Today's Top Pictures, Feb. 28

Tennessee head coach Holly Warlick celebrates after cutting down the net following their 82-72 win over Texas A&M in their NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee clinched its 17th Southeastern Conference regular-season title with the win. (AP Photo/ Wade Payne)

WADE PAYNE | AP
New York Yankees' Slade Heathcott, left, collides with Ronnier Mustelier after Mustelier caught a fly out by Toronto Blue Jays' Edwin Encarnacion during the seventh inning of a spring training exhibition baseball game, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in Tampa, Fla. Toronto won 1-0. (AP Photo/ Matt Slocum)

Matt Slocum | AP
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, pauses while meeting with reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, to answer questions about the impending automatic spending cuts that take effect March 1. (AP Photo/ J. Scott Applewhite)

J. Scott Applewhite | AP
Supporters of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as "Baby Doc," hold a picture of him, right, and of his father Francois Duvalier, known as "Papa Doc," outside a courthouse where Duvalier attends a hearing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Duvalier returned to Haiti in early 2011 after spending 25 years in exile. While in exile, Duvalier remained quiet except for a September 2007 radio address in which he apologized for wrongs committed under his rule and urged supporters to rally around his fringe political party. (AP Photo/ Dieu Nalio Chery)

Dieu Nalio Chery | AP
Pope Benedict XVI walks away after addressing the crowd from the window of the Pope's summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where he will spend his first post-Vatican days and make his last public blessing as pope,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Andrew Medichini)

Andrew Medichini | AP
Iranians enjoy skiing at the Dizin ski resort, north of the capital Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Vahid Salemi)

Vahid Salemi | AP
Yemeni pro-democracy protestors chant slogans as they march during a demonstration demanding the trial of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Hani Mohammed)

Hani Mohammed | AP
White House press secretary Jay Carney pauses during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb., 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Pablo Martinez Monsivais | AP
Max Karmazyn, right, sitting next to his grandmother Brenda Schwarzkopf, left, salutes during the burial of his late grandfather, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, at the United States Military Academy on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. Schwarzkopf was 78 when he died of complications from pneumonia on Dec. 27 in Tampa. (AP Photo/ Philip Kamrass)

Philip Kamrass | AP
Miami's Shawnice Wilson (40) and and Maria Brown celebrate after Miami defeated Duke 69-65 during an NCAA college basketball game in Coral Gables, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Luis M. Alvarez)

Luis M. Alvarez | AP
New York Yankees' Chris Stewart reacts after being ejected for arguing a call during the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the Toronto BLue Jays in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

Nathan Denette | AP
In this image taken from video, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his final message to the assembly of cardinals at the Vatican Thursday Feb. 28, 2013, before he retires in just a few hours. Benedict urged the cardinals to work in unity and promised his "unconditional reverence and obedience" to his successor in a poignant and powerful farewell before he becomes the first pope in 600 years to resign. (AP Photo/ Vatican TV)

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Nuns wait for Pope Benedict XVI to greet the crowd from the window of the Pope's summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where he will spend his first post-Vatican days and make his last public blessing as pope,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Oded Balilty)

Oded Balilty | AP
Pope Benedict XVI speaks from the balcony window of the Pontifical summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, some 35 kilometers south of Rome, to a cheering crowd gathered to see him off the day he ends his pontificate, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Domenico Stinellis)

Domenico Stinellis | AP
Specialist Meric Greenbaum works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. The stock market pushed higher Thursday afternoon, sending the Dow tantalizingly close to a record high. (AP Photo/ Richard Drew)

Richard Drew | AP
Cadets from Company A-1 of the United States Military Academy Company sit in the cadet chapel during a service for Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, who was a member of the company as a cadet, at the United States Military Academy on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in West Point, N.Y. Schwarzkopf was 78 when he died of complications from pneumonia on Dec. 27 in Tampa. (AP Photo/ Philip Kamrass)

Philip Kamrass | AP
This image taken with a fisheye lens shows Milwaukee Brewers' Logan Schafer signing autographs before an exhibition spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/ Morry Gash)

Morry Gash | AP
South Koreans, wearing traditional Korean costumes, carry torches as they march on a street during a ceremony to celebrate the March First Independence Movement Day, the anniversary of the 1919 uprising against Japanese colonial rule, in Cheonan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

Lee Jin-man | AP
Boston Red Sox shortstop Jose Iglesias looks to field a ball hit by Pittsburgh Pirates' Brandon Inge during the third inning of a baseball spring training exhibition game, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in Bradenton, Fla. Inge singled on the grounder. (AP Photo/ Charlie Neibergall)

Charlie Neibergall | AP
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and U.S. players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Rodman arrived in Pyongyang on Monday with three members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team to shoot an episode on North Korea for a new weekly HBO series. (AP Photo/ VICE Media, Jason Mojica)

Jason Mojica | AP
A defected Syrian policeman, Adnan al-Hamod, 33, lights a kerosene lamp inside an underground shelter he made using a jackhammer to protect his family from Syrian government forces shelling and airstrikes, at Jirjanaz village, in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Across northern Syria, rebels, soldiers, and civilians are making use of the country's wealth of ancient and medieval antiquities to protect themselves from Syria's two-year-old war. They are built of thick stone that has already withstood centuries, and are often located in strategic locations overlooking towns and roads. (AP Photo/ Hussein Malla)

Hussein Malla | AP
Isreali border policemen arrest a Palestinian man during a protest to support Palestinian prisoners, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Majdi Mohammed)

Majdi Mohammed | AP
A priest enters the square where the papal summer residence is located, in Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where Pope Benedict XVI will spend his first post-Vatican days and make his last public blessing as pope,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Alessandra Tarantino)

Alessandra Tarantino | AP
Pope Benedict XVI waves from the balcony window of the Pontifical summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, some 35 kilometers south of Rome, to a cheering crowd gathered to see him the day he ends his pontificate, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Alessandra Tarantino)

Alessandra Tarantino | AP
Vatican Swiss guards close the main door of the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Benedict XVI greeted the faithful for the last time as pope on Thursday, telling tearful well-wishers that he is beginning the final stage of his life as "simply a pilgrim," hours before he becomes the first pontiff in 600 years to resign. (AP Photo/ Oded Balilty)

Oded Balilty | AP
Houston Astros' Jose Altuve reacts after being hit by a pitch thrown by New York Yankees pitcher Dellin Betances during the fourth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/ David J. Phillip)

David J. Phillip | AP
Senate Democratic leaders finish a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, after answering questions about the impending automatic spending cuts that take effect March 1. From right to left are, Senate Majority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin of Ill., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (AP Photo/ J. Scott Applewhite)

J. Scott Applewhite | AP
Virginia's Joe Harris (12), Justin Anderson (23) and Teven Jones (5) celebrate Virginia's 73-68 win over Duke during an NCAA college basketball game in Charlottesville, Va., Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Harris had 36 points. (AP Photo/ Steve Helber)

Steve Helber | AP

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