The Week in Pictures: Bernie's mittens and Trump's snub
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president, Donald Trump heads to Florida, a defiant opposition leader returns to Moscow, and more.
Updated Jan. 22, 2021 1:19 PM CST
Washington, D.C.
The "Field of flags" on the National Mall in front of the Capitol ahead of inauguration ceremonies for President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20, 2021.
— Allison Shelley / Reuters
California
Firefighters spray down flames on the side of Interstate 210 in Sylmar, Calif. on Jan. 19. Dozens of fires were ignited as high winds and low humidity continue to spread throughout the state.
— Josh Edelson / AFP - Getty Images
England
Gabrielle Burns-Smith stands in her flooded home on the outskirts of Lymm, England, on Jan. 21, as Storm Christoph caused widespread flooding across the United Kingdom.
— Joe Giddens / PA via AP
Germany
A paralyzed mouse in a lab at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany.
German researchers have enabled mice paralyzed after spinal cord injuries to walk again, re-establishing a neural link hitherto considered irreparable in mammals by using a designer protein injected into the brain.
— Leon Kuegeler / Reuters
Joint Base Andrews
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania are greeted by Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, their children, Eric and Donald Jr., Tiffany Trump and other Trump family members on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Jan. 20.
In a break with tradition, Trump departed for Florida and did not attend his successor's inauguration.
The Trump years in pictures: From the Women's March to the Capitol riot
— Alex Edelman / AFP - Getty Images
The Capitol
From left, Doug Emhoff, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Jill Biden, President-elect Joe Biden, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., arrive for the inauguration on Jan. 20.
— Angela Weiss / AFP - Getty Images
Albany, N.Y.
Trump supporter Mark Leggiero, of Florida, N.Y., holds a banner outside the New York state Capitol objecting to the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Jan. 20.
Security was heavy at state Capitols across the country Wednesday in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, but no large-scale protests were reported.
— Hans Pennink / AP
Guatemala
Honduran migrants, part of a caravan heading to the United States, walk along a road in Camotan, Guatemala, on Jan. 16.
An estimated 8,000 Hondurans sought to flee this week in a mass caravan hoping to reach the United States. But regional governments, including Honduras, organized a coordinated military operation to repel the caravan.
Honduras is reeling from two back-to-back hurricanes that devastated Central America in November, as well as a historic economic contraction on the back of coronavirus pandemic.
— Johan Ordonez / AFP - Getty Images
South Africa
A worker builds a wood coffin at the Enzo Wood Designs manufacturing facility in Johannesburg on Jan. 20.
Casket and coffin manufacturers in South Africa are experiencing an increase in demand due to the pandemic.
— Guillem Sartorio / AFP - Getty Images
New York City
A bus which careened off a road in the Bronx is left dangling from an overpass on Jan. 15.
The incident occurred after the driver was "unable to navigate the roadway" on the Cross Bronx Expressway, a New York Police Department spokesperson told NBC New York.
Eight people were injured.
— Craig Ruttle / AP |