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    Quiz of the week

    Test your knowledge of the stories which made headlines over the past seven days

    By The National
    January 27, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST
     

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    • Kylie Jenner causes stir at Paris fashion week with dress that features faux lion head
    • Atomic scientists move Doomsday Clock forward to its closest ever position to midnight
    • Mysterious eye-shaped cloud goes viral
    • Tech giant announces plans for multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI
    • Asteroid in 'extraordinarily close' call with Earth
    • Nominations announced for 95th Academy Awards
    • Justin Bieber sells rights to 290-song back catalogue
    • Female air force pilot becomes Middle Eastern country's first woman to fly solo in F16 fighter jet
    • London-sized iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf
    • King Charles’s Crown Estate sues Twitter

    Pictures of the week: From cranes in the mist to ducks in the ice

    Thousands of Cranes in the Agamon Hula Lake area in northern Israel during their seasonal migration from Europe to Africa. AFP
    Fog swamps Kuwait City, with the spire of Liberation Tower and the tops of other tall buildings in view. AFP
    Floating rubbish in the Drina river near Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Reuters
    A reveller in costume during the parade of 'Carnaval de Sainte-Rose' in Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe. Reuters
    School pupils in Rawalpindi during a huge power cut that affected most of Pakistan’s 220 million population. AFP
    People celebrate the year of the Rabbit during the Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown in New York. Reuters
    Indian soldiers rehearse for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. AFP
    A snow-covered amusement park in Kabul. EPA
    The Bedouin village of Khan Al Ahmar in the Palestinian West Bank, near the East Jerusalem suburb of Abu Dis. AFP
    Riot police scuffle with demonstrators protesting outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad over the burning of a Quran in Stockholm. AFP
    Burbo Bank wind farm off New Brighton, near Liverpool, north-west England. Reuters
    Progress on the new Dubai Electricity and Water Authority hydroelectric power plant in Hatta. Antonie Robertson / The National
    The Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion covered with snow in Kyoto, Japan. EPA
    Demonstrators and police clash in Lima, Peru, during a protest against President Dina Boluarte's government. AFP
    Heavy snowfall slows traffic to a crawl in Gwangju, South Korea. EPA
    Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James ends up in the crowd during a game against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Crypto.com Arena. Reuters
    Brazilian highliner Rafael Bridi on a slackline 114m above the Vale do Anhangabau, to mark the 469th anniversary of the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. AFP
    The damage caused by a tornado to Beamer Place Apartments in Houston. AP
    Paseo Bandera in Santiago, Chile. AP Photo
    The final election campaign event by Czech presidential candidate Petr Pavel n the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. EPA
    A worker in Korean traditional costume on a cold winter day at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters
    Labourers at a factory recycling war remnants and scrap metal near the Bab al-Hawa crossing between Syria and Turkey. AFP
    Time-lapse shot of cars driving through a forest in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo
    A misty view of Kempton Park Racecourse, Surrey. PA
    Lead singer Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
    Zulu women after a service during the annual Nazareth Baptist Church pilgrimage near Durban, South Africa. EPA
    Protests against an Israeli military raid in the Palestinian city of Jenin that killed 10. AP
    Social media influencer Andrew Tate in the back of a police van in Bucharest, Romania. EPA
    Intense fire in La Floresta, Uruguay. Several casualties have been reported. EPA
    Ducks on a river in Nittedal, north of Oslo, Norway. Reuters

    Thousands of Cranes in the Agamon Hula Lake area in northern Israel during their seasonal migration from Europe to Africa. AFP

    Updated: February 05, 2023, 7:01 AM
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    California State Senator Aisha Wahab is the state's first Muslim and Afghan American elected to its legislature. Getty
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