• Members of a dragon dance troupe take part in a practice dance known as 'Liong' on January 21 in Bogor, Indonesia, ahead of Lunar New Year. Getty Images
    Members of a dragon dance troupe take part in a practice dance known as 'Liong' on January 21 in Bogor, Indonesia, ahead of Lunar New Year. Getty Images
  • A person dressed as a knight in armour navigates the Ice Palace Maze in Stillwater, Minnesota, on January 21. AFP
    A person dressed as a knight in armour navigates the Ice Palace Maze in Stillwater, Minnesota, on January 21. AFP
  • Members of the Kiev Territorial Defence unit train in a forest on January 22 in Kiev, Ukraine. Getty Images
    Members of the Kiev Territorial Defence unit train in a forest on January 22 in Kiev, Ukraine. Getty Images
  • Horsemen perform during the horse festival in Garoua, Cameroon, on January 22. AFP
    Horsemen perform during the horse festival in Garoua, Cameroon, on January 22. AFP
  • People protest against Vivotecnia, a laboratory accused of using more than 30 beagle puppies for medical research, in Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, Spain, on January 22. EPA
    People protest against Vivotecnia, a laboratory accused of using more than 30 beagle puppies for medical research, in Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, Spain, on January 22. EPA
  • Shetland Vikings light up the Celtic Connections opening weekend at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. PA Wire
    Shetland Vikings light up the Celtic Connections opening weekend at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. PA Wire
  • Migrants seeking asylum in the US, mostly from Venezuela, wait to be processed by the US border patrol in Yuma, Arizona, on January 23. Reuters
    Migrants seeking asylum in the US, mostly from Venezuela, wait to be processed by the US border patrol in Yuma, Arizona, on January 23. Reuters
  • Female police personnel take selfies during a rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day parade in Amritsar, India, on January 23. AFP
    Female police personnel take selfies during a rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day parade in Amritsar, India, on January 23. AFP
  • Emirati men walk their camels at sunrise during the Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival on January 23 in the desert near the city of Madinat Zayed, 150km west of Abu Dhabi. AFP
    Emirati men walk their camels at sunrise during the Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival on January 23 in the desert near the city of Madinat Zayed, 150km west of Abu Dhabi. AFP
  • Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician and former prime minister Saad Hariri arrives to deliver a speech in Beirut, Lebanon, on January 24. Reuters
    Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician and former prime minister Saad Hariri arrives to deliver a speech in Beirut, Lebanon, on January 24. Reuters
  • Blue and cloudy skies above the Corniche in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    Blue and cloudy skies above the Corniche in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • A Baltimore firefighter holds balloons given to him by neighbour Darlene Cucina as a group of fire officials sit on a stoop across the street where three firefighters died in a building collapse while battling a blaze on Monday, January 24, in Baltimore. AP Photo
    A Baltimore firefighter holds balloons given to him by neighbour Darlene Cucina as a group of fire officials sit on a stoop across the street where three firefighters died in a building collapse while battling a blaze on Monday, January 24, in Baltimore. AP Photo
  • Australian heavyweight mixed martial artist Tai Tuivasa is training in Dubai before his upcoming fight in the UFC with Derrick Lewis. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Australian heavyweight mixed martial artist Tai Tuivasa is training in Dubai before his upcoming fight in the UFC with Derrick Lewis. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Pedestrians walk below a snow-covered Ancient Temple of Parthenon on Acropolis Hill in Athens on January 25. AFP
    Pedestrians walk below a snow-covered Ancient Temple of Parthenon on Acropolis Hill in Athens on January 25. AFP
  • Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, centre right, and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, centre right, arrive at a Sea Palace barza in Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, also attended, centre back. MOPA
    Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, centre right, and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, centre right, arrive at a Sea Palace barza in Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, also attended, centre back. MOPA
  • Visitors explore the sound dome at the House of Music, designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, in Budapest, Hungary, on January 23. Reuters
    Visitors explore the sound dome at the House of Music, designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, in Budapest, Hungary, on January 23. Reuters
