Photos of the Day: Feb. 9

Soldiers train in China, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attends the Olympics, dust forms patterns on Mars, and more

Soldiers train in Nanning, China.

WANG YU/SIPA ASIA/ZUMA PRESS

Kim Yo Jong, right, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Kim Yong Nam, North Korea’s ceremonial head of state, are seated behind U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at the Opening Ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Games

A girl touches the tail of the corpse of a beached whale at Arenal de Moris in Caravia, Spain, on Friday.

ELOY ALONSO/REUTERS

Air bubbles are frozen in water in the Herrenhausen Gardens in Hanover, Germany.

A costumed reveler is seen during Bicharada, an the annual block party that is part of pre-carnival festivities in Cameta, Brazil.

UESLEI MARCELINO/REUTERS

Blood stains a door following a bombing inside a mosque in Benghazi, Libya.

REUTERS

An image obtained from social media shows rescuers searching for survivors Thursday inside a building that was damaged by an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, earlier this week.

FIRE BUREAU OF TAICHUNG CITY/REUTERS

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released Friday shows streaks forming on slopes when dust cascades downhill, the dark streak is an area of less dust compared with the brighter and reddish surroundings. What triggers these avalanches isn’t known, but might be related to sudden warming of the surface