4-10 January 2025: Photos of the week

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4-10 January 2025: Photos of the week
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A selection of news photographs from around the world.

Ethan Swope/AP Flames can be seen in the background as a firefighter lifts a water hose to spray a burning vehicleEthan Swope/AP

Wildfires ripped across parts of Los Angeles, California, leading to at least 10 deaths, destroying thousands of buildings and prompting mass evacuation orders. In this photograph, a firefighter battles the Eaton fire in Altadena.

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Aerial view of a neighbourhood destroyed by the Palisades fireRobert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The Pacific Palisades fire has become the most destructive in the history of Los Angeles.

Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images A man stands and looks at the remains of the Altadena Community Church, burned down by the Eaton fireChristina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The Eaton fire destroyed the Altadena Community Church. While strong winds and a lack of rain are driving the blazes, experts argue that climate change is worsening the underlying conditions, making such fires more common.

SALVAMENTO MARITIMO/Handout via REUTERS A migrant holds a newborn baby as a woman lies inside a rubber boat with other migrants who were rescued off the Canary IslandsSALVAMENTO MARITIMO/Handout via REUTERS

A baby was born on a crowded migrant dinghy which travelled from Africa to the Canary Islands this week, the Spanish coastguard says. It has published a picture of the baby boy who was rescued alongside his mother and scores of other migrants.

Jonathan Lanza/NurPhoto via Getty Images Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addressing a protest rally, with her arm raised in the air as she speaksJonathan Lanza/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Venezuela’s opposition said its leader, María Corina Machado, was briefly arrested and then freed. It came after she had addressed a protest rally in Caracas on the eve of President Nicolás Maduro’s disputed inauguration. The UN expressed its alarm after it had received reports of arbitrary detentions and intimidation in Venezuela ahead of the opposition marches.

SAUL LOEB/AFP The US flag draped coffin of US President Jimmy Carter as he lies in state at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington DCSAUL LOEB/AFP

Former US President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC. The 39th US president died at the age of 100 on 29 December, 2024, at his home in Plains, Georgia.

Ben Birchall/PA Luke Jerram sits in a chair and raises his hand towards his latest astronomical sculpture, Helios Ben Birchall/PA

Artist Luke Jerram during the unveiling of his latest astronomical sculpture, Helios, at the Bath Assembly Rooms in England.

OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP A Voodoo devotee dances during a festival surrounded by people in a forest OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP

A devotee dances in the sacred forest in Ouidah, during the first day of the Voodoo Festival. In Benin, voodoo, or vodou, is recognised as an official religion and is followed by some 40% of the population.

Eduardo Munoz / REUTERS Revellers wearing fancy dress, masks and wigs inside a streetcar as part of a parade in New OrleansEduardo Munoz / REUTERS

Revellers parade through the streets of New Orleans on a streetcar on Twelfth Night, which kicks off Carnival season.

Khaled DESOUKI / AFP The sun rises in the sky filled with hot air balloons as people run along a road as part of the Egyptian Marathon.Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Runners start the 32nd Egyptian Marathon in front of Queen Hatshepsut’s temple while hot air balloons rise over the west bank of the Nile river in Egypt’s southern city of Luxor.

Valery HACHE / AFP A car is followed by a dust trail in the Saudi desert, as it takes part in the Dakar Rally.Valery HACHE / AFP

A driver competes in stage 2B of the 47th Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.

TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP A row of boats covered in snow on a misty lake in India. A man wearing grey uses a brush to remove the snowTAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP

A man cleans snow-covered boats on the Dal Lake after a spell of fresh snowfall in Srinagar, India.

Don Arnold/WireImage An Elvis impersonator wearing in a red jumpsuit points to the sky as he steps on to a train.Don Arnold/WireImage

Elvis impersonator Alfred Vaz poses prior to boarding a train, departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, at Sydney’s Central Station in Australia.

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