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Victoria's Secret Angels Share their Gift Picks and Tips For Valentine's Day(01 of18)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09: Victoria Secret Angels Elsa Hosk (L) and Jasmine Tookes attend the Gift Picks and Tips For Valentine's Day Event at Victoria's Secret Herald Square on February 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mark Sagliocco/FilmMagic) (credit:Mark Sagliocco via Getty Images)
Shrove Tuesday(02 of18)
Heywood and Middleton MP Liz McInnes goes past Lord St John of Bletso as they take part the annual Rehab Parliamentary Pancake Race in which MPs, Lords and members of the media race each other on pancake day to raise money for the charity Rehab, in Victoria Tower Gardens, London. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
(03 of18)
To celebrate the release of Unravel™, Yarny, the tiny, endearing character which the unique physics-based puzzle platformer is centred on has undertaken an epic journey across London visiting the capital’s most famous landmarks and locations.Yarny begins tethered to something important at the start of the game and goes on an adventure riddled with challenges, attempting to make it to the end without unraveling. Some challenges are simple, like using Yarny’s thread to swing across a gap, or rappel down a tree. But others are more complex, and players will need to use Yarny’s thread in clever and creative ways to find the path forward.To mark the launch of Unravel in the UK, Yarny embarked on another adventure, swapping the tranquil surroundings of northern Sweden, where the game was created, for the busy streets of London. Yarny visited London’s most famous locations including Wembley Stadium and ITV Studios, as well as some more alternative tourist hotspots including the Cereal Killer Café and the Lady Dinah Emporium. In some instances Yarny swapped his red yarn for public transport as he rode the tube, hailed a black cab and dodged the traffic on a bike!
HONG KONG-LUNAR-NEW YEAR(04 of18)
Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour during Lunar New Year celebrations in Hong Kong on February 9, 2016. The Lunar New Year of the Monkey began on February 8. AFP PHOTO / DALE DE LA REY / AFP / DALE de la REY (Photo credit should read DALE DE LA REY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DALE DE LA REY via Getty Images)
(05 of18)
Winter returns with snow at Nenthead on the Cumbria and Northumberland border today after Storm Imogen battered Britain with hurricane-force winds reaching speeds of almost 100mph. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
(06 of18)
Firefighters and emergency doctors work at the site of a train accident near Bad Aibling, southern Germany, on February 9, 2016.Two commuter trains collided head-on near Bad Aibling, around 60 kilometres (40 miles) southeast of Munich, killing at least eight people and injuring around 100, in what is believed to be the country's first deadly rail accident in three years. / AFP / Lukas BARTH (Photo credit should read LUKAS BARTH/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LUKAS BARTH via Getty Images)
(07 of18)
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(08 of18)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton meets with attendees during a campaign stop, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, at Manchester Community College in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(09 of18)
Riot police move forward to the protesters on a street in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Hong Kong's Lunar New Year celebration descended into chaotic scenes as protesters and police, who fired warning shots into the air, clashed over a street market selling fish balls and other local holiday delicacies, leaving dozens injured and arrested. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(10 of18)
Rioters throw bricks at police in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Hong Kong's Lunar New Year celebration descended into chaotic scenes as protesters and police, who fired warning shots into the air, clashed over a street market selling fish balls and other local holiday delicacies, leaving dozens injured and arrested. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(11 of18)
Performers from the Portela samba school sport waterspouts on their heads during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(12 of18)
A performer from the Portela samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(13 of18)
Dragon and lion dancers perform amidst exploding firecrackers in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 at Manila's Chinatown district in Manila, Philippines. This year is Year of the Monkey in the Lunar calendar. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(14 of18)
NEWHAVEN, WEST SUSSEX - FEBRUARY 08: Newhaven Harbour wall and lighthouse take a battering on February 8, 2016 in Newhaven, East Sussex. Storm Imogen is the ninth named storm to hit the UK this season. This year's storms are being named in an effort by the Met Office and Met Eireann to increase public awareness and safety. They were named by public ballot and there are no names for the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Mike Hewitt via Getty Images)
(15 of18)
NEWQUAY, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 08: Bruno, a bearded collie cross, walks in the wind in Newquay on February 8, 2016 in Cornwall, England. Parts of the UK are currently being battered by Storm Imogen, the ninth named storm to hit the UK this season. Thousands of homes have been left without power and commuters hit by road and rail chaos as Storm Imogen batters the South with gale force winds and torrential rain. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
(16 of18)
Vladimir Faingold reads a sign telling patrons that Chipotle will be closed for lunch and opening late due to an employee meeting on food safety, on the doors of the restaurant in Pittsburgh's Market Square, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) (credit:Keith Srakocic/AP)
(17 of18)
Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush throws a snowball following a campaign event, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(18 of18)
Belgium's King Philippe, center, and Queen Mathilde, left, play in the snow with their daughter Princess Eleonore during their annual ski vacation in Verbier, Switzerland on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)