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US President Donald Trump is visible on a video monitor as he addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, January 21. Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux

Photographer John Abernathy throws his camera toward photographer Pierre Lavie as he is tackled by federal agents in Minneapolis on Thursday, January 15. Abernathy was photographing protests in the city, which has been the epicenter of recent unrest over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Abernathy said agents set tear gas in front of him and sprayed pepper spray into his face. The Department of Homeland Security said Abernathy was arrested for obstructing pedestrian and vehicle traffic on federal property. Pierre Lavie/@just1dudewithacamera

The northern lights are pictured over Portsall, France, on Monday, January 19. Powerful solar activity released by the sun reached Earth on Monday, causing colorful auroral displays and GPS issues for aircraft, according to the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center. The center designated the event as “the largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years.” Oscar Chuberre/AFP/Getty Images

Raphael Collignon plays a backhand return during a first-round match at the Australian Open on Tuesday, January 20. The tournament began on Sunday. Aaron Favila/AP

Employees walk at a compound of a damaged thermal power plant in Ukraine on Wednesday, January 21. It had been hit by multiple Russian missile strikes. Roman Baluk/Reuters

Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza holds the championship trophy after his team won the final game of the College Football Playoff on Monday, January 19. Indiana defeated Miami 27-21, completing an undefeated season and winning the first college football title in school history. Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Syrian soldiers ride a tank in Maskanah, Syria, on Saturday, January 17. In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, drove Kurdish forces from wide swaths of northern Syria that they held for more than a decade. Much of Syria’s oil wealth is also now under the control of the government for the first time in more than a decade. Omar Haj/AFP/Getty Images

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen tears up while responding to a reporter’s question following a playoff loss in Denver on Saturday, January 17. Allen had four turnovers in the 33-30 overtime loss to the Broncos. RJ Sangosti/AP

A man rides a horse through a bonfire during the Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolomé de Pinares, Spain, on Friday, January 16. The festival celebrates St. Anthony, Spain’s patron saint of animals. Manu Fernandez/AP

US House Speaker Mike Johnson addresses Parliament in London on Tuesday, January 20. Johnson said Western prosperity and security are being undermined by what he called a growing crisis of self-doubt. Jordan Pettitt/Pool/Reuters

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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger speaks after being sworn into office at the State Capitol in Richmond on Saturday, January 17. The Democrat is the state’s first female governor. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Moroccan soccer players react after losing the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday, January 18. Senegal won 1-0 in what was one of the most dramatic finals in the history of the sport. Stringer/Reuters

Larry the Cat walks past British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center left, and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto as the two world leaders met at No. 10 Downing Street in London on Tuesday, January 20. Larry is Downing Street’s “chief mouser.” Justin Tallis/Pool/Reuters

From left, Sandra Torres, Veronica Luevanos and Felicha Martinez — mothers of school shooting victims — cry together outside the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Wednesday, January 21. A jury had just acquitted a former school district police officer of all charges based on accusations that he failed to act during the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in 2022. Sam Owens/The San Antonio Express-News/AP

Paddleboarders travel along a branch of the Ob River in Novosibirsk, Russia, on Saturday, January 17. Vadim Makhorov/AP

French President Emmanuel Macron wears sunglasses during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, January 20. Macron was suffering from an eye condition that he said was minor. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Palestinians keep warm and cook their food by a fire at the Bureij refugee camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Saturday, January 17. More than 400,000 homes in Gaza were destroyed during Israel’s war in the enclave. Hassan Jedi/Anadolu/Getty Images

A priest blesses a snail during celebrations in Madrid for St. Anthony, Spain’s patron saint of animals, on Saturday, January 17. Susana Vera/Reuters

A man watches seagulls on a promenade in Nice, France, on Sunday, January 18. Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images

NASA's next-generation moon rocket rolls from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday, January 17. Artemis II, a 10-day mission, could lift off as soon as February 6, taking three American astronauts and one Canadian astronaut to the vicinity of the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972. Joe Skipper/Reuters

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A young man dives into floodwaters after heavy rain left residential areas partially submerged in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday, January 18. AFP/Getty Images

This aerial photo, taken on Wednesday, January 21, shows snow-covered fishing boats at the Dongkou Fishing Port in Yantai, China. AFP/Getty Images

An Inuit woman holds her child during a protest in front of the US Consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on Saturday, January 17. Crowds marched in Greenland’s capital to send a message to US President Donald Trump that their country is “not for sale.” Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

A car is driven in Concepción, Chile, as a wildfire burns in the distance on Sunday, January 18. Wildfires in Chile have left at least 19 people dead, authorities said Monday, as the government carried out mass evacuations. Juan Gonzalez/Reuters

Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud is leveled by the New England Patriots' K'lavon Chaisson during an NFL playoff game in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Sunday. Stroud threw an interception on the play that was returned for a touchdown, and the Patriots went on to win 28-16. Winslow Townson/Getty Images

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, left, and attorney Abbe Lowell, center, leave the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, January 21. The court signaled deep skepticism Wednesday that President Donald Trump had the authority to remove Cook from the Federal Reserve, with several conservative justices joining their liberal colleagues in posing pointed questions of the lawyer defending the president. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Emergency crews respond after a commuter train derailed in Gelida, Spain, on Tuesday, January 20. Dozens were killed, including the driver. The incident occurred just two ⁠days after another deadly rail crash in Spain, in which two high-speed trains collided near Adamuz in the southern Córdoba province. Joan Mateu Parra/AP

A man tumbles down a water slide in the Puente Piedra district outside of Lima, Peru, on Sunday, January 18. Martin Mejia/AP

Actor Hudson Williams, one of the stars of the show “Heated Rivalry,” walks the runway at the Dsquared2 fashion show during Milan Fashion Week in Italy on Friday, January 16. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images

People swim to retrieve a cross in the Sava river as part of Epiphany celebrations in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sunday, January 18. Darko Vojinovic/AP

Aurelio Justino Zitha stands in his flooded property in Maputo, Mozambique, on Wednesday, January 21, after weeks of heavy rainfall. Amilton Neves/Reuters

Jack Smith, the former special prosecutor who led two failed prosecutions against US President Donald Trump, stands before the House Judiciary Committee before publicly testifying in Washington, DC, on Thursday, January 22. Smith defended the integrity of his investigation during the combative hearing on Capitol Hill. Mark Schiefelbein/AP

A jet flies in front of the moon before sunrise in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Friday, January 16. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

People sit in a cafe in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, January 21. See last week in 32 photos. Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images