Today’s top pics: Leaping for win at Speedskating Worlds and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
APTOPIX Jets Canadiens Hockey
Montreal Canadiens center Jesperi Kotkaniemi (15) jumps in front of Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) during first-period NHL hockey game action Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, in Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)
APTOPIX Germany Speedskating Worlds
The Netherlands' men's team competes during the ISU single distance Speedskating World Championships in Inzell, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
APTOPIX Haiti Protest
Thousands of demonstrators march in the street as they chant anti-government slogans during a protest to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moise and demanding to know how Petro Caribe funds have been used by the current and past administrations, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Much of the financial support to help Haiti rebuild after the 2010 earthquake comes from Venezuela's Petro Caribe fund, a 2005 pact that gives suppliers below-market financing for oil and is under the control of the central government. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
APTOPIX Pebble Beach Golf
Phil Mickelson follows his drive from the 16th tee of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club Shore Course during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
APTOPIX Slovakia Astronomy
In a picture issued on Feb. 8, 2019 the white glow of zodiacal light is visible in the night sky as photographed near Hajnacka, southern Slovakia on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. The faint light is caused by interplanetary dust reflecting sunlight. The astronomical phenomenon in the temperate zones is most clearly visible in February and March after sunset and in September and October before sunrise, when the zodiac is positioned at a steep angle to the horizon. (Peter Komka/MTI via AP)
APTOPIX Turkey Building Collapse
Rescue workers continue to remove rubble from an eight-story building which collapsed two days earlier in Istanbul, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. Turkish rescue workers on Friday pulled out a 16-year-old boy from the rubble of an eight-story apartment building in Istanbul two days after it collapsed, Turkey's interior minister Suleyman Soylu said. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
APTOPIX Germany Berlin Film Festival 2019
Jury president and actress Juliette Binoche poses for the media on the red carpet for the film 'The Kindness of Strangers' and the opening ceremony of the 2019 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
APTOPIX Germany Speedskating Worlds
Czech Republic's Martina Sablikova leaps on the podium after winning the gold medal, next to silver medalist Antoinette de Jong of the Netherlands, left, and bronze winner, Natalia Veronica of Russia at the ISU single distance Speedskating World Championships in Inzell, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
