From protests turning deadly in Ukraine and a controversial dolphin hunt in Japan to the icy Orthodox Christian rituals of Epiphany and glow-in-the-dark couture at Paris Fashion Week, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
Jan. 20, 2014. A protester sets fire to a Molotov cocktail during clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine.
Maxim DondyukJan. 17, 2014. Palestinians carry a wounded protester during clashes with Israeli security forces following a protest in Nahal Oz, east of Gaza City.Hatem Moussa—APJan. 19, 2014. Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims jump into the Fasilides baths during the Timkat festival in Gondar.Carl de Souza—AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 20, 2014. People throw turnips at the Jarramplas as he makes his way through the streets beating his drum during the Jarramplas Festival in Piornal, Spain. Andres Kudacki—APJan. 20, 2014. Indian soldiers wait before the beginning of rehearsals for the Republic Day parade early in the morning in New Delhi, India.Saurabh Das—APJan. 20, 2014. A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2014 Haute Couture collection by Charlie Le Mindu during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris. Youn Valat—EPAJan. 19, 2014. Priest consecrates water during a celebration of Epiphany not far away from Saint-Petersburg in Petergof, Russia. Alexander Petrosyan—Kommersant Photo/Getty ImagesJan. 18, 2014. Indian Dawoodi Bohra community people participate in the funeral procession of their spiritual leader Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, in Mumbai, India. Divyakant Solanki—EPAJan. 19, 2014. Japanese Macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of mountain hotsprings at Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, central Japan.Kimimasa Mayama—EPAJan. 20, 2014. Fishermen in wetsuits hunt dolphins at a cove in Taiji, western Japan.ReutersJan. 17, 2014. Kashmiri Muslim devotees raise their hands as a head priest displays a relic of Islam's Prophet Muhammad at the Hazratbal shrine on the Friday following Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of the Prophet, in Srinagar, India.Dar Yasin—APJan. 17, 2014. A Bangladeshi Muslim volunteer works on a jute tent roof in preparation for the Islamic congregation on the banks of the Turag River in Tongi, 20 kilometers (13 miles) north of Dhaka, Bangladesh.A.M. Ahad—APJan. 17, 2014. A Hindu devotee having hooks embedded in his back prepares for his pilgrimage climb up the stairs of Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Daniel Chan—APJan. 17, 2014. Italy's Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek perform in the pairs short program at the European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary.Darko Bandic—APJan. 17, 2014. Palestinian youth clash with Israeli security forces a protest in Nahal Oz, east of Gaza City.Hatem Moussa—APJan. 17, 2014. A man and a boy kneel in front of the weapon, equipment and uniform of Staff Sgt Afton Ponce who died in a helicopter accident, after a memorial service at RAF Lakenheath in eastern England.Darren Staples—ReutersJan. 17, 2014. An Afghan burqa clad woman walks down a street in Kabul.Johannes Eisele—AFP/Getty Images Jan. 17, 2014. An elderly Bangladeshi woman carries a basket on a cold and foggy winter morning on the banks of the River Turag in Ashulia near Dhaka, Bangladesh.A.M. Ahad—APJan. 18, 2014. A man swims in a lake in Minsk, Orthodox believers mark Epiphany, which falls on January 19, by immersing themselves in icy waters regardless of the weather. Vasily Fedosenko—ReutersJan. 18, 2014. Mothers wait to have their children examined at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the airport of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic. Siegfried Modola—Reuters Jan. 18, 2013. A police officer walks by the entrance of a restaurant that was attacked in Kabul, Afghanistan.Mauricio Lima—The New York Times/ReduxJan. 18, 2013. A man sweeps out his damaged car near the entrance of a restaurant that was attacked in Kabul, Afghanistan.Mauricio Lima—The New York Times/ReduxJan. 19, 2014. Afghan independent civil society activists pay tribute to the victims of an attack in front of a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan.Johannes Eisele—AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 19, 2014. Villagers observe as the sugarcane fields belonging to Ingenio San Antonio, ISA, burn for the harvest in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua.Esteban Felix—APJan. 19, 2014. Filipinos students, wearing costumes, perform during a cultural presentation marking the feast of Child Jesus in Cebu City, Visayas region, Philippines.Jay Rommel—EPAJan. 19, 2014. Opposition leader and former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, center, is attacked and sprayed with a fire extinguisher as he tries to stop the clashes between police and protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine.Efrem Lukatsky—AP Jan. 19, 2014. Orthodox Christian believers kneel in prayer before a traditional cross retrieval race, in Belgrade, Serbia.Marko Drobnjakovic—AP Jan. 19, 2014. Muslims living in Greece chant religious slogans during a celebration to commemorate the birth of Muslim's Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid), in Athens, Greece.Alkis Konstantinidis—EPA Jan. 19, 2014. Anti-government protesters stand next to a Thai national flag at the Victory monument in Bangkok, Thailand.Nir Elias—ReutersJan. 20, 2014. Uncles of Pakistani student, Zoubair Latif, 17, who was killed in a suicide bombing, mourn his death while waiting at a hospital to take the body for burial, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.Muhammed Muheisen—APJan. 20, 2014. ''Tamborilleros'' wearing their uniforms take shelter from the rain after marching in the traditional ' La Tamborrada,' during 'El Dia Grande,' the main day of San Sebastian feasts, in the Basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain.Alvaro Barrientos—APJan. 20, 2014. The central entrance on Lobonovskogo stadium after the first night after protesters and riot police clashes in the center of Kiev, Ukraine.Maxim DondyukJan. 19, 2014. Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is engulfed in confetti during the trophy ceremony after the AFC Championship NFL playoff football game in Denver, Col.Charlie Riedel—APJan. 20, 2014.
Workers clear snow inside the Gyeongbokgung Palace following overnight snowfall in Seoul, South Korea.Ed Jones—AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 20, 2014. A dolphin jumps out a back of a wave at Black's Beach in San Diego, Cal.K.C. Alfred—UT San Diego/Zuma PressJan. 20, 2014. Omega Gents of Morningside High School dance in the 29th annual Kingdom Day Parade, which honors the memory of African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and coincides with Martin Luther King Day, in Los Angeles, Cal.David McNew—Getty ImagesJan. 21, 2014. State troopers look outside the window inside the War Memorial building in Trenton, New Jersey, on the day that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie sworn in for his second term.Carlo Allegri—ReutersJan. 21, 2014. A Palestinian girl looks out a bus window as she waits with her family, hoping to cross into Egypt, at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.Abed Rahim Khatib/NurPhotoJan. 21, 2014. A Palestinian family waiting hoping to cross into Egypt, at the the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.Abed Rahim Khatib—NurPhotoJan. 21, 2014. A Pakistani boy is silhouetted against the sunset while he pushes a wheelbarrow loaded with drinking water after collecting from nearby waterpoint on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.Anjum Naveed—APJan. 21, 2014. A man stands by a fence at the edge of a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the airport of the capital Bangui, Central african Republic.Siegfried Modola—ReutersJan. 21, 2014. A baby sleeps next to a woman in a Catholic church in Malakal, South Sudan. Andreea Campeanu—ReutersJan. 21, 2014. A Syrian refugee boy plays with a ball at a refugee centre in the town of Harmanli, some 250 km (155 miles) southeast of Sofia, Bulgaria.Stoyan Nenov— ReutersJan. 21, 2014. A tourist puts their dog next to the New York Public Library Lion for a photo in New York as the area gets hit with a strong winter. Timothy Clary—AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 21, 2014. A Northern Cardinal sits on a tree branch in falling snow in the New York City suburb of Nyack, New York.Mike Segar—ReutersJan. 21, 2014. A small wave washes up along the shoreline of the polluted waters of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The iconic bay will be the site of sailing events during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Mario Tama—Getty ImagesJan. 22, 2014. Riot police officers pose for a picture near burnt vehicles as smoke rises in the background during clashes with pro-European protesters in Kiev, Ukraine.Reuters Jan. 22, 2014. A protester carries a burning car ramp closer to the riot police cordon in the center of Kiev, Ukraine.Maxim DondyukJan. 22, 2014. Riot police and Interior Ministry members stand in formation near an armoured vehicle during clashes with pro-European protesters in Kiev, Ukraine.ReutersJan. 22, 2014. A snow blower clears a sidewalk next to a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Union Square park on January 22, 2014 in New York City. John Moore—Getty ImagesJan. 22, 2014. Palestinian relatives of Ahmed Al-Za'anin, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, mourn during his funeral in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip.Ashraf Amra—APA/LandovJan. 22, 2014. A cross is covered by icicle caused by frozen rain in Alojzow near Ilza.Kacper Pempel—ReutersJan. 22, 2014. Sthandiwe Hlongwane, 31, sits with her daughter inside a newly built house she received from the Economic Freedom Fighters leader and former ANC youth leader Julius Malema in Nkandla, South African .Marco Longari—AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 22, 2014. A flamingo grooms its feathers at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany.Boris Roessler—EPAJan. 22, 2014. Spain's Rafael Nadal ties his headband during his men's singles match against Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov on day ten of the 2014 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. Paul Crock—AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 22, 2014. A cowboy with a whip walks through a mist into the arena during the opening of Bulls' Night Out at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo in Fort Worth, Texas. Ron T. Ennis—Fort Worth Star-Telegram/AP Jan. 22, 2014. Models present creations by Viktor&Rolf during the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2014 collection show, in Paris, France. Patrick Kovarik—AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 22, 2014. An attendee watches a virtual presentation of a bomb explosion in Syria, using a head-mounted visual display, on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.Jason Alden—Bloomberg/Getty ImagesJan. 22, 2014. A woman in ankle-length fur steps through a slushy crosswalk along Madison Avenue in New York. Damon Winter—The New York Times/ReduxJan. 22, 2014. Rwandan African Union peacekeepers remove the lucky charms from a suspected Anti-Balaka Christian man who was found with a rifle and a grenade following looting in the Muslim market of the PK13 district of Bangui, Central African Republic.Jerome Delay—APan. 23, 2014. A Muslim man sleeps inside the St. Pierre church where he and hundreds of other Muslims seek refuge in Boali, Central African Republic.Jerome Delay—APJan. 23, 2014. Children, whose family moved to Islamabad from Sargodha in Pundjab Province to look for job, look over a fence of their makeshift shelter in Islamabad, Pakistan.Zohra Bensemra—ReutersJan. 23, 2014. A firefighter walks past the Residence du Havre after a fire in L'Isle Verte, Quebec, Canada.Mathieu Belanger—ReutersJan. 23, 2014. An Army honor guard escorts the caisson carrying the coffin containing the remains of Army Sgt. Peter C. Bohler, during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va..Pablo Martinez—APJan. 23, 2014. Ukrainian riot policemen stand guard following clashes with pro-EU protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine.Volodymyr Shuvayev—AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 23, 2014. Demonstrators take cover during clashes between pro-EU opposition supporters and riot police in central Kiev, Ukraine.Vasily Maximov—AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 24, 2014. Anti-government protestors clear a channel through barricades near Dynamo Stadium on in Kiev, Ukraine. Rob Stothard—Getty Images
