Times of Malta presents a selection of its photographers' choice of their best photos over the past few days.
A food kiosk is set up a few meters away form the statue of Grand Master Jean de Valette in the Valletta square dedicated to him on February 12. The kiosk was towed away in the evening after the Culture Minister stepped in. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Sixty-four correctional officers march during their passing-out parade at the Ta’ Kandja police academy on February 13. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Sixty-four correctional officers are given their graduation certificates during their passing-out parade at the Ta’ Kandja police academy on February 13. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Sixty-four correctional officers prepare to throw their hats into the air after graduating at the Ta’ Kandja police academy on February 13. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Correctional Officers congratulate each other after graduating at the Ta’ Kandja police academy on February 13. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Sixty-four correctional officers pose for the official photograph after their passing-out parade at the Ta’ Kandja police academy on February 13. They will be training inmates in electrical and mechanical works, plumbing, carpentry, masonry, sheet metal, welding, upholstery and tailoring. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
A bouquet of red rosses is prepared for Valentines Day by Alistair Fenech at his shop in B’kara on February 13. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Hunters restore a ‘Girna’ at Mizieb on February 14. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
As the sun catches the edge of a cloud a plane passes overhead leaving its trail above Delimara on February 15. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Siġġiewi’s Rashanti Harris (left) stares at his opponent during their match against Athleta at the basketball pavilion in Ta’Qali on February 15. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Siġġiewi’s Rashanti Harris (right) and Athleta’s Chad Patus go high for the ball at the basketball pavilion in Ta’Qali on February 15. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Colourful grotesque masks adorn the streets of Valletta and Floriana on February 15. Photo: Jason Borg
A Maltese man turns Oriental for carnival on February 15. Photo: Jason Borg
Families made the most of the kind weather on February 15 and enjoyed carnival in Valletta. Photo: Jason Borg
A woman enjoys candyfloss as she celebrates carnival in Valletta on February 15. Photo: Jason Borg
Carnival enthusiasts made the most of the kind weather on February 15. Photo: Jason Borg
A wizard in Valletta on February 15. Photo: Jason Borg
Valletta becomes a cacophony of colour as it celebrates carnival on February 15. Photo: Jason Borg
A woman in an elaborate costume enjoys carnival in Valletta on February 15. Photo: Jason Borg
A Virtu Ferries catamaran arrives in Malta for refuelling after evacuating 44 Italians from Libya. The vessel then continued on its way to Augusta in Sicily. Photo: Jason Borg
44 Italians who were in Libya were evacuated on a Virtu Ferries catamaran on February 15. The vessel stopped in Malta for refuelling before continuing on its way to Augusta in Sicily. Photo: Jason Borg
A man goes ‘undercover’ in his unusual, though quite effortless, choice of carnival costume in Valletta on February 16. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
A couple dressed up as a witch and wizard during the Valletta carnival on February 16. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Elaborate costumes graced this year’s carnival in Valletta on February 15. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
A Carnival float passes in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Merchant Street Valletta on February 15. Chris Sant Fournier
Dark clouds over Mdina on February 17 highlighted the medieval charm of the city sitting silently on the grassy hill... peppered with flowers brought to life by the incessant rain. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
The front door of a house in Constitution Street, Mosta was blocked with stones and rubble from two balconies that collapsed on February 17. The woman was pulled out by members of the Civil Protection Department and the police. Photo: Jason Borg
A passer-by surveys the damage caused to a carnival float by the previous night’s wind and rain. But for the first time in four years, the bad weather held off long enough for the Carnival Gran Finale along St Anne Street, Floriana, to go ahead as planned on February 17, albeit without any dancers atop the floats for safety reasons. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Mgr Charles Scicluna marks the symbol of the cross on the forehead of Fr Abouna Boulus Elsourainy, head of the Coptic Church in Malta, as part of the Ash Wednesday ceremony in Zejtun on February 18. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier