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Pictures of the week - 14 to 20 January 2017: Snow, Trump, Australian Open and more

A selection of photographs from around the world, covering a variety of topics from current events to animals, weather and travel.

By David Sim David Sim and Alex Wheeler
Published 20 January 2017, 2:19 PM GMT
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18 January 2017: A sign covered in ice is pictured on the dock by Lake Leman on a cold windy winter day in Versoix near Geneva, Switzerland Denis Balibouse/Reuters
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19 January 2017: Lightning bolts flash as the Colima Volcano, also known as the Volcano of Fire, erupts. One of the most active volcanoes in Mexico has intensified in recent days Sergio Velasco Garcia/AFP
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15 January 2017: A halo is seen around the sun over the frozen sea in Vaasa, Finland. The optical phenomenon is produced by light refracting through ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere Olivier Morin/AFP
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19 January 2017: Cossacks help a boy to take a dip in the icy waters of a frozen lake during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday near the village of Leninskoe in Kyrgyzstan Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP
snow Europe drone photos
18 January 2017: Aerial view of the Marienburg Castle near Pattensen, northern Germany, surrounded by snow-covered forest Julian Stratenschulte /AFP
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16 January 2017: An aerial view of the shadows of trees along a snowy road near Sieversdorf, eastern Germany Patrick Pleul/AFP
Germany snow
17 January 2017: Aerial view picture taken with a drone shows the excursion boat 'MS AquaMarin' surrounded by snow and ice on the Okerstausee reservoir near Schulenburg im Oberharz in the Harz region, central Germany Julian Stratenschulte/AFP
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19 January 2017: Bisons run across a snow-covered field near the village of Rybnitsa, 290km northwest of Minsk Sergei Gapon/AFP
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15 January 2017: A participant in a horse-drawn sleigh race drives his sleigh through the snow in Rinchnach, southern Germany Armin Weigel/AFP
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15 January 2017: Two snow-covered spectators watch a horse-drawn sleigh race in Rinchnach, southern Germany Armin Weigel/AFP
Black Lives Matter
14 January 2017: Kandy Freeman participates in a Black Lives Matter protest in front of Trump Tower in New York City Stephanie Keith/Reuters
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13 January 2017: A block of ice with a fox encased inside is seen on the banks of the river Danube in Fridingen, southern Germany. The fox fell through thin ice on the river and drowned and was later cut out of the ice by a hunter Johannes Stehle/AFP
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18 January 2017: A baby monkey is cuddled by its mother in sub-zero temperatures during snowfall in Tangmarg, Kashmir Tausee Mustafa/AFP
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18 January 2017: A giant panda named Basi sniffs a birthday cake prepared by her keepers at Fuzhou Panda World in Fuzhou, east China's Fujian province. Basi, who celebrated her 37th birthday, is the world's oldest giant panda in captivity AFP
Snake
Palestinian Nabeel Mussa, who keeps scorpions and snakes as a hobby and eats them, has his face covered by a snake at his house in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Faisal Al Nasser/Reuters
Giraffe
19 January 2017: Murchison, a baby Rothschild giraffe, follows its mother Tula from the Giraffe House at Chester Zoo in Chester, north-west England Paul Ellis/AFP
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16 January 2017: A baby Rothschild's giraffe stands next to its mother Fleur at the zoo in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. The male calf was born at the zoo on 10 January 2017 and now stands 1.9 metres tall and weighs around 90 kilogrammes Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/AFP
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A visitor feeds a food pellet to a giraffe in the Giraffe Centre in Nairobi, Kenya Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
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17 January 2017: A murmuration of starlings wheel away in the sky above Pontevedra, northwestern Spain Miguel Riopa/ AFP
Trump global reactions
Magdalena Kammermeier works on a snow portrait of US President-elect Donald Trump in her garden in Wenzenbach near Regensburg, southeastern Germany Armin Weigel/AFP
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18 January 2017: Employees apply finishing touches to a waxwork model of US President-elect Donald Trump at Madame Tussaud's in London Isabel Infantes/AFP
Donald Trump inauguration
20 January 2017: Donald Trump is sworn in as President at the US Capitol in Washington, DC Mark Ralston/AFP
Donald Trump inauguration
20 January 2017: Photographers and cameramen document Donald Trump's first speech as President of the US Saul Loeb/AFP
