This Week in Photos, Week of Feb 18-24, 2011

Russian navy sailors participate in a tug-of-war competition as they celebrate the annual Defender of the Fatherland Day in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia.

Thomas Imboden of Zermatt Bergbahnen steers the Google Street View snowmobile during a press presentation in front of the Matterhorn in Zermatt. The ski resort was selected among 31,500 online voters to be the first one surveyed among other famous Swiss resorts after the Canadian resort of Whistler in 2010.

A model eats while having her hair styled before the presentation of the Vivienne Westwood Fall/Winter 2011 collection at London Fashion Week.

Blake Griffin #32 of the Los Angeles Clippers dunks the ball over a car in the final round of the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest apart of NBA All-Star Saturday Night at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

The Sydney Opera House sails are illuminated for Teal Ribbon Day in honor of women who have lost the battle with ovarian cancer on February 22, 2011 in Sydney, Australia.

Kashmiri fishermen cast their nets to catch fish from the waters of Dal Lake on a cold day in Srinagar.

A Berlin bear actor takes a rest on a bench at Pariser Platz square in Berlin.

Snowshoers walk through snow on Lake Harriet in south Minneapolis after more than twelve inches of snow accumulate.

A large flock of starlings swoop off the coast in Brighton, England.

Polar bear mother Freedom helps one of her two cubs out of a puddle on their first time out of their enclosure at the Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen.