AJC Photos of the Week, February 16-22, 2013

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AJC Photos of the Week, February 16-22, 2013

MUD BATH--A woman caked in mud takes part in a presentation during the inauguration of the National Meeting of Rural Women, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The four-day event aims to discuss the issues of violence against women and exploitation of women in rural areas. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

DISABILITY DAY RALLY- February 21, 2013 - Atlanta, Ga: Carol Jones, of White, Ga., cheers during the 15th annual Disability Day on the west side of the Capitol steps Thursday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., February 21, 2013. Around 2,5000 Georgians pre-registered for the event. JASON GETZ / JGETZ@AJC.COM

CHILDREN KILLED IN FIRE--Family members of children killed in an apartment fire grieve as Kalamazoo Public Safety officers respond to the fire, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, in Kalamazoo, Mich. WWMT-TV and WOOD-TV are reporting that firefighters found the bodies of 3-year-old twins and a 1-year-old girl inside a unit at the Interfaith Apartments in Kalamazoo. (AP Photo/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group, Matt Gade)

BOARD TAKEN TO TASK--FEBRUARY 21, 2013-ATLANTA: DeKalb school board member Sarah Coplin-Wood listens to questions as the board once again appears before the State Board of Education who is tasked with making a recommendation on whether the nine board members should be booted out of office in Atlanta on Thurs. Feb. 21st, 2013. A new state law allows this for school districts that in danger of having their accreditation snatched. DeKalb school officials have posed a legal challenge to the law's constitutionality but they won't get a hearing on that until later. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM

ATLANTA HOUSE FIRE-February 21, 2013 Atlanta: A firefighter was injured early Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 battling a house fire in northwest Atlanta. Atlanta fire Capt. Sean Johnson said the firefighter was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital after suffering second-degree burns to his forehead while working to douse a fire at a home in the 2000 block of Verbena Street. The injured firefighter’s name was not released, but Johnson said his injuries are not believed to be serious. The fire broke out just before 4 a.m. and melted the siding on a house next door before being extinguished. The American Red Cross was assisting two residents who escaped the flames. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

DOES THIS HAT MAKE MY HEAD LOOK BIG?--FEBRUARY 16, 2013-ATLANTA:Amber Sanders models a "Glambot" theme by Kristina Beaty during the Bronner Bros. International Hair & Beauty Mid-Winter 2013 Show Fantasy Competition at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta in Saturday Feb. 16th, 2013. Professional stylists compete for a total look and beauty as creative as they can be. The stylists and model can works as a team with no other outside help in the competition area. The show is billed as one of the largest beauty & trade shows of its kind in the world. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM

STICKER SHOCK--February 18, 2013 Atlanta: Greg Slater, (shown here) who was visiting Atlanta from Chicago, said he wasn’t fazed by Atlanta's high gas prices as he pumped gas at the Shell at 14th and Spring streets in Atlanta Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. "It's the same up in Chicago," he said. The average price for a gallon of gas across metro Atlanta has climbed 17 cents in the past week, and Monday's price was a whopping 41 cents more than just one month ago, according to a website that tracks fuel costs. That 41-cent increase represents more than $8 on a 20-gallon fillup. A spokeswoman for the American Automobile Association said Monday that motorists can expect to see those prices continuing to climb for several more weeks. Atlanta's average price for a gallon of regular unleaded early Monday was $3.69, atlantagasprices.com reported. That's a half-cent higher than the national average, and 16 cents higher than a year ago, the website said. While gas was selling for considerably less in some parts of metro Atlanta, multiple stations in Midtown and Buckhead were charging $3.99 early Monday. One of those stations was the Shell at 14th and Spring streets, where Andrea Henderson was buying gas. “You expect high gas prices in the summer, but not in February,” Henderson told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Greg Slater, who was visiting from Chicago, said he wasn't fazed by Atlanta's high gas prices. “It's the same up in Chicago,” he said. Jessica Brady, a spokeswoman for AAA, said multiple factors have converged to cause the recent run-up in gas prices. Brady said pump prices typically increase this time of the year as refineries shut down for maintenance and to switch over to production of a summer blend of gas. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

SPRINGING INTO TRAINING--February 15, 2013 Lake Buena Vista, Fl: Atlanta Braves outfielder Jason Heyward (22) runs toward the clubhouse during the first full squad workout at Champion Stadium in the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fl., on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Andrea Sneiderman appears in a motions hearing before DeKalb County Superior Judge Gregory A Adams on Feb. 21, 2013. Prosecutors added new charges to the previous indictment on Tuesday. Sneiderman is accused of conspiring with convicted murderer Hemy Neuman of killing her husband, Rusty in November 2010. Judge Adams set July 29 as the trial date. On March 18, 2013, she dropped a civil suit against her former brother-in-law.

