The Week in Pictures

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A row of law clerks line up on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court before the arrival of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's casket on Feb. 19, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

 U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks to the ceiling referencing the height of a promised immigration wall during a rally at the The Myrtle Beach Sports Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Feb. 19, 2016. RANDALL HILL / Reuters
  Four of eight confiscated Vietnamese fishing boats are destroyed in Mempawah Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia on Feb. 22, 2016. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, together with the Indonesian Navy, destroyed 30 foreign fishing vessels in different locations across the country, which were seized earlier for illegal fishing in Indonesian waters. Jessica Helena Wuysang / Antara Foto via Reuters
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Nick Mobley helps clean up a house owned by a family friend, on Feb. 24, 2016, after a storm hit Appomattox County, Va. A powerful storm system swept across the East Coast on Wednesday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the region.
 Jewel Miller, mother of Eric Garner's 19-month-old daughter Legacy, holds back tears during a rally outside the U.S. Attorney's office, calling for the prosecution of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Garner, on Feb. 24, 2016, in New York. Miller joined a group of supporters calling on U.S. Attorney Robert Capers to indict Officer Pantaleo. Bebeto Matthews / AP
. A woman poses with golden retriever Flash following a press event for the American Kennel Club revealing the nation's most popular dog breeds, on Feb. 22, 2016 in New York. CARLO ALLEGRI / Reuters
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's casket is carried into the church during his funeral mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, on Feb. 20, 2016.
A man holds his baby wearing a life jacket upon their arrival with other migrants to the port in Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on Feb. 19, 2016. The EU and Turkey will hold a special summit in early March to push forward a deal to stem the migration crisis, European Council President Donald Tusk said. ARIS MESSINIS / AFP - Getty Images

  Wrecked boats and thousands of life jackets used by migrants during their journey across the Aegean sea lie in a dump in Mithimna, Greece on Feb. 19, 2016. ARIS MESSINIS / AFP - Getty Images
 A Palestinian girl stands on a floor of a damaged apartment block, which was partially destroyed during the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, on Feb. 22, 2016. Hatem Moussa / AP
  A surfer drops in on a large wave at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal on Feb. 19, 2016. The Praia do Norte beach has become a famous beach for big waves surfers around the world since Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara get a world record for the largest wave surfed in 2011. RAFAEL MARCHANTE / Reuters

. Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje from Canada perform in the Ice Dance Free Dance program at the Taiwan ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, on Feb. 19, 2016. Weaver and Poje finished in third place. Wally Santana / AP
 A tornado reportedly flipped campers and crushed cars in the Sugar Hill RV Park in Convent, La., on Feb. 24, 2016. A dangerous storm system swept the Gulf Coast to the Northeast on Tuesday and Wednesday. David Grunfeld / The Times-Picayune via A
  A Christian child walks through a refugee camp in Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic, on Feb. 16, 2016. Refugees in the north of Central African Republic say they hope the new president will bring peace but no one is heading home just yet.

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