This week in photos: Leaders hit the slopes, envoys push trolley, and penguins tour museum

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin skiing in the grounds of the Gazprom Mountain Tourist Centre, Sochi, Russia, February 22

General view of action between the Vegas Golden Knights and the Colorado Avalanche during the 'NHL Outdoors At Lake Tahoe' at the Edgewood Tahoe Resort in Stateline, US, February 20

A woman participating in a 10km sled dog race as part of the 2021 Beringia Winter Festival at the Vitaly Fatyanov Biathlon Complex, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, February 22

Staff members of Russian embassy in North Korea and their family members using a hand-pushed rail trolley to move from the Russian border station of Khasan in the Russian Far East during their journey from North Korea, February 26. The diplomats and their family members made a 32-hour train journey and a two hour bus ride in North Korea, and then crossed the border to Russia using the rail trolley. North Korea has blocked most passenger transport due to COVID-19 restrictions

Engine of United Airlines Flight 328 is on fire after experiencing "a right-engine failure" shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport, Denver, USA, February 20. The Boeing 777 landed safely and none of the passengers or crew onboard were hurt

Scientists examining the body of a dead fin whale that washed up from the Mediterranean sea in Nitzanim, Israel, February 21. Vets carrying out an autopsy on the young whale found black liquid in it's lungs, suspecting links to oil spills along the Israeli shoreline

Indonesians trying to salvage their belongings from their houses which have been inundated by a flooding river in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 20

Protest against the arrest of Catalan rap singer Pablo Hasel, after he was given a jail sentence on charges of glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his songs, in Barcelona, Spain, February 20

Triumph the koala exploring the vet clinic with his new prosthetic limb attached to his right foot in Lismore, Australia, February 24. Triumph the koala was taken into care in 2017 after being found with his dying mother on a property in Lismore in northern New South Wales. Vets soon discovered Triumph's missing foot, a birth defect that affected his ability to move and sometimes caused him pain. Later local prosthetic dentist Jon Doulman created a prosthetic boot-like attachment made from rubber and attached with velcro

Dr. Mohamed Salah Siala playing the violin for patients on the COVID wards of the Hedi Chaker hospital in Sfax, Tunisia, February 20. When he decided to get out his violin one day at Hedi Chaker Hospital in city of Sfax and play, it won praise for boosting the morale of virus sufferers who remained isolated and needed a smile

Penguins of the Lasta-Rica circus at Bryansk Regional Art Museum, Bryansk, Russia, February 25

Fireworks going off over Novodevichy Convent on Defender of the Fatherland Day, Moscow, Russia, February 23