  • People take photos of a mock peach blossom tree in a park on the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Hong Kong, China, on January 25. EPA
    People take photos of a mock peach blossom tree in a park on the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Hong Kong, China, on January 25. EPA
  • Charlotte Casiraghi rides a horse as she wears a creation for the Chanel Spring-Summer 2022 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris on Tuesday, January 25. AP Photo
    Charlotte Casiraghi rides a horse as she wears a creation for the Chanel Spring-Summer 2022 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris on Tuesday, January 25. AP Photo
  • Artists perform a cultural dance during India’s 73rd Republic Day Celebration at Expo 2020 Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
    Artists perform a cultural dance during India’s 73rd Republic Day Celebration at Expo 2020 Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
  • Artwork by Pitjantjatjara man Yadjidta David Miller is projected onto the Sydney Opera House on Australia Day. EPA
    Artwork by Pitjantjatjara man Yadjidta David Miller is projected onto the Sydney Opera House on Australia Day. EPA
  • Final prayers are said for Abu Dhabi attack victim Hardeep Singh in Amritsar, India. Prabhjot Singh Gill for The National
    Final prayers are said for Abu Dhabi attack victim Hardeep Singh in Amritsar, India. Prabhjot Singh Gill for The National
  • A woman looks on at her house destroyed by tropical storm Ana at Kanjedza village, in Chikwawa district, southern Malawi, on January 26. Reuters
    A woman looks on at her house destroyed by tropical storm Ana at Kanjedza village, in Chikwawa district, southern Malawi, on January 26. Reuters
  • Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, left, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, second left, and Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, third left, attend an official reception for Abdel Fattah El Sisi, President of Egypt, right, at Qasr Al Watan, Abu Dhabi. MOPA
    Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, left, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, second left, and Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, third left, attend an official reception for Abdel Fattah El Sisi, President of Egypt, right, at Qasr Al Watan, Abu Dhabi. MOPA
  • Amy Gillingham, the first female football commentator in the UAE. Victor Besa / The National
    Amy Gillingham, the first female football commentator in the UAE. Victor Besa / The National
  • Reverend Canon Michael Smith, acting dean of York, lights candles in the shape of the Star of David in the Chapter House of York Minster as part of a commemoration for Holocaust Memorial Day on January 26 in York, England. Getty Images
    Reverend Canon Michael Smith, acting dean of York, lights candles in the shape of the Star of David in the Chapter House of York Minster as part of a commemoration for Holocaust Memorial Day on January 26 in York, England. Getty Images
  • Arunkumar Nair with his two-year-old son Arjun at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
    Arunkumar Nair with his two-year-old son Arjun at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, visits the Arab Health Exhibition in Dubai. WAM
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, visits the Arab Health Exhibition in Dubai. WAM
  • Children build a snowman in front of the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount during a snowy morning in Jerusalem's Old City, January 27, 2022. REUTERS / Ammar Awad
    Children build a snowman in front of the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount during a snowy morning in Jerusalem's Old City, January 27, 2022. REUTERS / Ammar Awad
  • In this aerial photo a farmer works in a field in Karanigonj on the outskirts of Dhaka on January 27. AFP
    In this aerial photo a farmer works in a field in Karanigonj on the outskirts of Dhaka on January 27. AFP
  • A man walks behind the Olympic Rings in Beijing on January 28, ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. AFP
    A man walks behind the Olympic Rings in Beijing on January 28, ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. AFP

Weekend

The best photos of the week: from Lunar New Year to the Beijing Winter Olympics

The most striking pictures from around the world

Tim Knowles
Tim Knowles

January 28, 2022

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Thursday's best photos: from a snowstorm in Jerusalem to a wet court at the Australian Open

Wednesday's best photos: from India's Republic Day to Australia Day

Tuesday's best photos: from the world’s coldest marathon to snow on the Parthenon

Monday's best photos: from police selfies in India to a fiery festival in Spain

Sunday's best photos: from a knight in an ice maze to an injured leopard

Saturday's best photos: from a cold-water dive to an anti-nuclear light display

Updated: January 28, 2022, 6:04 PM
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