Day in Photos: Flooding in Spain, Critical Minerals Ministerial, and Sri Lanka’s Independence Day
A house is surrounded by floodwaters from Storm Leonardo in Jimera de Libar, southern Spain, on Feb. 4, 2026. The storm battered the Iberian Peninsula with up to 14 inches of rain in 24 hours, forcing thousands of people from their homes, shutting schools and cancelling trains. Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Flooding in Spain, Critical Minerals Ministerial, and Sri Lanka’s Independence Day

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio poses for a photo with the 55 government officials who were invited to the first Critical Minerals Ministerial in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at the State Department's Harry S. Truman Building in Washington on Feb. 4, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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A rescue helicopter flies over mountains as a medic hangs below during the men's downhill training for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Stelvio Alpine Skiing Center in Bormio, Italy, on Feb. 4, 2026. Dustin Satloff/Getty Images