CNN Site Map (Galleries) for February - 2017
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- 2017-02-28The Oscars ceremony had a surprise ending that could only happen in Hollywood. Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty presented the award for best picture Sunday night.
- 2017-02-28Missoni Autumn-Winter 2017
- 2017-02-28World's cheapest Michelin-starred meal: Singapore's Liao Fan Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle, a humble hawker stall, received one star in the city state's inaugural Michelin Guide in July 2016. The price of its iconic chicke
- 2017-02-28Stuffed animal sleepover programs have been conducted by libraries worldwide. A team of Japanese researchers recently found that the programs may encourage children to read.
- 2017-02-28Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A performer from the Beija Flor samba school plays to the crowds at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro on February 26. Around the world, people have been taking part in a wide range of carnival celebrations related to Shrove Tuesday
- 2017-02-28A study shows cancer deaths in counties across the nation, revealing clusters that have lagged behind national cancer efforts. Deaths from all cancers in 2014 were highest along the Mississippi River, near the Kentucky-West Virginia border, western Alaska
- 2017-02-27Australian artists Guido van Helten works on his latest mural project, a grain silo in the South Australian town of Coonalpyn.
- 2017-02-27Emma Stone walks the red carpet before the Academy Awards on Sunday, February 26.
- 2017-02-27Marcus Samuelsson's casual MGM National Harbor restaurant is open daily from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.
- 2017-02-27Maximum glamor: Abu Dhabi's most opulent hotel, The Emirates Palace, recently upped the decadence stakes with a lavish shoot by Australian photographer Anthony Horth. Check out the first five photos in the gallery to see what he shot.
- 2017-02-27"The Act of Killing," a 2012 documentary, follows unrepentant death squad leader Anwar Congo, center, as he and others reenact their violent acts from 48 years ago. It has had a big impact in Indonesia as the country struggles to address the ant
- 2017-02-27Self-taught chef Ana Roš changes her menu with the seasons -- or on a whim -- to incorporate the freshest produce and ad hoc inspiration. She sources herbs and vegetables from her own organic garden, and works with foragers and local fishermen to source o
- 2017-02-27The cast and crew of "Moonlight" accept the best picture Oscar during the Academy Awards on Sunday, February 26. The winner was initially announced as "La La Land" by presenter Faye Dunaway, but moments later it was revealed that there
- 2017-02-27Sailors assigned to the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) swim in the South China Sea on February 23. The littoral combat ship, operating out of Singapore, has been conducting exercises and training in the South China Sea all month.
- 2017-02-27Topping the list as a "critical priority," Acinetobacter baumannii is a common cause of hospital-acquired infections, picked up both in hospital and in healthcare settings, such as nursing homes.
- 2017-02-27The romantic comedy and musical "La La Land" has claimed the award for Best Production Design at the 2017 Academy Awards.
Located on the southern slope of Mount Hollywood, the Griffith Observatory has become an unofficial emblem of Los Angeles
- 2017-02-26Reporters stand in the White House press briefing room after being excluded from the meeting on Friday, February 24, in Washington. CNN and other news organizations were blocked Friday from a White House press briefing. The decision struck veteran White H
- 2017-02-25March is filled with some streaming madness including season one of the highly anticipated "Marvel's Iron Fist" series on Netflix. Here's some of what else is streaming during the month:
- 2017-02-24It's time for Carnival! The streets of Rio de Janeiro are packed for this year's Carnival celebrations. One of this pre-Lenten celebration's most famous events is the Samba Parade, with over 5,000 participants from around Brazil.
- 2017-02-24"La La Land" danced away with a record-tying 14 Oscar nominations, including one for best picture. Also nominated in this category are "Arrival," "Fences," "Hacksaw Ridge," "Hell or High Water," "Hidd
- 2017-02-24Workers lift up a toppled gravestone at the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in University City, Missouri, on Tuesday, February 21. More than 100 grave markers were vandalized at the Jewish cemetery, police said. The vandalism report came on a day the W
- 2017-02-23Born in one of Africa's poorest countries, architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has been slowly changing its landscape with economical, green architecture that uses local labor and provides much-needed technical training for the community.
He's been
- 2017-02-23The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to protesters in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 25, 1965. About 25,000 people had marched there from Selma, Alabama, to protest discriminatory practices -- such as poll taxes and literacy tests -- that prevented many
- 2017-02-23Al Ain Oasis: Abu Dhabi's second city Al Ain makes for a refreshing day trip away from the hustle and humidity of the UAE's capital. At its heart is a cool, green oasis.
