Week in pictures: 20-26 January 2024 - BBC News

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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

Geese fly past as the Washington Monument rises above fog blanketing the Potomac River on an unseasonably warm day in Washington DC, USA.

Edgar Su / Reuters

Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka during her semi-final against Coco Gauff at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Yves Herman / Reuters

French farmers cook food on a barbecue beside a blockade on the A16. Farmers across France expanded their roadblocks after a meeting with Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, to address complaints about new environmental regulations and rising energy costs.

Ludovic Marin / AFP

In Jaipur, people shower India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) and Emmanuel Macron with flowers, during the French President's visit to the country.

Sofiia Gatilova / Reuters

Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, was hit by Russian missiles. Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that part of a block of flats was destroyed, and rescue workers were searching the rubble for survivors.

Carl Recine / Reuters

Peter Bennett takes pictures of the prize-winning pigeons at the British Homing World Show of the Year in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

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Soslan Gagloev of Russia sends Oosuna Arashi of Egypt out of the ring, as he wins the inaugural Club Sumo tournament in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.

Pedro Nunes / Reuters

Brazilian big wave surfer Maya Gabeira rides a wave in Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal.

Benoit Tessier / Reuters

A model presents a creation by Giorgio Armani, as part of the designer's Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2024 collection show in Paris.

Suzanne Plunkett / Reuters

People practice yoga underneath the 1,000-year-old Norman Tower of St Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire, England. The art installation is entitled Peace Doves and was created by Peter Walker.