News in Pics, February 22: Best photos from around the world

The 139-year-old Victorian house known as the Englander House is hoisted on a flat bed truck and pulled down Fulton Street towards its new location, as the original site is to be used to build a 48-unit, eight-story apartment building. Credit: Reuters Photo

Six Mexican soldiers died Sunday when the aircraft in which they were traveling crashed after taking off from an airport in the eastern state of Veracruz, reported the Secretariat of Defense (Sedena). Credit: AFP Photo

People participate in a protest in support of rap singer Pablo Hasel after he was given a jail sentence on charges of glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his songs, in Barcelona, Spain. Credit: Reuters Photo

Niger's Electoral Commission workers count the ballots at a polling station during Niger's presidential election run-off in Niamey. Credit: AFP Photo

A gold shop employee is dressed as the God of Wealth at a jewellery shop on God of Wealth Day, which falls on the 10th day of Lunar New Year, as Vietnamese hope buying gold would bring good luck, in Hanoi, Vietnam. Credit: Reuters Photo

Millions of Texans lost power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze. Credit: AFP Photo