Today in photos (Feb. 15)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013.

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Fri., Feb. 15, 2013

An Afghan man sprays water on his rooster during a cockfight in Kabul Afghanistan, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Cockfighting, a popular age old tradition in Kabul, was banned during the rule of the Taliban regime. (AP photo/ Ali Hamed Haghdoust) ORG XMIT: CAI113

Ali Haghdoust Associated Press
Actress Catherine Deneuve and director Emmanuelle Bercot pose for photographers at the photo call for the film On My Way at the 63rd edition of the Berlinale, International Film Festival in Berlin, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (

Markus Schreiber Associated Press
In this photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru a meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass.

Yekaterina Pustynnikova Chelyabinsk.Ru
Women attend a rally at Cairo University outside Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Around 5,000 mostly hardline Islamists are rallying in Egypt against a recent wave of protests that has killed around 70 people. (AP/Virginie Nguyen Hoang) ORG XMIT: CAI101

Virginie Hoang Associated Press
Palestinians ride horses on Gaza beach as the sun sets in Gaza City, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013.

Hatem Moussa Associated Press
President Barack Obama comforts Mary Jo Copeland, of Minneapolis, who founded Sharing and Caring Hands in 1985, which has served as a safety net to those in the Minneapolis area, before he presented her with the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, during a ceremony Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Susan Walsh Associated Press