Twenty photographs of the week
The aftermath of the protests in Kazakhstan, floods in Brazil, fire in the Bronx and Novak Djokovic supporters in Melbourne: the most striking images from around the world this week
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Windows of a building, which were smashed during recent protests triggered by the fuel price increase in Almaty.Photograph: Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters
Melbourne, Australia
Supporters of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic gather around a car outside what is believed to be the location of his lawyer’s office during a day of legal proceedings over the cancellation of his visa to play in the Australian Open.Photograph: Loren Elliott/Reuters
New York City, US
People look out of their window at the apartment building on East 181st Street that was the scene of a fire in the Bronx borough of New York City. Seventeen people were killed and 13 were in a critical condition following the fire, which was reportedly started by a faulty heater.Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA
Sawe al-Atrash, Israel
Israeli security forces advance during a protest held by Bedouins against tree-planting by the Jewish national fund on disputed land in the Negev desert. The conflict in southern Israel, which is home to Bedouin villages unrecognised by the state, has divided the Israeli government. Foreign minister Yair Lapid is calling for a halt to the tree-planting while the Islamist Ra’am party has threatened to withhold its votes in parliament in protest.Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters
Sawe al-Atrash, Israel
Israeli security forces detain a Bedouin man during a protest against forestation at the Negev desert village of Sawe al-Atrash.Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters
Iquique, Chile
Houses burn during a fire in the low income neighbourhood of Laguna Verde. According to authorities, the fire destroyed nearly 100 homes in the neighbourhood, which is populated mostly by migrants.Photograph: Ignacio Munoz/AP
Iquique, Chile
Neighbours help firefighters combat the fire in Laguna Verde.Photograph: Ignacio Munoz/AP
Maraba, Brazil
A woman looks on from a canoe after leaving her house during floods caused by heavy rain in Maraba.Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
Raposos, Brazil
A firefighter finds a statue of a saint in the mud as she carries out inspection works in Raposos after the level of the Rio das Velhas lowered following heavy rains in the state of Minas Gerais.Photograph: Douglas Magno/AFP/Getty Images
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Police officers detain people in a street in Almaty. Kazakhstan has been gripped by unrest sparked by a rise in the price of liquefied petroleum gas since 2 January. President Tokayev has dismissed the cabinet and declared a two-week state of emergency. A counterterrorism operation to stop mass unrest has also begun.Photograph: Valery Sharifulin/TASS/Getty Images
Kampala, Uganda
A student sits alone in a classroom after reporting back to school on day one of re-opening following an almost two-year closure to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Kampala. Uganda’s health minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, announced last week that the country is now in the third wave of a pandemic that has no end in sight.Photograph: Badru Katumba/AFP/Getty Images
Bamako, Mali
Travellers watch television while waiting for cross-border transport to resume in Bamako. Since the closure of the borders of the economic community of west African states, traffic has been disrupted between Mali and neighbouring countries.Photograph: Florent Vergnes/AFP/Getty Images
Lalibela, Ethiopia
Priests chant and dance during the celebration of Genna, the Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas, at Saint Mary’s Church in Lalibela. Just weeks ago, the site and its astonishing houses of worship were under rebel control, Lalibela having changed hands once again as Ethiopia’s war dragged into a second brutal and unpredictable year. But since the holy site and its 12th-century icons were retaken by government forces in late December, tens of thousands of devotees have flocked to Lalibela.Photograph: Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images
Port Angeles, Washington, US
Olympic cougar project members work to replace the GPS collar on Lilu, a wild cougar, near Port Angeles. The project is a partnership between a coalition of Native American tribes, a renowned cougar expert and the Washington department of transportation. It could lead to placing highway crossings so wandering cougars can find new places to breed, improving the wider environment.Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Reuters
Barcelona, Spain
A man sleeps on the sidewalk while pedestrians walk by and look at their smartphones in central Barcelona.Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP
Panbari, India
Villagers arrive to participate in community fishing as part of Bhogali Bihu celebrations in the village of Panbari. Bhogali Bihu marks the end of the harvest season in the north-eastern state of Assam.Photograph: Anupam Nath/AP
New Delhi, India
Soldiers take part in the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a foggy winter morning in New Delhi.Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
A trainee pulls a fellow trainee, who is pretending to be injured, through sewage-contaminated water during the last week of a 10-week programme to become members of the Taiwan navy’s elite amphibious reconnaissance and patrol unit, at Zuoying navy base. The trainees have to endure everything from long marches to hours in the water, with constant screaming at them from their instructors. Of the group of 31 who started the course, only 15 completed it.Photograph: Ann Wang/Reuters
Pallakkadu, Sri Lanka
Wild elephants scavenge for food at an open landfill site in the village of Pallakkadu. Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in open landfill is killing elephants in the region, after two more were found dead this week. Examinations of the dead animals showed they had swallowed large amounts of the non-biodegradable plastic that is found there.
Photograph: Achala Pussalla/AP
Gower, Swansea
Welsh mountain ponies graze in the mist and rain on the salt marsh near Crofty.Photograph: Joann Randles/Cover Images
