Best business images of the week – in pictures

Workers paint an electricity pylon near Lymm, northern England February 18, 2015. Most British energy consumers who have not switched supplier and/or tariff have missed out on saving up to £234 (US$360) a year a watchdog’s report on competition in the industry showed on Wednesday. Phil Noble / Reuters

A young Chinese traveller wheels her bag as others wait in the departure area for a train at a local railway station on February 16, 2015 in Beijing, China. Millions of Chinese will travel home to visit families in mass during the Spring Festival holiday period that begins with the Lunar New Year on February 19. Kevin Frayer / Getty Images

A woman withdraws cash from a Eurobank ATM in Athens February 16, 2015. The European Central Bank allowed Greek banks access to extra emergency financing from the Bank of Greece because deposit outflows have picked up. Yannis Behrakis / Reuters

The headquarters of UniCredit, Italy's biggest bank by assets, is pictured in downtown Milan, February 17, 2015. Stefano Rellandini / Reuters

Cargo ships stand at anchor outside the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, seen in this view from the San Pedro area of Los Angeles, on Thursday, February 12, 2015. Seaports in major West Coast cities that normally are abuzz with the sound of commerce are falling unusually quiet. Companies that operate marine terminals said they weren't calling workers to unload ships on Thursday that carry car parts, furniture, clothing, electronics — just about anything made in Asia and destined for US consumers. Containers of US exports won't get loaded either. Nick Ut / AP Photo

A man walks in front of police officers during a demonstration by members of the teachers' union CNTE at Reforma avenue in Mexico City on February 11, 2015. Tensions were high in Mexico City on Wednesday as riot police turned out en masse to stop teachers from marching on the capital's Reforma boulevard on the third day of protests against unpaid wages and threats to workers rights in Mexico's creaking education system. Edgard Garrido / Reuters

Former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his hotel in Lille, northern France, on Thursday, February 12, 2015 as he goes on trial for sex charges at a court. Half-way through his three-week trial for aggravated pimping, the ex-IMF boss has been forced under days of judicial questioning to explicitly detail his history of, in his own words, "libertine" sexual practices. Michel Spingler / AP Photo

Police shout at protesters during a demonstration inside a shopping mall in Hong Kong on February 15, 2015. Anti-mainland Chinese demonstrators on Sunday protested against parallel traders and confronted police, government radio reported. Tyrone Siu / Reuters

Protesters hold a giant Greek national flag during an anti-austerity and pro-government demonstration in front of the parliament in Athens on February 15, 2015. Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters

An excavator moves next to a tree line at the construction site of a mine of Hellas Gold, a subsidiary of Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold Corp, in Skouries, in the Halkidiki region, northern Greece. Greece's new government will take steps to halt a Canadian-run gold mine project and aims to cancel a development scheme at Athens' former airport, pressing ahead with plans to roll back the country's privatisation programme. The government is dominated by the left-wing Syriza party, which has for years opposed the Skouries gold mine in northern Greece, operated by Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold Corp. Alexandros Avramidis / Reuters

People walk on a street at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on February 15, 2015. Japan's economy rebounded from recession to grow an annualized 2.2 per cent in the final quarter of last year, giving a much-needed boost to premier Shinzo Abe's efforts to shake off decades of stagnation even as the global outlook deteriorates. Yuya Shino / Reuters

Take a look at some of our favourite pictures from around the business world up to Thursday, February 19.