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19 January 2017: US President-elect Donald Trump, with his wife Melania, salutes the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC Brendan Smialowski/AFP
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16 January 2017: Outgoing US President Barack Obama helps paint a mural depicting Martin Luther King Jr at the Jobs Have Priority Naylor Road Family Shelter in Washington, DC Michael Reynolds/Getty Images
Theresa May
17 January 2017: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after delivering her keynote speech on Brexit at Lancaster House in London Leon Neal/Getty Images
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18 January 2017: Italian president Sergio Mattarella admires a statue with Greek counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos during their visit to the Acropolis museum in Athens Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP
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18 January 2017: A migrant warms himself beside a fire outside a derelict customs warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia Marko Djurica/Reuters
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18 January 2017: A migrant stranded in Serbia walks through snow, near Belgrade's main railway station Andrej Isakovic/AFP
Plasco building
19 January 2017: A collapsed building is seen in Tehran, Iran Tasnim News Agency/Reuters
Tehran
19 January 2017: Firefighters react at the site of a collapsed high-rise building in Tehran, Iran Tasnim News Agency/Reuters
Hotel Rigopiano
Members of Lazio's Alpine and Speleological Rescue Team are seen next to cars covered in snow in front of the Hotel Rigopiano in Farindola, central Italy, after an avalanche hit the area Reuters
Kyrgyzstan plane crash
17 January 2017: Rescue personnel and investigators at the crash site of a Turkish cargo plane in the village of Dacha-Suu outside Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP
Yemeni female fighters
17 January 2017: A Yemeni female fighter supporting Shiite Huthi rebels, carrying weapons used for ceremonial purposes, takes part in an anti-Saudi rally in the capital Sanaa Mohammed Huwais/AFP
Israel Palestine conflict
18 January 2017: Israeli policemen detain a Bedouin man during clashes that followed a protest against home demolitions in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, which is not recognised by the Israeli government, near the southern city of Beersheba, in the Negev desert Ahmad Gharabli/AFP
Alcacuz
16 January 2017: Inmates atop the roof of the compound celebrate the transfer of their leaders after a negotiation with the police at the Alcacuz Penitentiary, near Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Andressa Anholete/AFP
Kuwait
17 January 2017: A Kuwaiti military helicopter takes part in a live ammunition military exercise at Udaira military range, 140 km north of Kuwait City Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP
Qayyara oil wells
18 January 2017: Firefighters and engineers battle a blaze at oil wells set alight by Islamic State militants before fleeing the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq Girish Gupta/Reuters
Spain horses fire las luminarias
16 January 2017: A man rides a horse through flames during the annual Luminarias celebration on the eve of Saint Anthony's day, Spain's patron saint of animals, in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares, northwest of Madrid Paul Hanna/Reuters
Canary Wharf lights
16 January 2017: A woman interacts with 'On Your Wavelength' by Marcus Lyall at Canary Wharf in London Leon Neal/Getty Images
Australia weather
17 January 2017: Beach goers enjoy the atmosphere at South Melbourne Beach in Melbourne, Australia Michael Dodge/Getty Images
Australia weather
17 January 2017: Beach goers enjoy the atmosphere with a game of improvised tennis at South Melbourne Beach in Melbourne, Australia Michael Dodge/Getty Images
Ice skating
16 January 2017: Cast members of the Frozen Fenway 2017 Winter Party On Ice perform at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
2017 Africa Cup of Nations
17 January 2017: Gabonese boys play a football match in Franceville, as the Africa Cup of Nations tournament takes place in Gabon Khaled Desouki/AFP
Basketball
16 January 2017: Bryce Cotton of the Wildcats dunks during the round 15 NBL match between the Cairns Taipans and the Perth Wildcats at Cairns Convention Centre on January 16, 2017 in Cairns, Australia Chris Hyde/Getty Images
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15 January 2017: Dustin Brown of Germany serves during a practice session ahead of the 2017 Australian Open at Melbourne Park Michael Dodge/Getty Images
Andy Murray
18 January 2017: Andy Murray of Great Britain falls over in his second-round match against Andrey Rublev of Russia on day three of the 2017 Australian Open at Melbourne Park Michael Dodge/Getty Images
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20 January 2017: Dan Evans of Great Britain celebrates match point in his third-round match against Bernard Tomic of Australia in Melbourne Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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