UK's week in pictures: Storm Eunice, Ukrainian demonstrations, and Valentine's day

'The National' selects the most striking photos from across Britain over the past week

On Monday the country celebrated Valentine's Day. An inflatable heart was installed for Valentine's day under Wellington Arch, near Hyde Park in central London. AFP

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Scotland on Monday, where he was seen inspecting the hull of 'HMS Venturer' at Rosyth Dockyard near Edinburgh. PA

Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire by the Princess Royal at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. The British scientist helped create the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, credited with saving millions of lives around the world. PA

British Artist Hew Locke's 'Armada 2019', an immersive large-scale installation made up of a flotilla of boats and rafts, is pictured as part of 'The Port & Migrations and Global Encounters' exhibition. It was unveiled at the Tate Liverpool on Tuesday. AFP

A mural by artist Akse P19 of actor Cillian Murphy, as 'Peaky Blinders' crime boss Tommy Shelby, was pictured in the historic Deritend area of Birmingham on Tuesday. PA

Children play as water pours over the Derwent Dam in the Peak District on Tuesday. PA

Mia Hansson poses with her full-size replica of the Bayeux Tapestry in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on Tuesday. It has so far taken Mia almost six years to stitch, spending up to 10 hours a day working on it at her home in Wisbech. PA

Actors Amber Blease and Ericson Mitchell dance under the renamed 'Regency Street' sign, located on Regent Street in London on Wednesday, ahead the opening night of 'Secret Cinema presents Bridgerton with Fever', a new immersive experience inspired by the Netflix series. PA

Labour leader Keir Starmer visited Erdington in Birmingham on Wednesday, to support Labour's by-election candidate Paulette Hamilton. PA

National Trust conservators clean the Corridor Mosaic at the Chedworth Roman Villa in Yarnworth on Wednesday. It is one of the longest in-situ mosaics in the country. PA

Members of Pendle Ski Club watch the Men's Slalom, Alpine Skiing at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday, as Team GB's Dave Ryding inspires a new generation of skiers at his first club in Pendle, Lancashire. Getty Images

People attend a pro-Ukrainian demonstration near Downing Street in central London on Wednesday evening. Reuters

A female spectator photographs a ferret during the Ferret Racing Championship at the Craven Arms and Cruck Barn in Appletreewick on Wednesday evening. PA

A person stops to take a photograph of the sun rising on Thursday morning, against the skyline in London. AFP

On Thursday a sign made out of hay reading 'Sack Boris' was pictured on a field in Little Hay in north Birmingham, calling for the removal of Prime Minister Boris Johnson from office. PA

The Archdruid of Stonehenge and Britain poses in front of the sunrise exhibit after performing a blessing for The World of Stonehenge exhibition on its opening day to the public on Thursday, at the British Museum in central London. PA

An officer from Dorset Police sits at the front of double decker bus as he observes driver behaviour on Thursday, including motorists using their mobile phones while driving, during the force's 'Op Decker' mobile phone at the wheel enforcement operation in Bournemouth. PA

On Friday Lifeboat volunteers Brad Johnson and Nick Walton took to the London Underground in full lifesaving kit, attempting to visit 200 tube stations in one day to raise funds for the RNLI. PA

This week, Red warnings were issued as Storm Eunice made landfall in south-western England on Friday morning, a pro-Ukrainian demonstration was held in Whitehall opposite Downing Street as Russian forces massed on the border of Ukraine, and the country celebrated Valentine's day.