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The Best Pictures of the Week: Jan. 2 – Jan. 9.

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From the deadly attack on the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris to the funeral of police officer Wenjian Liu in New York and the Hubble Space Telescope revisiting the iconic “Pillars of Creation” image to counting the animals at London Zoo, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

Jan 4. 2015. A salvage tug lights the hull of the stricken Hoegh Osaka cargo ship after it ran aground on a sand bank Cowes, England.
Jan 4. 2015. A salvage tug lights the hull of the stricken Hoegh Osaka cargo ship after it ran aground on a sand bank Cowes, England. Peter Macdiarmid—Getty Images
Jan. 4, 2015. Tears shed by widow Pei Xia Chen fall onto the frame of a portrait of her slain husband, New York Police Department officer Wenjian Liu, as his casket departs his funeral in New York.
Jan. 4, 2015. Tears shed by widow Pei Xia Chen fall onto the frame of a portrait of her slain husband, New York Police Department officer Wenjian Liu, as his casket departs his funeral in New York.CARLO ALLEGRI—REUTERS
SuicideJan. 5, 2015. People leave the scene of a suicide bomb attack that targeted the vehicle belonging to the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan. bomb attack targeted EUPOL vehicle in Kabul
Jan. 5, 2015. People leave the scene of a suicide bomb attack that targeted the vehicle belonging to the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan. JAWAD JALALI—EPA
Jan. 5, 2015. Sumatran tiger cubs and their parents walk around their enclosure at London Zoo, London.
Jan. 5, 2015. Sumatran tiger cubs and their parents walk around their enclosure at London Zoo, London.TOBY MELVILLE—REUTERS
Jan. 7, 2015. People gather to pay respect for the victims of a terror attack against a satirical newspaper in Paris, Jan. 7, 2015.
Jan. 7, 2015. People gather to pay respect for the victims of a terror attack against a satirical newspaper in Paris, Jan. 7, 2015. Thibault Camus—AP
Jan, 2, 2015. A door rests on the floor of a dismantled tent at the Bagram Air Field in the Parwan province of Afghanistan. The base is being shrunk by demolishing large swaths of housing in order to hold roughly 13,000 foreign troops.
Jan, 2, 2015. A door rests on the floor of a dismantled tent at the Bagram Air Field in the Parwan province of Afghanistan. The base is being shrunk by demolishing large swaths of housing in order to hold roughly 13,000 foreign troops.LUCAS JACKSON—REUTERS
Jan. 7, 2015. Pro-democracy lawmakers carrying yellow umbrellas, symbols for the Occupy Central movement, leave in the middle of a Legislative Council meeting as a gesture to boycott the government in Hong Kong.
Jan. 7, 2015. Pro-democracy lawmakers carrying yellow umbrellas, symbols for the Occupy Central movement, leave in the middle of a Legislative Council meeting as a gesture to boycott the government in Hong Kong. BOBBY YIP—REUTERS
Jan. 5, 2015. A construction worker walks up the staircase of a so-called container village for refugees which is partially under construction in the district of Koepenick, Berlin,
Jan. 5, 2015. A construction worker walks up the staircase of a so-called container village for refugees which is partially under construction in the district of Koepenick, Berlin, Markus Schreiber—AP
Jan. 2, 2015. Caskets containing the remains of AirAsia QZ8501 passengers recovered from the sea are carried to a military transport plane before being transported to Surabaya, Indonesia.
Jan. 2, 2015. Caskets containing the remains of AirAsia QZ8501 passengers recovered from the sea are carried to a military transport plane before being transported to Surabaya, Indonesia.DARREN WHITESIDE—REUTERS
Jan. 3, 2015. Afghan refugee girls playing with a doll in a slum that hosts Afghan refugees and internally displaced Pakistanis from tribal areas on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Jan. 3, 2015. Afghan refugee girls playing with a doll in a slum that hosts Afghan refugees and internally displaced Pakistanis from tribal areas on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen—AP
Jan. 8, 2015. A member of India's Border Security Force (BSF) "Daredevils" performs during a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a foggy winter morning in New Delhi.
Jan. 8, 2015. A member of India's Border Security Force (BSF) "Daredevils" performs during a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a foggy winter morning in New Delhi.ADNAN ABIDI—REUTERS
Jan. 5, 2015. Visually impaired students of a school for the blind fight for the ball during a soccer match inside their school in New Delhi, India.
Jan. 5, 2015. Visually impaired students of a school for the blind fight for the ball during a soccer match inside their school in New Delhi, India. ANINDITO MUKHERJEE—REUTERS
Jan. 6, 2014. A man stands on top of a building destroyed in the 50-day Gaza war between Israel and Hamas-led militants during a winter storm in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood.
