from a window during Maslenitsa celebrations at the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, Feb. 28, 2016. Maslenitsa celebrates the end of winter and is the only purely Slavic holiday, dating back to pagan times. (EPA/FERDY DAMMAN) (EPA/FERDY DAMMAN)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — An animal rights activist is seen inside a Hong Kong subway train on the way to an anti-fur protest, Hong Kong, China, Feb. 28, 2016. (EPA/ALEX HOFFORD) (EPA/ALEX HOFFORD)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Stranded Refugees from Syria are covered with blankets while waiting to be allowed to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, Feb. 28, 2016. About 5,500 migrants are braving rainy weather at a tent camp close to the border and another 500 are camped at a gas station 17 kilometers away. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., laughs while addressing supporters at a rally at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Va., Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Duke's Marshall Plumlee (40) and Pittsburgh's Chris Jones (12) battle for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price walks on a field during a spring training baseball workout in Fort Myers, Fla., Feb. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Filipino Antonio Panganiban peels the skin off garlic cloves outside his makeshift home at a slum in Manila, Philippines, Feb. 28, 2016. Panganiban is paid 50 pesos ($1) for 10 kilograms of peeled garlic. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Ultra-Orthodox Jews participate in the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Leibowitz, Lithuanian-Orthodox leader, head of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel, Feb. 28, 2016. Leibowitz was 83. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Texas Tech shortstop Orlando Garcia throws to first for the out after fielding a ball hit by Arkansas's Carson Shaddy during the sixth inning of a College Classic baseball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — A man rides his bicycle in a park in Peshawar, Pakistan, Feb. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Protesting refugees and migrants block a train at the Greek-Macedonia border as they are chanting "open the borders" in northern Greek village of Idomeni, Feb. 28, 2016. About 5,500 migrants are braving rainy weather at a tent camp close to the border and another 500 are camped at a gas station 17 kilometers away. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — A view of the Chinese capital is seen from the newly opened 228 meters tall observation deck of the Olympic Tower in Beijing, Feb. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Ohio State defensive lineman Joey Bosa runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Feb. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Runners make their way during the Tokyo Marathon in Tokyo, Feb. 28, 2016. About 37,000 people participated in the annual sport event. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Models parade at the end of the Dolce & Gabbana Autumn/Winter 2016 woman collection during Milan Fashion Week, Italy, February 28, 2016. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo) (REUTERS)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Stranded refugees sit on railway tracks, blocking the way to a train, during a protest at the Greek-Macedonian border as they wait for the border crossing to reopen near the Greek village of Idomeni, February 28, 2016. (REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis) (REUTERS)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — People gather at the site of suicide blasts in Baghdad's Sadr City February 28, 2016. The death toll from two suicide blasts in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite district of Sadr City rose to 24 with more than 60 others wounded, police and medical sources said on Sunday. (REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili) (REUTERS)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Tourists wearing local costumes get ready to pose for a souvenir picture with beehive houses in the background in Harran, a major ancient city of Upper Mesopotamia, Turkey February 28, 2016. (REUTERS/Murad Sezer) (REUTERS)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Migrants sleep outside a passenger terminal where stranded refugees and migrants find temporary shelter at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece, February 28, 2016. (REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis) (REUTERS)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — A man pulls a wheelbarrow past destroyed buildings after clashes between military forces loyal to Libya's eastern government and Islamist fighters, in Benghazi, Libya, February 28, 2016. (REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori) (REUTERS)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Choi Kyu-sung (C), a member of the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, February 28, 2016. South Korean opposition lawmakers seeking to block a government-backed "anti-terrorism" bill pushed their record-breaking filibuster into a sixth straight day of speeches in the parliamentary chamber on Sunday. (REUTERS/Song Won-young/News1) (REUTERS)

Photos of the day - February 28, 2016 — Participants run at the "Half-Naked Marathon" at Olympic Forest park in Beijing, China, February 28, 2016. This annual running event which requires participants to run half-naked, was organized to promote environmentally friendly lifestyles. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon) (REUTERS)

Washington Capitals defenseman Karl Alzner, left, gets hit by a high stick from Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane during the third period of a NHL hockey game in Chicago, a Syrian refugee is helped by volunteers to leave a sinking dinghy at a beach on the southeastern island of Lesbos and Dutch dj Armin van Buuren performs during the A State of Trance Festival in De Jaarbeurs in Utrecht are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Reuters)

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