THIRSTY WORK-A riot policeman drinks water during clashes with Bahraini anti-government protesters in Daih, Bahrain, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. Clashes erupted after the burial ceremony for a 16-year-old boy killed by police fire on Thursday's clashes when Bahraini anti-government protesters headed toward the heavily guarded site of the 2011, pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

CAN'T CATCH ME--February 18, 2013 Lake Buena Vista, Fl: Atlanta Braves outfielder Reed Johnson plays baseball with his 3-year-old son Tyce after the fourth full squad workout at Champion Stadium in the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fl., on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS--021913 Marietta: Kell's China Henderson (25) and Stephenson High School's Marnasha Eugene (23) battle for the loose ball during their girls basketball game at Kell High School on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Stephenson High School won the game. JOHNNY CRAWFORD / JCRAWFORD@AJC.COM

NOT IN OUR HOUSE--FEBRUARY 20, 2013 ATLANTA Druid Hills Red Devils Clarence Williams (#11) blocks a shot into the stands during first half action in the Douglas County Tigers at Druid Hills Red Devils boys basketball game at Druid Hills High School, Wednesday, February 20, 2013. KENT D. JOHNSON / kdjohnson@ajc.com

RAIN TODAY, RAIN TOMORROW--February 19, 2013 Atlanta: Atlantans became part of an artistic backdrop of reflected colors from the wet streets of Central Avenue at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Rain moved into metro Atlanta Tuesday morning, while in the mountain counties, some of the precipitation was falling as snow. Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton said Wednesday should be sunny and cooler, with highs in the low 50s after morning lows in the upper 20s, Minton said. The sunny skies should last through Thursday before another rain system moves into metro Atlanta Friday and Saturday. Minton put the chance of rain at 80 percent for Friday and 50 percent on Saturday. Late-week highs should be in the upper 50s, with lows in the 40s, Minton said. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

BLIZZARD WALK--Wes Bevans, a truck driver from Northern California, walks to his truck at the Flying J Travel Plaza in Grand Forks, N.D., Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, during a blizzard. Dozens of semi trucks were forced to wait out the storm as Interstate 29 from Grand Forks to the Canadian border closed. (AP Photo/Grand Forks Herald, Eric Hylden)

SUPERCROSS TRACK--FEBRUARY 19, 2013-ATLANTA: Norman Pickley runs his bulldozer over mounds of dirt to help convert Atlanta's Georgia Dome into a supercross track on Tuesday Feb. 19th, 2013 using 1.5 million pounds of dirt (500 truckloads) on the arena floor in preparation for this weekend's Monster Energy AMA Supercross, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP . Saturday's race marks the 35th time the gates will drop for a supercross race in Atlanta. PHIL SKINNER / PSKINNER@AJC.COM

BALL HOG--022013 ATLANTA: Atlanta Hawks Josh Smith, the subject of trade rumors, draws a laugh as he grabs an arm full of basketballs during the pregame warmups of a NBA game against Miami on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

NICE WAY TO SPEND A DAY--February 20, 2013 Fulton County: Jonathan Brunson decided to spend his day off from work fishing for trout at Powers Island at the Cochran Shoals unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in Sandy Springs on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Brunson who enjoys fishing works for Dick's Sporting Goods in Buckhead. He had overheard from other fishing enthusiasts that the river had been recently stocked with trout and wanted to try his luck. He said he'll fish once a week if he can but it can't be any cooler than Wednesday's temperatures. Wednesday's sunny skies won't last though, Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brad Nitz said rain should move into metro Atlanta by around 8 p.m. Thursday, "and will stick around for a while." The chance of rain is 60 percent Thursday evening, 90 percent Friday and 60 percent Saturday, Nitz said. Sunday should be sunny, but another round of rain is expected on Monday. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

A TOUGH ROOM--U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., listens to a question during a town hall, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Sun Lakes, Ariz. McCain defended his proposed immigration overhaul to an angry crowd in suburban Arizona in the latest sign that this border state will play a prominent role in the national immigration reform debate. (AP Photo/Matt York)

STANDING BEFORE THE BOARD--Feb. 21, 2013 - Atlanta - State board members Barbara Hampton, chair (from left), Mike Royal, Brian Burdette, Helen Odom Rice, Elizabeth J. Ragsdale and Larry Winter question Louis Byars, Director, Financial Review for the state board of education, who was the second witness. The state Board of Education hearing on the DeKalb school board opened with DeKalb school board attorney Bob Wilson challenging the constitutionality of the statue and objecting to the evidence on hearsay and relevance issues. The state board of education will be making a recommendation on whether the nine board members should be removed from office. A new state law allows this for school districts that in danger of losing their accreditation. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

I (HEART) FASHION--Models display Autumn/Winter designs by Agatha Ruiz de la Prada during Madrid's Fashion Week, in Madrid, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

NOT RIDING THE RAILS--An Indian railway porter along with others participates in a protest rally in New Delhi, India , Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. The porters demanded regularization of jobs in the railways along with medical benefits. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

LIGHT OF THE MOON-South Korean children twirl colorful light-emitting toys in celebration of upcoming first full moon of lunar calendar in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Next Sunday is the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, a day Koreans traditionally eat special treats to mark the new year's first full moon. Koreans wish for a bountiful harvest on this day which was a cardinal point in farming. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

RESHAPING GOVERNMENT--February 20, 2013 - Atlanta, Ga: Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves, right, talks with Rep. Margaret Kaiser, D-Atlanta, during a public hearing by House and Senate Democrats on how Republicans propose to reshape Fulton County government in room 341 Wednesday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., February 20, 2013. Fulton County Chairman Eaves spoke to the group of legislators during the hearing. JASON GETZ / JGETZ@AJC.COM

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MUD BATH--A woman caked in mud takes part in a presentation during the inauguration of the National Meeting of Rural Women, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The four-day event aims to discuss the issues of violence against women and exploitation of women in rural areas. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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