Week in Pictures
Desk Report
Published: 30 Jan 2021, 09:54 pm
Dancers perform during a dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India. The annual national holiday marks the anniversary of the country officially adopting its constitution. Photo: Collected from Reuters
Protesters clash with riot police in Moscow. Tens of thousands of people defied a heavy police presence to attend demonstrations across Russia after opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested. Photo By: OLEG NIKISHIN
The London Eye is lit in purple to mark Holocaust Memorial Day which remembers the millions of people murdered under Nazi persecution during World War Two, as well as the victims of subsequent genocides around the world. Photo By: VICTORIA JONES
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaking at a Downing Street news conference, said he took "full responsibility" for the government's actions, after announcing that more than 100,000 people had died with Covid-19 in the UK. Photo: Collected from Reuters
People gather at the bank of the Hanumante River during the first day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival, in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Photo: Collected from Reuters
Birds swim as mist rises from the Hun River in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. Photo By: CAI JINGYU
A girl stands in the flooded courtyard of a school in Beira, Mozambique. Cyclone Eloise struck southern Africa with winds of up to 160km/h (100mph), leaving more than 20 people dead and flooding tens of thousands of hectares of crops. Photo: Collected from AFP
A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.