AP Week in Pictures: Global
Jan. 8 - 14, 2022
From Russia´s Alexandra Trusova performing in the women short program during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, to a woman's grief after she lost her family member during a heavy snowfall-hit area in Murree, north of the capital of Islamabad, Pakistan, to the beauty of a large ice disk slowly rotating in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Pamela Hassell in New York.
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Russia's Alexandra Trusova performs in the women short program during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Stepanov)
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Firefighters wait for water during a fire in the low income neighborhood of Laguna Verde, in Iquique, Chile, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. According to authorities the fire destroyed close to 100 homes of the neighborhood which is populated mostly by migrants. (AP Photo/Ignacio Munoz)
A woman cries inside an ambulance after she lost her family member during a heavy snowfall-hit area in Murree, some 28 miles (45 kilometers) north of the capital of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
A street actress wearing 18th century styled clothes, walks in snowfall in central St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
An armed riot police officer detains a protester during a security anti-terrorists operation in a street after clashes in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)
Defending men's champion Serbia's Novak Djokovic practices on Rod Laver Arena ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Members of the Paraguay-African cultural group Kamba Cua dance during celebrations in honor of Saint Balthazar, one of the Three Kings, on Epiphany in Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay, late Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, just days after the official holiday. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
People watch a surfer ride a wave during a big wave surfing session at Praia do Norte, or North Beach, in Nazare, Portugal, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Syrian women Yasemine, center, who lost her father and brother in Syria, reacts after the verdict in front of the court in Koblenz, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. A German court has convicted a former Syrian secret police officer of crimes against humanity for overseeing the abuse of detainees at a jail near Damascus a decade ago. The verdict Thursday in the landmark trial has been keenly anticipated by Syrians who suffered abuse or lost relatives in the country's long-running conflict. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A rare snowy owl perches on a bald eagle flag pole topper in front of Union Station in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
People lay flowers in memory of victims of recent protests at the fence of the Kazakhstan Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. The authorities in Kazakhstan said Monday that nearly 8,000 people were detained by police during protests that descended into violence last week and marked the worst unrest the former Soviet nation has faced since gaining independence 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A Ukrainian soldier walks in a trench at the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)
Inter Milan's goalkeeper Samir Handanovic holds the trophy as he celebrates with his teammates after winning the Italian Super Cup final soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the San Siro Stadium, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Inter Milan won 2-1. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
A large ice disk slowly rotates in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Ice disks form as a result of a current and vortex under the ice. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Protesters use a ladder to invade at the headquarters of Democrats' Party in Tirana, Albania, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Albanian opposition supporters have clashed with each other and tried to storm their party headquarters following an internal fight for the party leadership. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)
France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a meeting with police officers in Nice, southern France, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. Macron traveled to the French Mediterranean coast on Monday to talk about internal security, making a pit stop in the city where an extremist drove a cargo truck into Bastille Day crowds in 2016, killing 86 people and injuring hundreds more. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, Pool)
Bosnian Serbs march carrying a giant Serbian flag in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. Amid Bosnia's greatest political crisis since the end of its 1992-95 inter-ethnic war, the country's Serbs celebrated an outlawed holiday Sunday with a provocative parade showcasing armored vehicles, police helicopters and law enforcement officers with rifles, marching in lockstep and singing a nationalist song. (AP Photo)
Emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal fire at an apartment building in the Bronx on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in New York. It is the city's deadliest blaze in more than three decades. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A man flies a kite during Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti festival in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. In Gujarat state, Uttarayan is a holiday when families pitch themselves on rooftops to fly kites from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
