Minister for Ecological Transition and Biodiversity Monique Barbut stands in a flooded street as she visits Cadillac-sur-Garonne, France, on Feb. 16, 2026. France's flood alert system has been working at a record pace as relentless rain over the past month has saturated soils, the head of the agency told AFP. (Gaizka Iroz/AFP via Getty Images)

Operators control power generation and transmission at Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 6, in Kariwa Village, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on Feb. 16, 2026. (Japan Pool/Jiji Press/AFP via Getty Images)

People walk down the stairs at a metro station in Moscow on Feb. 16, 2026. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)

Germany's Annika Hocke and Robert Kunkel compete in the figure skating pairs' free skating final during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan on Feb. 16, 2026. (Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images)

Fatima Al-Nassar, a Palestinian woman living in Lebanon, stands in her damaged apartment as she looks at the rubble of a nearby building that was hit in January by an Israeli strike in the southern village of Qannarit, on Feb. 16, 2026. (Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images)

A paramotorist using a wing in the colors of the Kurdish flag flies over the Korek Mountain resort near the city of Rawanduz in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region, during the Kurdistan Ice and Snow festival on Feb. 16, 2026. (Safin Hamid/AFP via Getty Images)

People perform during the 2026 Carnival of Maracatu, in Nazaré da Mata, Pernambuco, Brazil, on Feb. 16, 2026. Maracatu is a regional dance and Afro-Brazilian cultural expression resulting from the cultural mix and African and indigenous influence in the region. Every year, thousands of people participate in the traditional parade. (Pedro Vilela/Getty Images)

Ground staff check on horses transported in crates on a cargo aircraft upon arriving at Liege airport in Grace-Hollogne, Belgium, on Feb. 16, 2026. (Jill Delsaux/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)

UAE Team Emirates' Mexican rider Isaac Del Toro Romero leads the pack while approaching the finish line during the first stage of the UAE Tour cycling event from Madinat Zayed Majlis to Liwa Palace in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on Feb. 16, 2026. (Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images)

Philipp Raimund of Germany lands during the men's Super Team Final Round on Day 10 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on Feb. 16, 2026. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

A sea rescue boat in the port of Propriano, South Corsica, France, on Feb. 16, 2026. (Grichka Beysson-Leandri/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Carnival-goers watch the annual Rose Monday parade in Dussledorf, Germany, on Feb. 16, 2026. Rose Monday is the highlight of Carnival season, especially in western Germany, where float designers are famous for often searing and irreverent depictions of German and foreign politicians. (Hesham Elsherif/Getty Images)

A forerunner pilots prior to the men's two-man bobsled Heat 2 on Day 10 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Cortina Sliding Center in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 16, 2026. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Repair work continues on the Potomac Interceptor, a six-foot-wide sewage pipe that collapsed on Jan. 19 in Cabin John, Md., on Feb. 16, 2026. More than 300 million gallons of raw sewage poured into the Potomac River after the underground pipeline collapsed on Jan. 19. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A member of the National Drug Control agency stands guard next to seized packages of cocaine in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Feb. 16, 2026. The Dominican Republic said it had seized more than 2 tons of cocaine during a joint operation with the United States, days after the closure of Washington's anti-narcotics office in the Caribbean nation. (Danny Polanco/AFP via Getty Images)

Protesters rally on the eve of the formal submission of takeover offers for glassmaking giant Arc in Arques, France, on Feb. 16, 2026. Demonstrators included political figures and about 500 employees of the glassmaker, which was placed in receivership in early January. (Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images)

People enjoy the view and ocean breeze at the Marine Drive in Mumbai, India, on Feb. 16, 2026. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio poses with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a visit to Budapest, Hungary, on Feb. 16, 2026. (Alex Brandon/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

People ride boats in a canal as the sun begins to set behind the 69-meter (226-foot) Buddha statue of Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple, in Bangkok on Feb. 16, 2026. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)

Newlyweds embrace at the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, on Feb. 16, 2026. (Charlotte Siemon/AFP via Getty Images)