Today in Pictures, Feb 22, 2023
A pancake race at the Guildhall in the City of London; The virtual recreation of the Tomb of Lihyan - the first Unesco World Heritage site to enter the metaverse and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A worker from City Company professions wearing a costume taking part in the Shrove Tuesday Inter-Livery Pancake Race at the Guildhall in the City of London, Britain, on Feb 21, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A digitally created image of the first Unesco World Heritage Site to enter the metaverse, the virtual recreation of the Tomb of Lihyan allows visitors to experience Hegra's history in vivid detail.
PHOTO: REUTERS
High tide at East Coast Park Area B at 12.47pm on Feb 22, 2023, causing seawater to overflow the banks of the drains and canals in the area. During high tide periods, these channels which lead to the sea and are influenced by tides will see high water levels, said PUB in an advisory on Feb 2, 2018. In the event of heavy rain coinciding with the high tides, flash floods may occur in the low-lying coastal areas such as Jalan Seaview, Meyer Road, Fort Road and Tanjong Rhu.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Festival participants known as 'Gilles', wearing traditional costumes, during Carnival celebrations in the streets of Binche, Belgium, Feb 21, 2023. The Carnival de Binche is a popular historical cultural event that was named a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2003.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Ogun Sever Okur, a 38-year-old Turkish man, inflating balloons on the debris of a collapsed building in Antakya, southern Turkey on Feb 21, 2023, following the 6.4-magnitude earthquake which struck on Feb 20, two weeks after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep and has killed more than 44,000 people. On the side of a busy road in Antakya, dozens of red balloons flutter around, hanging from the ruins. They are "the last toys" of children who died during the earthquake that devastated this southern Turkish city, explains Ogun Sever Okur, the author of this posthumous gift.
PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation for Buerlangma during the Autumn/Winter 2023 Ukrainian fashion show collection on the fifth day of the London Fashion Week, in London, Britain on Feb 21, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
Men carrying a mattress on a street covered with mud in one of the landslide sites after severe rainfall at Barra do Sahy, in Sao Sebastiao, Brazil on Feb 21, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
This undated handout photograph released by The Groenlands Naturinstitut on Feb 21, 2023 shows an aerial view of narwhals in the fjords off the eastern coast of Greenland. Narwhals are likely more dependent on fat reserves and abundant prey in climate-threatened winter habitats than previously thought, researchers said on Feb 22, 2023, warning of severe risks posed by global warming to the tusked whales. Scientists studying the long-horned marine mammals in the fjords off the eastern coast of Greenland during the summer period found the narwhals were largely unsuccessful in capturing prey.
PHOTO: AFP
