Snapshots: The world in 24 hours Feb 16

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi looks down during a news conference at Chigi palace in Rome Feb 16, 2011. A defiant Berlusconi said on Wednesday he was not worried about an order to stand trial for paying for sex with an underage girl and abuse of power, and vowed to see out his term until 2013. [Photo/Agencies]

Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines, Alpha Company, prepare to head out on patrol from their outpost at Kunjak, in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, Feb 16, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]