Pictures of the Week: From Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in to the final sunset of 2025 in Dubai
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Zohran Mamdani stands with his wife Rama Duwaji, right, and New York Attorney General Letitia James as he is sworn in as New York's first Muslim Mayor. Reuters -
New Year's fireworks light up the sky above the Mother of the Nation Festival, on Abu Dhabi Corniche. Victor Besa / The National -
Swiss emergency personnel work at the scene of the deadly blaze at Le Constellation bar, where at least 40 people were killed and 115 injured. Reuters -
A Ukrainian firefighter battles a fire at residential complex in Zaporizhzhia after it was hit by a Russian drone strike. Reuters -
Syrian soldiers make their way through the snow in the country’s mountainous Qalamoun region, near the border with Lebanon. AFP -
A fire rages inside the historic Vondelkerk church tower in Amsterdam on New Year's Eve. AFP -
Buddhists pray in coffins during a resurrection ceremony, which symbolises their death and rebirth, at Wat Ta Kien temple in Nonthaburi, Thailand. AFP -
Snow-covered Mount Etna spews hot lava near Catania on Sicily. EPA -
Thousands of demonstrators rally on Galata Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, in support of Palestine. AFP -
Palestinians play football at the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. AFP -
Swimmers take part in the daily 1.5km journey from Manly Beach to Shelly Beach in Sydney, Australia, an event that began in 2008. Getty Images -
A Sikh devotee prays while taking a dip in the holy lake at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India. AFP -
Cambodians gather in Phnom Penh to welcome soldiers released by Thailand, after the countries agreed to a fragile ceasefire in deadly border clashes. AFP -
A train bears the scars of a deadly head-on collision with another engine, on a track leading to Machu Picchu in south-eastern Peru. AFP -
A plane fights a forest fire in San Carlos de Apoquindo in Santiago. AFP -
Bangladeshi security forces escort the body of former prime minister Khaleda Zia during her funeral in Dhaka. Reuters -
A person gathers to witness the first flash flood of the season surging through the Qumran riverbed in the Judean Desert, near the Dead Sea, West Bank, on a stormy day in the region. EPA -
US President Donald Trump, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk inside Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. AFP -
People ride a boat in the waters of river Yamuna on a cold and foggy winter morning in New Delhi, India. Reuters -
Venerable Monk Bhikkhu Pannakara leads a group of Buddhist monks during their 2,300-mile peace walk in Fayetteville, Georgia, US. EPA -
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls trek near the Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Yeriho, overlooking the Palestinian city of Jericho, in the occupied West Bank. EPA -
A civilian aircraft flying past the moon in Hsinchu, Taiwan. EPA -
The traditional Rauhnacht run in the Bavarian town of Beilngries, north of Ingolstadt, Germany. Reuters -
A pattern of a warship modelled on the Fujian aircraft carrier is drawn in the lying snow, at Harbin Engineer University in China’s north-eastern Heilongjiang province. AFP -
Sand dunes being prepared for planting south of Samawah in Kuwait, in an effort to curb desertification. AFP -
Joe Root of England walks off after being dismissed on Day 2 of the Fourth Ashes Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. EPA -
A visitor explores caverns and tunnels of the Ice Castles in North Woodstock, New Hampshire. AFP -
Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka during the 'Battle of the Sexes' press conference in Dubai. Reuters -
Stranded vehicles as floodwaters wash out East Palmdale Boulevard in Sun Village, California. EPA -
The sun sets over Dubai for the last time in 2025. Antonie Robertson / The National
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