• Labourers shovel coal onto a truck at a coal dump site outside Kabul. Each worker earns an average of $10 per working day, with most of them coming come from the northern provinces, leaving their families behind to find work in the capital. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
    Labourers shovel coal onto a truck at a coal dump site outside Kabul. Each worker earns an average of $10 per working day, with most of them coming come from the northern provinces, leaving their families behind to find work in the capital. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
  • Chinese shoppers walk through a small department store in central Beijing. China’s economic growth has recently slowed to its weakest level in years to 7.4 per cent. Kevin Frayer / Getty Images
    Chinese shoppers walk through a small department store in central Beijing. China’s economic growth has recently slowed to its weakest level in years to 7.4 per cent. Kevin Frayer / Getty Images
  • US Federal Reserve Board chairwoman Janet Yellen, left, and US Treasury secretary Jack Lew participate in Financial Stability Oversight Council open meeting on January 21. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
    US Federal Reserve Board chairwoman Janet Yellen, left, and US Treasury secretary Jack Lew participate in Financial Stability Oversight Council open meeting on January 21. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
  • One World Trade Center is seen from one of the top floors of the newly built 30 Park Place in New York, which topped out at 926 feet. Brendan McDermid / Reuters
    One World Trade Center is seen from one of the top floors of the newly built 30 Park Place in New York, which topped out at 926 feet. Brendan McDermid / Reuters
  • Investors look at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Haikou, Hainan province of China. Reuters
    Investors look at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Haikou, Hainan province of China. Reuters
  • Cranes stand over the old headquarters of the Spanish Credit Bank in Madrid. The emblematic building is undergoing renovation to house a 5-star luxury hotel, an upscale shopping mall and an upscale residential area. Susana Vera / Reuters
    Cranes stand over the old headquarters of the Spanish Credit Bank in Madrid. The emblematic building is undergoing renovation to house a 5-star luxury hotel, an upscale shopping mall and an upscale residential area. Susana Vera / Reuters
  • A labourer looks from the top of a wall bearing an image of Beijing’s business district at a construction site. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    A labourer looks from the top of a wall bearing an image of Beijing’s business district at a construction site. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • People wait in line to buy gas cylinders at a distribution point in Cairo. Egypt is going through its worst energy crisis in decades and is seeking fresh sources of natural gas, which powers most of its homes and factories. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
    People wait in line to buy gas cylinders at a distribution point in Cairo. Egypt is going through its worst energy crisis in decades and is seeking fresh sources of natural gas, which powers most of its homes and factories. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
  • Opponents of Airbnb hold signs that reads “My home Is Not A Hotel,” during a hearing in New York. With home-as-hotel sites like Airbnb doing booming business, New York City lawmakers are holding a hearing to scrutinising how the trend affects the housing market and economy. Bebeto Matthews / AP Photo
    Opponents of Airbnb hold signs that reads “My home Is Not A Hotel,” during a hearing in New York. With home-as-hotel sites like Airbnb doing booming business, New York City lawmakers are holding a hearing to scrutinising how the trend affects the housing market and economy. Bebeto Matthews / AP Photo
  • Brazil’s mines and energy minister Eduardo Braga speaks during an interview. Brazil’s state-run oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro does not need to cut its multibillion dollar investment plan in the wake of a growing corruption scandal, Mr Braga said. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
    Brazil’s mines and energy minister Eduardo Braga speaks during an interview. Brazil’s state-run oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro does not need to cut its multibillion dollar investment plan in the wake of a growing corruption scandal, Mr Braga said. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
  • A Chinese customer rests as he stands in a store in a shopping district in central Beijing. China’s economic growth slowed to its weakest point in years to 7.4 per cent. Kevin Frayer / Getty Images
    A Chinese customer rests as he stands in a store in a shopping district in central Beijing. China’s economic growth slowed to its weakest point in years to 7.4 per cent. Kevin Frayer / Getty Images
  • People who have been approved in a public contest to hold positions in the Brazilian central bank protest the delay in their hiring on January 21. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
    People who have been approved in a public contest to hold positions in the Brazilian central bank protest the delay in their hiring on January 21. Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters
  • Former US vice president Al Gore attends a session of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
    Former US vice president Al Gore attends a session of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
  • A passenger checks in in one of AirAsia's machines at Soekarno Hatta airport in Jakarta. Indonesian investigators may release some initial findings into last month’s crash of an AirAsia passenger jet that killed 162 people. Beawiharta / Reuters
    A passenger checks in in one of AirAsia's machines at Soekarno Hatta airport in Jakarta. Indonesian investigators may release some initial findings into last month’s crash of an AirAsia passenger jet that killed 162 people. Beawiharta / Reuters

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Best business images of the week — January 25, 2015

Liz Claus

January 25, 2015

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Here are some of the best business images of the week to January 25, 2015.

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