Week in photos (Feb. 25-March 1)

View a gallery of photos from the week of Feb. 25, 2013.

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Two Great White Pelicans clean their plumage in their enclosure in the Frankfurt Zoo , Monday Feb. 25, 2013.

Nicolas Armer Dpa
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and boys gather at a yeshiva, a rabbinical seminary, as a youth wears a costume during Purim celebrations in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther which is read in synagogues.

Sebastian Scheiner Associated Press
Fans try to get out of the way after Chicago Cubs' Christian Villanueva lost his bat during the fifth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Phoenix.

Morry Gash Associated Press
Stacy Crain and Al Giannini, both from Rockford, Ill., walk under Anish Kapoor's stainless steel Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago's Millennium Park, as a winter storm of rain and snow begins Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Forecasters expect the storm to leave behind three to six inches of snow in the greater Chicago area.

Charles Arbogast Associated Press
Southern California basketball players celebrate on the court after defeating Arizona 89-78 in an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013.

Jae Hong Associated Press
Chardon High School students march to the square in Chardon, Ohio for a memorial ceremony for three classmates who died in a school shooting rampage one year ago, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. The march ended at the courthouse where 18-year-old shooter T.J. Lane pleaded guilty to all charges Tuesday. He could face life in prison at his sentencing March 19.

Mark Duncan Associated Press
Syrian children, walk out of an underground tunnel that their father made with a jackhammer for shelter from Syrian government forces shelling and airstrikes, at Jirjanaz village, in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Across northern Syria, rebels, soldiers, and civilians are making use of the country's wealth of ancient and medieval antiquities to protect themselves from Syria's two-year-old war. They are built of thick stone that has already withstood centuries, and are often located in strategic locations overlooking towns and roads.

Hussein Malla Associated Press
The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 1, 2013. The rocket is transporting the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station containing more than a ton of food, tools, computer hardware and science experiments.

John Raoux Associated Press