The Flying Scotsman steam locomotive, painted in its traditional colors, passes through York, England, on Feb. 23, 2016, for a test run to Scarborough ahead of its inaugural journey from London's Kings Cross to York later this week. After a decade of restoration and over 80 years since it became the first locomotive to reach 100 miles an hour, the engine is scheduled for a program of heritage journeys this year on Britain's main lines.
Guilia Dunes, 25, second from left, from Amsterdam, and Taylor Lewis, 22, center, from Baltimore, line up with other dancers outside Radio City Music Hall waiting to audition for "Rockettes New York Spectacular" on Feb. 23 in New York. "I am dreaming, wishing, hoping for great things," said Dunes and "I pray that I make it all the way through," said Lewis, both doing a first-time Rockettes audition for a spot in the summertime production from June 15 through Aug. 7, 2016.
A stray dog stands among outboard motors that were used by refugees and migrants to reach the Greek northern island of Lesbos, in Mytilene, on Feb. 23. Athens has expressed its "displeasure" to the EU over tougher border controls by Balkan countries that have left thousands of migrants stranded in Greece.
Palestinians gather in the home of Mohammed al-Haroub after it was partially demolished by the Israeli army in the West Bank village of Dir Samt, south of Hebron, on Feb. 23. Israeli army bulldozers on Tuesday demolished the homes of two Palestinians who killed five people in attacks in the occupied West Bank and Israel last year, the military said. Mohammed al-Haroub shot at cars near an Israeli settlement bloc in the West Bank on Nov. 20, the military said, killing an Israeli, an American student and a Palestinian.
A man plays hockey on Lake Ontario at sunset in Kingston, Canada, on Monday, Feb. 22.
Monday in Pictures: February 22
