It was a week of natural phenomena, where water seemed to be “on fire” and a tropical cyclone slammed New Zealand in one of the country’s worst storms in history. See these and more in pictures.

Feb 15

A “firefall” is seen during sunset at Horsetail Fall at the El Capitan rock formation in Yosemite National Park, California, on Feb 15, 2023. This glowing phenomenon occurs for only a few days in February each year, when the rays of the setting sun hit the waterfall at just the right angle, illuminating the water in brilliant red and orange.

PHOTO: REUTERS

Feb 15

A student running away from a crow near Block 110 Bishan Street 12 on Feb 15, 2023. Residents and passers-by have been attacked by crows without provocation. The aggression was perhaps due to the birds’ instinct to protect their chicks nesting nearby.

ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH

Feb 14

An aerial photo of Waiohiki Bridge inundated by the Tutaekuri River after Cyclone Gabrielle made landfall near the city of Napier, New Zealand, on Feb 14, 2023.

PHOTO: AFP

Feb 15

People passing a child over the gates of an immigration office as Haitians gathered outside wait to apply for passports in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Feb 15, 2023.

PHOTO: REUTERS

Feb 12

Rescuers resting by a bonfire in Hatay, Turkey, on Feb 12, 2023, after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck the country's south-east on Feb 6. The death toll from the massive tremor that hit Turkey and Syria has climbed past 46,000, as hopes of finding survivors stuck under rubble in freezing weather fade.

PHOTO: AFP

Feb 16

The bow of sunken luxury liner Titanic is seen during a dive at the resting place of the ship's wreck on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. New and rare footage from the dive in July 1986 were finally released to mark the 25th anniversary of the Oscar-winning movie Titanic.

PHOTO: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION via REUTERS

Feb 12

A Kansas City Chiefs football player celebrating his team's Super Bowl LVII triumph over the Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb 12, 2023.

PHOTO: AFP

Feb 16

People dancing during the opening ceremony of the traditional Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria, on Feb 16, 2023.

PHOTO: REUTERS

Feb 17

Guests attending British-Turkish designer Bora Aksu’s catwalk show during London Fashion Week in Britain on Feb 17, 2023.

PHOTO: REUTERS

Feb 18

A view of a living room in Demirkopru, a small destroyed Turkish village now divided by a large crack in the southern province of Hatay, on Feb 18, 2023.

PHOTO: AFP