--- description: From snowstorms crippling the American South and ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on trial in Cairo to celebrations marking the Chinese New Year and Pope-inspired superhero street art in Rome, TIME presents the best pictures of the week. title: TIME's Best Pictures of the Week: January 24 - January 31 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac9e7f570025609e/6987e5aa06f2c1562e337213/x4656397431.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 * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pictures of the Week: January 24 - January 31 by [Phil Bicker](/author/phil-bicker/) ## Phil Bicker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 31, 2014 3:05 PM CUT  Jan. 28, 2014\. A car sits in dried and cracked earth of what was the bottom of the Almaden Reservoir in San Jose, California. Jan. 28, 2014\. A car sits in dried and cracked earth of what was the bottom of the Almaden Reservoir in San Jose, California.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Phil Bicker](/author/phil-bicker/) ## Phil Bicker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 31, 2014 3:05 PM CUT From snowstorms crippling the American South and ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on trial in Cairo to celebrations marking the Chinese New Year and Pope-inspired superhero street art in Rome, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.  Jan. 27, 2014\. Plainclothes police arrest a resident who allegedly threw rocks at them as they enforce the demolition of their shanties at the sprawling community of informal settlers at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. Bullit Marquez—AP  Jan. 26, 2014\. A seagull attacks a dove released by Pope Francis and children from the window of his private apartments at the end of the Sunday Angelus prayer at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Donatella Giagnori—Archivolatino/Zuma Press  Jan. 30, 2014\. One car lies half submerged in the Cahaba River as another sits abandoned, after a snow storm in Mountain Brook, Ala.. Hal Yeager—AP  Jan. 25, 2014\. Riot police keep a fire hose aimed at protesters continously during rioting on Hrusehvskoho Street in central Kiev. Freezing temperatures creates a dramatic landscape of fire and ice. Ross McDonnell  Jan. 27, 2014\. Water is poured onto the hand of the body of Thai anti-government protest leader Suthin Tharathin as he lies in a Buddhist temple where thousands of people come to pay their respects in Bangkok. Nicolas Asfouri—AFP/Getty Images  Jan. 27, 2014\. President Barack Obama works at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, as he prepares to deliver his State of the Union address before a combined session of Congress the following day. Gabriella Demczuk—The New York Times/Redux  Jan. 28, 2014\. The broken glass of a niche where the reliquary with the blood of the late Pope John Paul II was located is seen next to a painting of the late Pope in the small mountain church of San Pietro della Ienca, near the city of L'Aquila, Italy. Max Rossi—Reuters  Jan. 30, 2014\. Fireworks illuminate a residential area to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of Horse in Beijing, China. Feng Li—Getty Images  Jan. 30, 2014\. A child plays around her mother's tattooed legs during the 'VenezuelaExpo Tattoo' in Caracas, Venezuela. Miguel Breza—EPA  Jan. 24, 2014\. A suicide bomber struck Cairo police headquarters in the first of three bombings in the Egyptian capital that killed several people ahead of the anniversary of the 2011 uprising. Tarek Wajeh—NurPhoto  Jan. 28, 2014\. Ukrainian protest group Femen stage a demonstration outside the European Council, where Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected, in Brussels, Belgium. Peter Cavanagh—Alamy  Jan. 26, 2014\. A competitor runs past a fire during the Tough Guy Challenge in Telford, England. Bryn Lennon—Getty Images  Jan. 24, 2014\. A terrified woman walks down from the bush in the hills 15 kilometers (9 miles) outside Bangui, Central African Republic, as Rwandan troops tell her to calm down during a weapons search operation. Jerome Delay—AP  Jan. 25, 2014\. Flowers laid down on icy ground as a commemoration for killed activist Sergej Nigojan, Institutska Road, Kiev, Ukraine. ddp images/Sipa USA  Jan. 25, 2014\. A protester walks near burning tires following clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine. Darko Vojinovic—AP  Jan. 25, 2014\. A mannequin is seen on top of a burnt bus on Grushevskogo Road, Kiev, Ukraine. ddp images/Sipa USA  Jan. 25, 2014\. A team led by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) take measurements of the canine teeth while they prepare to fit a GPS-tracking collar to a tranquilized male lion, in Nairobi National Park in Kenya. Ben Curtis—AP  Jan. 25, 2014\. A car burns next to a gutted Muslim owned house in the PK13 district of Bangui, Central African Republic. Jerome