Snapshots: The world in 24 hours Feb 17

HN. Donald Howard of Columbus, OH and from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company stands beneath camouflage netting at an outpost in Deh Karez in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, Feb 17, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

A Palestinian man is reflected in a mirror of a motorcycle as he leans on the border fence with Egypt during a rally in Rafah on the southern Gaza Strip, along the Gaza-Egypt border, supporting recent popular revolts in Egypt Feb 17, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]