--- description: From a deadly nightclub fire in Brazil and French soldiers in Timbuktu, to Superbowl preparations in New Orleans and koala bears in China, TIME presents the best images of the week. title: The Best Pictures of the Week: January 25 - February 1 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt397b4f722d819af0/6987a3555f570fef59b17bce/x516846359.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pictures of the Week: January 25 - February 1 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 1, 2013 3:52 PM CUT  Jan. 27, 2013\. Relatives wait to identify victims killed in the Kiss night club fire, at the municipal gymnasium in Santa Maria, Brazil Jan. 27, 2013\. Relatives wait to identify victims killed in the Kiss night club fire, at the municipal gymnasium in Santa Maria, BrazilJefferson Bernards—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 1, 2013 3:52 PM CUT From a deadly nightclub fire in Brazil and French soldiers in Timbuktu, to Superbowl preparations in New Orleans and koala bears in China, TIME presents the best images of the week. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3796444/pictures-of-the-week-january-25-february-1/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3796444/pictures-of-the-week-january-25-february-1/"},"headline":"Pictures of the Week: January 25 - February 1","datePublished":"2013-02-01T15:52:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:02:01.269Z","description":"From a deadly nightclub fire in Brazil and French soldiers in Timbuktu, to Superbowl preparations in New Orleans and koala bears in China, TIME presents the best images of the week.","url":"https://time.com/3796444/pictures-of-the-week-january-25-february-1/","keywords":["Australia","festivals","India","Syria","Gun Control","Refugees","fire","brazil","Egypt","Mali","Floods","Surfing","roe v wade","massacre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt397b4f722d819af0/6987a3555f570fef59b17bce/x516846359.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt397b4f722d819af0/6987a3555f570fef59b17bce/x516846359.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TOPSHOTS-BRAZIL-ACCIDENT-FIRE","caption":"TOPSHOTS-BRAZIL-ACCIDENT-FIRE","creditText":"Jefferson Bernards—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3796444/pictures-of-the-week-january-25-february-1/","name":"Pictures of the Week: January 25 - February 1"}}]}] ```