- 2017-02-23David Adjaye was tapped to design the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. The structure, which is slated for completion 2015, nods to an African aesthetic. The exterior will be made up of aluminum panels
- 2017-02-23Parisian photographer Romain Veillon is fascinated by abandoned locations.
- 2017-02-23Are you sure those extra pounds are caused by a lack of willpower, or could there be an underlying medical issue?
- 2017-02-23Japan's "ama" divers: The tradition of ama diving dates back centuries, with references to these "women of the sea" first recorded around 5,000 years ago. While the industry was once thriving, today only about 2,000 ama divers rem
- 2017-02-22Rescue crews steer a boat full of residents in a flooded San Jose, California, neighborhood on Tuesday, February 21. One of Southern California's most powerful storms in recent years has caused flooding, power outages and blackouts across the region.
- 2017-02-22A mosaic of the 2,000-kilometer-long Valles Marineris canyon. The image is composed of 102 Viking Orbiter images, at a distance of 2500 kilometers from the surface.
- 2017-02-22Las Pozas ("the pools") is a unique collection of concrete sculptures, located in a forest just outside of Mexico City.
- 2017-02-22Inspired by his life as a touring musician, Lenny Kravitz explored his passion for photography by turning the lens on the fans and paparazzi that followed him.
- 2017-02-22Although maple syrup contains some vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, the amounts in a typical serving are quite small. One tablespoon provides about 1% of your daily needs for calcium, potassium and iron.
- 2017-02-22US troops in Mosul
- 2017-02-22Curator Anda Rottenberg was forced to resign following protests when she displayed this work by artist and provocateur Maurizio Cattelan at the Zacheta National Gallery in Warsaw, Poland.
- 2017-02-22Rock star Bruce Springsteen acknowledges Jessica Bloom's selfie during a February 7 concert in Sydney.
- 2017-02-21Kodomoroid, designed by Japan's Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories, reads the news.
- 2017-02-2115. Mingles, Seoul: Judges of the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants Awards called Mingles the rising star of Seoul. The three-year-old venue has been voted the best restaurant in Korea twice.
- 2017-02-21President Trump's travel ban has created anxiety for Somali refugees at the crowded Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, some of whom are in limbo while awaiting resettlement in the US. Batulo Abdalla Ramadhan, 22, had been scheduled to travel in early Febr
- 2017-02-20George Washington was the first President of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. He also served as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, and he has the distinction of being the only President unanimously elected by the Electoral College.
- 2017-02-20South Korean artist Choi Xooang creates hyperrealistic sculptures that depict the human form in its whole and its parts.
- 2017-02-20Sidney Poitier, who turns 90 years old on February 20, became the first black performer to win an Academy Award for best actor in 1964. Poitier, who won the Oscar for his performance in "Lilies of the Field," was one of the biggest box-office st
- 2017-02-20Meteora: This celebrated view of Meteora has become one of the most photographed spots in Greece.
- 2017-02-20Dr. Pirooz Eghtesady, cardiothoracic surgeon-in-chief at St. Louis Children's Hospital and his patient Spencer Kolman,15, in 2017. "Spencer did remarkably well," said Eghtesady of his young patient who underwent a heart-lung transplant last
- 2017-02-20Researchers for a study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine in 2016 looked at 294 cases of peroxide ingestion over a 10-year period. They found that a large number of cases where patients swallowed high-concentration peroxide resulted in critica
- 2017-02-20Adams was the nation's first vice president, serving under George Washington for two terms. A revolutionary hero, he once said "the vice presidency is the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conc
- 2017-02-20Ruth Negga is nominated for best performance by an actress in a leading role in "Loving."
- 2017-02-19US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Thursday, February 16. Trump lashed out against the media and what he called fake news as he displayed a sense of anger and grievance rarely vented by a presi
- 2017-02-18In 1943, legendary photographer Ansel Adams took portraits of Japanese-Americans interned at Manzanar Relocation Camp in California. "The purpose of my work was to show how these people, suffering under a great injustice, and loss of property, busine
- 2017-02-18Lucha Libre wrestler Sam Adonis waves a Donald Trump flag as he is introduced to the crowd at Arena Mexico on Sunday, February 12.
- 2017-02-18The sign outside Rue La Rue Café in New York City carries a line from "The Golden Girls" theme song, "Thank You for Being a Friend."
