Week in pictures: 16-22 January 2021 - BBC News

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The Aurora Borealis
ALEXANDER KUZNETSOV / REUTERS

The Aurora Borealis is seen in the sky over Muonio in Lapland, Finland.

Yoga session
CINDY LIU / REUTERS

At a craft brewery in Phnom Penh, people enjoy a beer yoga session, as Cambodia eases some of the restrictions in place to combat the coronavirus disease.

Family watching inauguration
EMILY ELCONIN / REUTERS

A family in Beverly Hills, Michigan watches the US presidential inauguration of Joe Biden, with son Jackson clapping and cheering at the TV.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump depart the White House
LEAH MILLIS / REUTERS

Earlier that day, the then President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump depart the White House to board Marine One for the final time.

Flight attendants of Sriwijaya Air
AJENG DINAR ULFIANA / REUTERS

Flight attendants of Sriwijaya Air pay their respects to those who died on flight SJ182, which crashed into the Java Sea earlier this month, killing all 62 people on board.

Boris Johnson with vaccine
PAUL ELLIS / POOL / REUTERS

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a photograph with a vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine during a visit to Wockhardt's pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wrexham, Wales.

Handball match
MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY / REUTERS

Qatar's Ameen Zakkar is seen between two Danish players during a match at the men's Handball World Championship in Cairo. Denmark won 32-23.

Soldier in the Indian Army
ADNAN ABIDI / REUTERS

A soldier checks his sword during the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
POLINA IVANOVA / REUTERS

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on board a plane in Berlin before heading to Moscow. He was detained on arrival in the Russian capital, five months after he was nearly killed by a nerve agent attack.

Lai Chi-wai climbing tower
TYRONE SIU / REUTERS

Lai Chi-wai, a paraplegic climber, attempts to scale the 320m (1050ft) tall Nina Tower in Hong Kong using only his upper body strength. On this attempt, he completed 250m in strong winds, in 10 hours, to raise money for spinal cord patients.

Mount Merapi volcano
ANTARA FOTO/ANDREAS FITRI ATMOKO / REUTERS

Lava can be seen spewing from the top of Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano.