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Employees repair sections of the Darnytska heat and power plant in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, February 4. It was damaged by Russian airstrikes. Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Images
The week in 32 photos

Grammys host Trevor Noah, center left, sings with Bad Bunny during the award ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 1. Bad Bunny would later win the Grammy for album of the year at the end of the show. Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

Panchito, a northern elephant seal, rests on Los Ayala beach in Compostela, Mexico, on Thursday, January 29. Christian Ruano/Reuters

Carlos Alcaraz reacts after winning the Australian Open title on Sunday, February 1. With his victory over Novak Djokovic, the 22-year-old Alcaraz became the youngest man ever to complete a career grand slam. Dar Yasin/AP

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, left, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles use their phones in the White House Oval Office as US President Donald Trump announces the creation of a critical mineral reserve on Monday, February 2. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

In this aerial photo, taken in Minneapolis on Friday, January 30, demonstrators spell out “SOS” on the frozen lake Bde Maka Ska. The Twin Cities have been the focal point of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown since early December. The Department of Homeland Security launched Operation Metro Surge, which saw the deployment of roughly 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota and sparked nationwide protests over the agents’ aggressive tactics and confrontations with the public. John Moore/Getty Images

House Speaker Mike Johnson leaves a news conference at the US Capitol on Tuesday, February 3. President Donald Trump swiftly signed a sprawling spending package into law Tuesday, ending a partial government shutdown after just three days but creating another funding cliff for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in two weeks. It was a hard-fought victory for both Trump and Johnson, who had to cajole the fractious GOP conference to back a deal that only temporarily funds DHS and excludes certain conservative priorities. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg/Getty Images

A woman works in a mustard field on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, on Wednesday, February 4. Anupam Nath/AP

A demonstrator is dressed as Mr. Monopoly during a Senate subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, February 3. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, left, faced skeptical lawmakers during the hearing on his company’s pending $83 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio assets. While many senators grilled Sarandos over antitrust issues, labor concerns and consumer prices, several conservative members focused instead on unsubstantiated accusations that Netflix promotes “woke” content and “transgender ideology.” The culture-war attacks echoed claims made by MAGA influencers urging President Donald Trump to block the deal — and may preview how the administration could seek to stall the merger. (CNN, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, is not part of the transaction.) Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Adolfo Vertiz repairs a figurine of Baby Jesus ahead of "Día de la Candelaria," or Candlemas, in Mexico City on Thursday, January 29. Eduardo Verdugo/AP

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Television media set up outside the house of Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, in Catalina, Arizona, on Tuesday, February 3. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing Sunday when she did not attend her regular church service. Investigators believe she was taken from her home against her will overnight, but there are no suspects yet, the sheriff’s department said Wednesday. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images

Relatives of detainees react in Caracas, Venezuela, after Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting president, announced a proposed amnesty law Friday, January 30, that could lead to the release of hundreds of political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention center. Gaby Oraa/Reuters

Snow partially covers the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, China, on Thursday, January 29. Wang Zhipeng/Visual China Group/Getty Images

People attend a vigil Sunday, February 1, for the late Alex Pretti at the Minneapolis hospital where he worked. Pretti, 37, was fatally shot by federal agents last month during a tense encounter that was caught on video. Ryan Murphy/AP

A Palestinian child waves from the window of a bus leaving Gaza through the Rafah border crossing, Gaza’s only border crossing with Egypt, on Monday, February 2. The crossing reopened partially on Monday morning after Israel closed it nearly two years ago, according to an Israeli security official, allowing a small number of Palestinians to enter and leave the war-torn enclave. The European Union Border Assistance Mission is operating the crossing as the final step of the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement in Gaza that went into effect in mid-October. Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images

US first lady Melania Trump walks off the stage of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, after speaking at the world premiere of the documentary “Melania” on Thursday, January 29. Amazon paid $40 million for the rights to “Melania” and committed another $35 million for marketing — eye-poppingly high sums for a documentary. The Hollywood Reporter called it the “most expensive” such film in history. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Members of Iran’s parliament, wearing military uniforms, chant in support of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, February 1. Iran threatened Thursday to unleash “hazardous consequences” after the European Union formally designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization amid escalating tensions between Tehran and Western powers. Hamed Malekpour/Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency/West Asia News Agency (WANA)/Reuters

A folk artist shakes iron nets with hot charcoals to create sparks during a performance in Shanghai, China, on Saturday, January 31. Yin Liqin/China News Service/VCG/Getty Images

Sweden's Lina Ljungblom scores against Germany during a preliminary round game at the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, on Thursday, February 5. Sweden went on to win 4-1. Petr David Josek/Pool/AP

The moon is seen above mountains in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Sunday, February 1. Cortina is one of the host cities for this month’s Winter Olympics. Lisi Niesner/Reuters

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A van leaves the gates of the Royal Lodge in Windsor, England, on Wednesday, February 4. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Britain’s Prince Andrew, has moved out of his longtime Windsor home and is now a resident of Norfolk, England, CNN understands. In October, Mountbatten-Windsor was ordered to leave the sprawling Royal Lodge, in the heart of the Crown’s Windsor Estate, after his brother King Charles III cast him out of the monarchy over the swirling Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Peter Nicholls/Getty Images

American skiing superstar Lindsey Vonn grimaces after hurting her knee during a World Cup crash in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Friday, January 30. She later said she would still compete at the Winter Olympics despite suffering a “completely ruptured” ACL. Markus Ulmer/Action Press/Shutterstock

Ultra-Orthodox Jews from the Belz Hasidic dynasty celebrate the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat, the "New Year of the Trees," in Jerusalem on Monday, February 2. Ohad Zwigenberg/AP

Shaggy, a Yorkshire terrier, competes at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York on Monday, February 2. Lanna Apisukh/The New York Times/Redux

Luke and Brent Ganger, Renee Good’s brothers, comfort each other Tuesday, February 3, after speaking in Washington, DC, during a public forum on violent use of force by agents in the Department of Homeland Security. Good, 37, was fatally shot last month by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. Samuel Corum/Sipa USA/AP

Two nuns look out from a doorway protected by sandbags as floodwaters from the Sado River cover a street in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal, on Wednesday, February 4. Storm Leonardo battered the Iberian Peninsula with heavy rain. Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images

A firefighter battles a wildfire in Epuyén, Argentina, on Sunday, February 1. Argentina's government declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have ripped through vast tracts of forest since the start of the summer. Gonzalo Keogan/AFP/Getty Images

Lubna Abu Obaid, a Palestinian patient with kidney failure who hopes to leave Gaza through the Rafah crossing to have further treatment abroad, undergoes dialysis treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Sunday, February 1. Mahmoud Issa/Reuters

High-speed trains are seen at a train station in this aerial photo taken in Nanjing, China, on Monday, February 2. It was the first day of the annual Spring Festival travel period. Stringer/AFP/Getty Images

Handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog weather icon, during Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on Monday, February 2. Phil saw his shadow when he was plucked from his warm burrow and thrust out into the frigid air. According to legend, that means six more weeks of winter are ahead. Alan Freed/Reuters

Pope Leo XIV meets with people at the Vatican on Wednesday, February 4. Remo Casilli/Reuters

A construction worker carries the Olympic rings as he makes his way down a skicross course in Livigno, Italy, on Wednesday, February 4. See last week in 32 photos. David Ramos/Getty Images