- 2017-02-17"For an authentic experience, this tiny place in Al Karama is filled with Ethiopians who crave flavors from home. Poured from a traditional Ethiopian coffee pot called a jebena, coffee is served alongside popcorn -- which is what Ethiopians traditio
- 2017-02-17Jeanette Vizguerra hugs her youngest child, Zury, while addressing supporters and the media from a church in Denver on Wednesday, February 15. Vizguerra, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, first came to the United States in 1997. In 2011, a federal im
- 2017-02-17From left to right, Yenny, Sun, Sohee, Lim and Yubin of the Wonder Girls onstage at iHeartRadio Presents Wonder Girls at iHeartRadio Performance Theater on September 5, 2012, in New York City. The decade-old group disbanded on January 26, 2017.
- 2017-02-16This is an influenza virus particle, also known as a virion, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Virions are made up of an outer protein shell and an inner core of nucleic acid: in this case, eight single-stranded RNA segments.
- 2017-02-16Jeanette Vizguerra came to the United States from Mexico illegally in 1997 with her husband and daughter. She has three American-born children and lives in Denver.
- 2017-02-16"Singaporean chef Reif has taken the traditional chef's table to another level by creating a private 'apartment' one floor above his restaurant Play in the H Hotel, where he personally cooks and serves up to 12 guests, any day and nigh
- 2017-02-16Civil rights activists known as Freedom Riders sit at a bus station in Birmingham, Alabama, in May 1961. That month, the Freedom Ride movement began with interstate buses driving into the Deep South to challenge segregation that persisted despite recent S
- 2017-02-16Volcano-gazing in Guatemala: Overlooking Lake Atilan's volcanoes and Mayan villages while soaking in Casa Palopo's infinity pool is one way to make this Valentine's Day memorable.
- 2017-02-16Treehotel, Sweden: Hidden away among silent woods and snow banks in Swedish Lapland, Treehotel has an apartment-like cabin built into the canopy, 32 feet above the ground.
- 2017-02-16Plain of Six Glaciers Tea House, Lake Louise, Canada: A tea house at 7,000 feet? The Plain of Six Glaciers rustic tea house rests above Lake Louise in Banff National Park, and is only accessible via a four-mile hike or horseback ride up the mountains.
- 2017-02-15Rembrandt's drawing of a dog has been in the collection of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig, Germany, since 1770, but was long thought to be the work of a different artist.
- 2017-02-15Both St. Louis and Kansas City have reinvented themselves in recent years as dynamic 21st-century cities. Kansas City, pictured, is renowned as the first city in the world to get speedy Google Fiber broadband.
- 2017-02-15Rumor, a 5-year-old female German shepherd, poses for photos after winning Best in Show at the 141st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, early on Wednesday, February 15.
- 2017-02-15Kate Moss for Vogue Japan, May 2011
- 2017-02-15Drew Barrymore, blood and guts. What's not to love? The actress stars in the new Netflix series "Santa Clarita Diet," which has been shrouded in some mystery. What we do know is that it looks to be a zombie show that Barrymore sinks her tee
- 2017-02-15Diogo Morgado plays Jesus in the 2014 film "Son of God."
- 2017-02-15Best cruise ships for 2017. Viking Ocean Cruises dominated Cruise Critic's Cruisers' Choice Awards this year. The Viking Sea (pictured) won for best overall small-mid size cruise, along with awards for best entertainment, best service, best fitn
- 2017-02-15"Erotic: Passion & Desire," an exhibition at Sotheby's London, looks at representations of sex in art and design objects from ancient times to the modern day. The works will all be auctioned on Feb. 16, 2017. These are some of the highl
- 2017-02-14Angkor Wat, Cambodia: Angkor Wat was a massive city with a vast network of roads, houses, canals, ponds and temples across the Cambodian countryside.
- 2017-02-14The Indian Space Research Organization, India's space agency, has released pictures from the camera Mars onboard the Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter Spacecraft.
- 2017-02-14Penang Hill: Penang's highest point has lush hiking trails all the way down to the botanical gardens and the world's steepest funicular railway. Its new eco-park, The Habitat, aims to promote environmental consciousness and conservation awarene
- 2017-02-14A new exhibition at Hong Kong's Para Site Gallery -- Creative Operational Solutions -- explores the work of seven artists who sailed on commercial container ships. "The sea is the backbone of globalization and exchanges of global culture,"
- 2017-02-14Ren Hang is a self-taught, Beijing-based photographer whose color-blasted, abstract erotic snapshots have recently made him one of Asia's most popular contemporary artists.
- 2017-02-13A vendor sells heart-shaped Valentine's Day balloons in Lahore, Pakistan.
- 2017-02-13Dilbireen Muhsin, a 2-year-old boy from Iraq's Yazidi community, was born in a refugee camp January 4, 2015.
- 2017-02-13COQ, Paris: A design-savvy new address in the heart of Paris's creative 13th arrondissement, COQ is all about fostering a "community of quality" -- which translates to warm hospitality an