Jan. 6, 2014. A man stands on top of a building destroyed in the 50-day Gaza war between Israel and Hamas-led militants during a winter storm in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood. MOHAMMED ABED—AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 4, 2015. Severin Freund of Germany during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria.
Jan. 4, 2015. Severin Freund of Germany during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria. Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom—Getty Images
Jan. 7, 2015. Russian Cossacks guard the territory outside the Kazan Cathedral, where an Orthodox Christmas service is held, under heavy snowfall in Stavropol, Russia.
Jan. 7, 2015. Russian Cossacks guard the territory outside the Kazan Cathedral, where an Orthodox Christmas service is held, under heavy snowfall in Stavropol, Russia.EDUARD KORNIYENKO—REUTERS
Jan. 8, 2015. A Syrian refugee girl stands behind a door at a makeshift settlement in the village of Ketermaya, south of Beirut.
Jan. 8, 2015. A Syrian refugee girl stands behind a door at a makeshift settlement in the village of Ketermaya, south of Beirut. ALI HASHISHO—Reuters
Jan. 6, 2015. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo comforts his mother Matilda outside the St. Ignatius Loyola Church after a funeral service for his late father, former Governor Mario Cuomo, in New York.
Jan. 6, 2015. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo comforts his mother Matilda outside the St. Ignatius Loyola Church after a funeral service for his late father, former Governor Mario Cuomo, in New York. BRENDAN MCDERMID—REUTERS
Jan. 4, 2015. Finalists wait backstage before their performances during the annual European Elvis Tribute Artist Contest and Convention in Birmingham, England.
Jan. 4, 2015. Finalists wait backstage before their performances during the annual European Elvis Tribute Artist Contest and Convention in Birmingham, England. DARREN STAPLES—REUTERS
Jan. 7, 2015. Forest officials carry an injured leopard after it was tranquilized in the bedroom of a building in the center of the city in Gauhati, India.
Jan. 7, 2015. Forest officials carry an injured leopard after it was tranquilized in the bedroom of a building in the center of the city in Gauhati, India. Anupam Nath—AP
Jan. 7, 2015. People hold posters with the words "Je Suis Charlie" (I Am Charlie) outside the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Jan. 7, 2015. People hold posters with the words "Je Suis Charlie" (I Am Charlie) outside the Newseum in Washington, D.C. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI—AFP/Getty Images
Jan. 6, 2015. Members of a traditional firefighting preservation group perform ladder stunts during the annual New Year's Fire Brigade Review in Tokyo.
Jan. 6, 2015. Members of a traditional firefighting preservation group perform ladder stunts during the annual New Year's Fire Brigade Review in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko—AP
Jan. 7, 2015. Members of the press, including NBC's Evan Dixon, face the blowing snow caused by Marine One as it landed on the South Lawn before picking up U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, D.C.
Jan. 7, 2015. Members of the press, including NBC's Evan Dixon, face the blowing snow caused by Marine One as it landed on the South Lawn before picking up U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, D.C. LARRY DOWNING—Reuters
Jan. 4, 2015. Dover Athletic supporters applaud their team from trees outside the ground that overlook the pitch during their English FA Cup third round soccer match against Crystal Palace at Crabble Athletic Ground in Dover, England.
Jan. 4, 2015. Dover Athletic supporters applaud their team from trees outside the ground that overlook the pitch during their English FA Cup third round soccer match against Crystal Palace at Crabble Athletic Ground in Dover, England. EDDIE KEOGH—REUTERS
Jan. 5, 2015. The mother of Maria Francesca, who died of sudden infant death syndrome, cries in front of the coffin of her baby during the funeral in Wissous, outside Paris.
Jan. 5, 2015. The mother of Maria Francesca, who died of sudden infant death syndrome, cries in front of the coffin of her baby during the funeral in Wissous, outside Paris. Christophe Ena—AP
Jan. 8, 2014. A fisherman works aboard a trawler passing House Island in Casco Bay of Portland, Maine, where the temperature at dawn was minus-9 degrees.
Jan. 8, 2014. A fisherman works aboard a trawler passing House Island in Casco Bay of Portland, Maine, where the temperature at dawn was minus-9 degrees.Robert F. Bukaty—AP
Jan. 5, 2015. To mark the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope, NASA has revisited the famous Pillars of Creation, revealing a sharper and wider view of the structures in this visible-light image.
Jan. 5, 2015. To mark the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope, NASA has revisited the famous Pillars of Creation, revealing a sharper and wider view of the structures in this visible-light image.Hubble Heritage Team/ESA/NASA

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