Delay—AP  Jan. 26, 2014\. Mourners attend the funeral service at Sankt-Michael-Cathredal for Mikhail Zhiznevsky, 25, an anti-government protester who was killed in clashes with police in Kiev, Ukraine. ddp images/Sipa USA  Jan. 26, 2014\. The funeral service at Sankt-Michael-Cathredal for Mikhail Zhiznevsky, 25, an anti-government protester who was killed in clashes with police, in Kiev, Ukraine. ddp images/Sipa USA  Jan. 26, 2014\. Men carry a casket containing the body of Mikhail Zhiznevsky, 25, an anti-government protester who was killed in clashes with police, after a memorial service in his honor in Kiev, Ukraine. Brendan Hoffman—Getty Images  Jan. 26, 2014\. A boy carries a cross at the beginning of Sunday mass in a church in Wango, a district of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic. Siegfried Modola—Reuters  Jan. 26, 2014\. Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Dog Squad personnel take part in a march during Republic Day celebrations in Jammu, India. Alok Pathania—AFP/Getty Images  Jan. 26, 2014\. Indian students hold their national flag as they perform a dance during the Republic Day celebrations in Hyderabad, India. Mahesh Kumar A.—AP  Jan. 25, 2014\. Avalanche debris is pictured on the Richardson Highway in Alaska in this handout photo.Road traffic to Valdez, Alaska, was cut off from the rest of the state after avalanches over the weekend blocked the only road into the coastal community. Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities/Reuters  Jan. 27, 2014\. A soldier looks on during a parade marking the 70th anniversary of the battle that lifted the Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg, Russia. Dmitry Lovetsky—AP  Jan. 26, 2014\. World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's (R) and Nazi Germany's (L) troops take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, Russia. Olga Maltseva—AFP/Getty Images  Jan. 27, 2014\. The wife and daughter (C) of Thai anti-government protester leader Suthin Tharathin (front) cry next to his body as he laid in a Buddhist temple where thousands of people come to pay their respect in Bangkok. Nicolas Asfouri—AFP/Getty Images  Jan. 27, 2014\. The Olympic torch is tested before the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Olympic Parkin Sochi, Russia. David J. Phillip—AP  Jan. 27, 2014\. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie plays table tennis following a news conference at the Boys and Girls Club of Newark Clubhouse in Newark, New Jersey. Andrew Kelly—Reuters  Jan. 27, 2014\. Israeli soldiers observe shoes of Holocaust victims during a visit at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, Israel, which commemorates the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II. Uriel Sinai—Getty Images  Jan. 28, 2014\. A car sits in dried and cracked earth of what was the bottom of the Almaden Reservoir in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  Jan. 28, 2014\. Valerie Trierweiler, former companion of French President Francois Hollande, eats cake at a Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action (SNEHA) centre at a slum in Mumbai. Danish Siddiqui—REuters  Jan. 28, 2014\. Pakistani children, whose families were displaced from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between the Taliban and the army, attend their daily Madrassa, or Islamic school, at a mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad. Muhammed Muheisen—AP  Jan. 28, 2014\. Light shines from a tent of devotees resting at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati river, during the annual traditional fair 'Magh Mela' in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh—AP  Jan. 28, 2014\. Palestinian Bedouin children enjoy a donkey ride around Gaza Strip. Ahmed Deeb—Barcroft Media /Landov  Jan. 28, 2014\. President Barack Obama enters the House Chamber of the Capitol Building to deliver the State of the Union address. Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times/Redux  Jan. 28, 2014\. (L-R) U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) listen as U.S. President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Win McNamee—Getty Images  Jan. 28, 2014\. An Indian gay rights activist holds up a placard and a flag during a protest against a recent Supreme Court verdict that upheld section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalizes homosexuality in New Delhi, India. Altaf Qadri—AP  Jan. 28, 2014\. A mother holds her child while attempting to take cover as repeated gun shots are heard close to Miskine district during continuing sectarian violence in the capital Bangui, Central African Republic. Siegfried Modola—Reuters  Jan. 28, 2014\. Wangouma Nestor, who had his neck cut, lies on a stretcher in Camp de Roux, a main base recently abandoned by former Seleka fighters near the center of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic. Siegfried Modola—Reuters  Jan. 28, 2014\. A Patron of the New York City Ballet walks along a massive photograph on linoleum flooring, by French-born artist JR, featuring over 80 dancers arranged in an array of poses at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York. Craig Ruttle—AP  Jan. 28, 2014\. Masked men lead a donkey through the streets during carnival celebrations in Zubieta, Spain. Vincent West—Reuters  Jan. 28, 2014\. Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi talks from a cage in a makeshift courtroom inside a police academy in Cairo, Egypt. Almasry Alyouma—EPA  Jan. 28, 2014\. A Palestinian couple waits before a mass wedding ceremony in the West Bank city of Jericho. Ammar Awad—Reuters  Jan. 28, 2014\. With temperatures hovering around -10 degrees, steam rises from Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson—Getty Images  Jan. 29, 2014\. A Lion Dancer takes a break during a practice session, ahead of Chinese New Year, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Nicolas Axelrod—Getty Images  Jan. 29, 2014\. A model presents a creation by Txell Miras during the 080 Barcelona Autumn-Winter 2014-2015 fashion week in Barcelona, Spain. Josep Lago—AFP/Getty Images  Jan. 29, 2014\. A Christian girl plays in Bangui's monastery where she found refuge in Bangui, Central African Republic. Jerome Delay—AP  Jan. 29, 2014\. Trees are reflected in flood waters on the Somerset Levels near Langport in Somerset, England. Matt Cardy—Getty Images  Jan. 29, 2014\. Ballet dancers wait to cross the road to join Amnesty International activists for a photocall outside the Russian Embassy in London. Dan Kitwood—Getty Images  Jan. 29, 2014\. A puma is seen inside the kitchen of a residential home in this handout picture provided by the Agricultural and Livestock Service of Chile (SAG), in Santiago, Chile. Agricultural and Livestock Service of Chile (SAG)/Reuters  Jan. 29, 2014\. Pope Francis represented as a Super Hero by italian artist Mauro Pallotta aka MAUPAL, in a street nearby St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican. Alessandra Benedetti—Corbis  Jan. 29, 2014\. Nepalese Hindus take bath in the Bagmati River, holy to them, during Madhav Narayan festival in Katmandu, Nepal. Niranjan Shrestha—AP  Jan. 29, 2014\. Children are engulfed in dust as a convoy of escorted taxis carrying Muslims, fleeing the continuing sectarian violence, arrives at a temporary internally displaced person (IDP) camp at the airport of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic. Siegfried Modola—Reuters  Jan. 30, 2014\. Tents of anti-government protesters are seen at Independence Square with the air temperatures around minus 19 degrees Celsius (minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit) in central Kiev, Ukraine. Gleb Garanich—Reuters  Jan. 30, 2014\. President Barack Obama departs the White House for Wisconsin and Tennessee in Washington. Olivier Douliery—Getty Images  Jan. 30, 2014\. A car lies half submerged in the Cahaba River in Mountain Brook, Ala. Hal Yaeger—AP  Jan. 29, 2014\. People rest at the aisle of a Publix grocery store after being stranded due to a snow storm in Atlanta, Georgia. A rare winter storm gripped the U.S. South on Wednesday, killing five people, stranding children overnight at their schools, gnarling traffic across many states and canceling flights at the world's busiest airport. Tami Chappell—Reuters  Jan. 30, 2014\. Passengers are silhouetted in the frozen window of a bus in St. Petersburg. Olga Maltseva—AFP/Getty Images  Jan. 27, 2014\. Graffiti marks the stump of a tree felled as part of a plan to remove alien vegetation and reduce fire risks in Cape Town's Table Mountain National Park in South Africa. Mike Hutchings—Reuters  Jan. 30, 2014\. This aerial photo shows MetLife Stadium, lower left, in East Rutherford, N.J., with the New York City skyline, top, in the background. The Seattle Seahawks play the Denver Broncos on Sunday at the stadium in the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game. AP  Jan. 31, 2014\. Amanda Knox sits alone before being interviewed on the set of ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York. Knox vowed on Friday to fight her second conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007 while the two were students together in the Italian university town of Perugia. Andrew Kelly—Reuters  Jan. 31, 2014\. An eight-months-old trained monkey sits on a can next to his owner, holding the leash as they wait for customers to perform to in a park in Islamabad, Pakistan, Muhammed Muheisen—AP  Jan. 31, 2014\. Anti-government protesters warm themselves at a fire near a barricade early morning in Kiev, Ukraine. Angelos TzortzinisAFP/Getty Images  Jan. 24, 2014\. Afghan refugee girl, laiba Hazrat, 6, poses for a picture, while playing with other children in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. 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