Pictures of the week: From Donald Trump’s inauguration to the Turkish ski resort fire
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Donald Trump enters the stage for his inauguration as 47th president of the US, in the Capitol Rotunda of the US Capitol building in Washington. EPA -
Firefighters battle the Lilac Fire near Bonsall community in San Diego County, California. AP -
Migrating Eurasian cranes flock at Hula Lake conservation area, in Hula Nature Valley, northern Israel. Getty Images -
Nature enthusiasts watch the titan arum or corpse flower – nicknamed Putricia – bloom at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia. EPA -
Farmers work in a rice paddy field during the harvest season in Lhoknga, Indonesia's Aceh province. AFP -
The dried-up bed of the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan. A winter drought is ravaging crops in Pakistan's breadbasket, farmers say. AFP -
A participant at the annual cold endurance festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo. AP -
The waters of Lake Michigan are frozen in Montrose Harbour, in the Great Lakes region, in Chicago. AP -
Alek Drexler from Illinois poses inside Capital One Arena ahead of an indoor rally on the day of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, in Washington. Reuters -
Visitors look at Christopher Joshua Benton's artwork Where Lies My Carpet is Thy Home, in the Carpet Souq in Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
Lightweight Russian mixed martial fighter Usman Nurmagomedov speaks to the media ahead of the PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series on Saturday. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
Displaced Palestinians walk along a road in Saftawi, Jabalia, heading to northern Gaza after a ceasefire deal. AFP -
The Maha Kumbh Mela along the banks of Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj. AFP -
Britain's Emma Raducanu in action against Poland's Iga Swiatek at the Australian Open. Reuters -
People clean a sleeping Buddha statue ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration at the Buddha Dharma temple, Bogor, Indonesia. Reuters -
A rider and two men leap over a bonfire during Fiesta 'Matxa' for Sant Antoni at Vilanova d'Alcolea, Spain. EPA -
Two Ethiopian Orthodox deacons look on as worshippers gather to pray during the celebration of the Ethiopian Orthodox Epiphany in Addis Ababa. AFP -
Motorcycle riders with India's Border Security Force rehearse for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India. Reuters -
The Esplanade theatre in Singapore undergoes maintenance work. AFP -
Devastation in central Rafah, Gaza. Palestinians have begun to return to their homes after a ceasefire came into effect. AFP -
Khalida Jarrar arrives in the occupied West Bank city of Beitunia after being released from an Israeli prison under the terms of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. AP -
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's President, attends a hearing at the Constitutional Court of Korea in Seoul, South Korea. Bloomberg -
Dancers perform on the main streets during the 'Saint Sebastian' celebration in Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico. Getty Images -
Elon Musk gestures during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. AFP -
Former US president Barack Obama attends the 60th presidential inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington. Bloomberg -
Displaced Palestinians pursue an aid truck in Rafah, southern Gaza. More supplies are able to enter the enclave since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on Sunday. EPA -
A helicopter surveys a wildfire, named Lilac Fire, in San Diego County, California. AFP -
Passengers read the Rodong Sinmun newspaper on a digital monitor at Kaeson station on the Pyongyang Metro, in the North Korean capital. AFP -
Sunrise over peaks at the border between Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel at Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, north-west Turkey. The blaze killed 79 people. AP
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