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

A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days.

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Image source, Kevin Lamarque / ReutersImage caption, Geese fly past as the Washington Monument rises above fog blanketing the Potomac River on an unseasonably warm day in Washington DC, USA.Image source, Edgar Su / ReutersImage caption, Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka during her semi-final against Coco Gauff at the Australian Open in Melbourne.Image source, Yves Herman / ReutersImage caption, 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.Image source, Ludovic Marin / AFPImage caption, 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.Image source, Sofiia Gatilova / ReutersImage caption, 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.Image source, Carl Recine / ReutersImage caption, Peter Bennett takes pictures of the prize-winning pigeons at the British Homing World Show of the Year in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.Image source, Elsa / Getty ImagesImage caption, 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.Image source, Pedro Nunes / ReutersImage caption, Brazilian big wave surfer Maya Gabeira rides a wave in Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal.Image source, Benoit Tessier / ReutersImage caption, A model presents a creation by Giorgio Armani, as part of the designer's Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2024 collection show in Paris.Image source, Suzanne Plunkett / ReutersImage caption, 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.All photos subject to copyright

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