--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: February 14th, 2022 | Vol. 199, No. 5 | Europe image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # February 14, 2022 | Vol. 199 No. 5February 14, 2022 | Vol. 199 No. 5  Issue name February 14th, 2022 | Vol. 199, No. 5 | Europe Issue date February 14, 2022 Location Europe, Middle East, and Africa [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents BusinessClimateEntertainmentHealthHistoryIdeasPoliticsWorld ### Business [Business](/section/business/) ### Why Investors Are Paying Real Money For Virtual Land A blank square of pixels in a virtual metaverse world like The Sandbox can cost as much as a home in the real world. But investors are buying in [Business](/section/business/) ### We Can't Blame Stock Market Volatility on COVID-19 Anymore The global financial community’s herd mentality has helped investors move beyond COVID-19\. Now, they’re obsessing over inflation, overvalued share prices and a pending conflict in Ukraine. ### Climate [Climate](/section/climate/) ### Paris Buried a River 100 Years Ago. Now The City Needs To Resurface It to Combat Climate Change ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### How Wordle's Creator Feels About Selling His Viral Game ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### Omicron Could Be the Beginning of the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Omicron is less virulent and more infectious. It could be the pandemic's last stand ### History [History](/section/history/) ### Where the New First Cat Fits in the History of Presidential Pets ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### What Happens Next in Ukraine Could Change Europe Forever ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Buying a House Feels Impossible These Days. Here Are 6 Innovative Paths to Homeownership [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Tens of Thousands of Afghans Who Fled The Taliban Are Now Marooned in America's Broken Immigration Bureaucracy [Politics](/section/politics/) ### How the Anti-Vax Movement Is Taking Over the Right [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Basically Everybody Under 40 Hates Washington [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Red States Aren't Waiting for the Supreme Court's Roe Decision to Push New Abortion Bans ### World [World](/section/world/) ### The Untold Story of the Ukraine Crisis February 14th, 2022 | Vol. 199, No. 5 | Europe ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"February 14th, 2022 | Vol. 199, No. 5 | Europe","item":"https://time.com/magazine/europe/6144693/february-14th-2022-vol-199-no-5-europe/"}]}]} ```