Today in Pictures, Feb 22, 2018

Mexican Juan Pedro Franco, the heaviest man in the world with a weight of 595 kilograms excercising, Stormzy performing during the BRIT Awards 2018 ceremony, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Feb 22, 2018, 01:39 PM

Mexican Juan Pedro Franco, the heaviest man in the world according to the Guinness World Records in 2017 with a weight of 595 kilograms, exercises at his house in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico. Franco, 33, lost 250 kilograms after undergoing a medical treatment which included two surgeries and now dreams of being able to walk again. PHOTO:AFP

British grime and hip-hop artist Stormzy performs during the BRIT Awards 2018 ceremony and live show in London on Feb 21, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

A handout picture released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) on Feb 21, 2018 shows a type of deep sea worm found in the exposed deep sea during a BAS research cruise in Antarctica in 2015. A team of scientists, is heading to Antarctica to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice shelf for up to 120,000 years. PHOTO: AFP

Dancers perform a traditonal dance before the medals ceremony at the Olympic park in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Feb 20, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

Shakhtar Donetsk's defender Bohdan Butko (L) fights for the ball with Roma's Argentinian midfielder Diego Perotti during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg football match between Shaktar Donetsk and AS Rome at The OSK Metalist Stadion in Kharkiv on Feb 21, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

A picture taken on Feb 20, 2018 shows smoke plumes rising following a reported regime air strike in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, Syria. PHOTO: AFP

Student at a protest calling for gun control legislation outside the Capitol in Washington, Feb 21, 2018. Under mounting pressure to take action after the nation’s latest school shooting massacre, Trump planned Wednesday to sit down with about 20 parents and students from the high school in Florida where a gunman killed 17 people last week. PHOTO: NYTIMES

A multiple exposure image shows Kim Hanul of South Korea in action during the Women Single Short Program of the Figure Skating competition at the Gangneung Ice Arena during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games in South Korea on Feb 21, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Revellers participate in a carnival procession in Basel, Switzerland on Feb 21, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A visitor looks at the painting 'Untitled XIX' by Dutch artist Willem de Kooning during a photocall for the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale at Christie's auction house in London, Britain on Feb 20, 2018. The sale will take place on Feb 27. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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