Clashes erupted between police and demonstrators in Athens on Sunday, after thousands protested over a deadly train crash that killed at least 57 people.
Annual sessions begin in Beijing of China's national legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a political advisory body. The NPC is poised to implement the biggest government shake-up in a decade, making way for Xi loyalists.
Kyiv said its troops were still holding out in a "hellish" fight for Bakhmut, while Washington said that even if the eastern Ukrainian city should fall to a Russian offensive, it would not necessarily give Moscow momentum in the war.
The U.S. shoots down a high-altitude Chinese balloon, the Turkey-Syria earthquake kills tens of thousands, Ukraine's year of war, fashion week and more of our best photography from February 2023. Produced by Jillian Kumagai
