20 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week
President Donald Trump takes the oath of office as his wife Melania holds the Bible and his son Barron Trump looks on, on the West Front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20. Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States.
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Former president Barack Obama says farewell to Washington in this picture by former White House photographer Pete Souza.
Ethnic Wa performers dressed as United Wa State Army soldiers perform a traditional dance in Mongmao, Myanmar.
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A man rides a horse through a bonfire during Las Luminarias Festival in San Bartolomé de Pinares, Spain. In honor of St. Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires on the night before the official day of honoring animals in Spain. The tradition, which is hundreds of years old, is meant to purify and protect the animals in the coming year.
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A block of ice containing a frozen fox stands in Fridingen, Germany, on Jan. 13. The fox fell through thin ice on the Danube River and drowned before being excavated by local residents.
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Koshogatsu, or "Little New Year," celebrates the first full moon of the new year on the 15th day of January. The main events of Koshogatsu are rites and practices praying for a bountiful harvest. One activity is organized by local Shinto shrines — local men carry the mikoshi portable shrine into the ocean after drinking sake, then bring the mikoshi back to the shrine. This ritual is most famously celebrated in Enoshima, near Kamakura, which draws thousands of spectators to the beach to watch.
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A girl poses near damaged buildings in the rebel-held besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria.
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Idris, 3, from Mali, center, sleeps on the deck of the Golfo Azzurro vessel after being rescued from the Mediterranean Sea, about 20 miles north of Ra's Tajura, Libya. Spain's maritime rescue service says the bodies of seven African migrants have been found along the Strait of Gibraltar since Friday.
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Rescuers work near two cars submerged in snow in front of the Hotel Rigopiano, following an avalanche in Farindola, Italy. Rescue workers were met with an eerie silence Thursday when they reached a four-star spa hotel struck by an avalanche in a mountainous earthquake-stricken region of central Italy. At least 30 people were missing, including at least two children, authorities said.
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Iranian firefighters help their colleague during debris removal at the Plasco Building, which caught fire and collapsed in central Tehran, Iran.
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A Kyrgyz firefighter inspects a plane crash site outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. A Turkish Boeing 747 cargo plane crashed just outside the Manas International Airport Monday morning, killing people in the residential area adjacent to the airport as well as those on the plane.
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A migrant walks through the snowfall, near Belgrade's main railway station, with temperatures dropping below zero Celsius. According to the latest figures, around 7,000 migrants are stranded in Serbia.
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A Palestinian man burns tires during a protest against land expropriations by the Israeli government, at the Kafr Qaddum village near Nablus, West Bank.
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Israeli police detain a Bedouin man during clashes that followed a protest against home demolitions in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, which is not recognized by the Israeli government. An Israeli police officer was killed while taking part in an operation to demolish homes in the village, with authorities claiming he was targeted in a car-ramming attack. The driver was earlier reported shot dead by police as residents disputed the police version of events, saying the driver was heading to the scene to talk with authorities in an attempt to halt the demolitions.
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Police and demonstrators clash in downtown Washington, DC, after a limo was set on fire following the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
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An activist demonstrating against President Donald Trump is helped after being hit by pepper spray on the sidelines of the inauguration in Washington, DC.
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A woman links hands with demonstrators across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Organizers described the event as a community-based demonstration and performance art piece intended to be a "shining beacon of inclusiveness and democracy."
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Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and former US President Bill Clinton arrive on the West Front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, to witness the swearing-in of President Trump.
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A Trump supporter reacts on the National Mall to the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
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President-elect Donald Trump arrives on the West Front of the US Capitol for his inauguration ceremony.
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