Photos of the day — February 28, 2017

Costumed revelers in protective helmets throw oranges during Carnival in the northern Italian Piedmont town of Ivrea; an Iraqi special forces soldier carries a woman injured during a battle between Iraqi forces and Islamic State fighters in Mosul, Iraq; and, seagulls fly over the Bosphorus River while traffic has stopped due to the fog in Istanbul.

These are just a few of the photos of the day for Feb. 28, 2017.

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