February 19 - February 25, 2012 (107 images)

Pole sitte rMiguel Paludo of Brazil walks to his car on pit road prior to the start of the NASCAR NextEra Energy Resources 250 truck race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on February 24, 2012. UPI/Sam Bush

The 13th Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, one of the world's four biggest ice and snow festivals, opens in Harbin, the capital of the China's northern Heilongjiang Province near Russia, February 23, 2012. As the festival grows in international attention and as China's economy grows, the size and amount of it's ice sculptures increase each year. UPI/Stephen Shaver

The 13th Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, one of the world's four biggest ice and snow festivals, opens in Harbin, the capital of the China's northern Heilongjiang Province near Russia, February 23, 2012. As the festival grows in international attention and as China's economy grows, the size and amount of it's ice sculptures increase each year. UPI/Stephen Shaver

Actress Jessica Chastain arrives at the Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on February 25, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen