Week in pictures 13 January 2024
QUITO:
Soldiers patrol the historic center of Quito, Ecuador, on Tuesday, January 9, after President Daniel Noboa declared an "internal armed conflict" in the country, ordering security forces to "neutralize" several criminal groups accused of spreading extreme violence there. Noboa's decree came shortly after hooded and armed men interrupted a live television broadcast (Karen Toro/Reuters)
GAZA STRIP:
A Palestinian man, wounded in an Israeli strike, receives treatment in al-Aqsa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, January 10 (REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri)
WAJIMA:
Policemen search for victims in Asaichi-dori street, which burned down due to a fire following an earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sunday, January 7 (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)
MILAN:
A visitor at the Triennale di Milano, a museum in Milan, Italy, looks at Ron Mueck's "In Bed" on Tuesday, January 9 (Giuseppe Cottini/Getty Images)
NETIVOT:
Damaged vehicles from the October 7th, 2023 Hamas attacks with an Israeli flag are placed at a site near Netivot, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, on Monday, January 8 (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu)
SAUDI ARABIA:
A competitor rides a motorbike Sunday, January 7, during the second stage of the Dakar Rally, which took place between Al Henakiyah and Al Duwadimi in Saudi Arabia (Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)
HAIYANG:
The Gravity-1 rocket, developed by Chinese company Orienspace, takes off from a ship off the coast of Haiyang, Shandong province, on Thursday, January 11 (via China Daily)
MANILA:
Filipino devotees jostle to get on the cart that carries the statue of the Black Nazarene during its annual procession in Manila, on Tuesday, January 9 (REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez)
MATULJI:
Two Boxer dogs sit in a car as they wait for their owners to come back from a shopping center in Matulji, on Sunday, January 7 (REUTERS/Marko Djurica)
MOSCOW:
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears on a screen via a video link from the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region during a hearing against the Ministry of Justice in Supreme Court, in Moscow, on Thursday, January 11 (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
QUITO: Soldiers patrol the historic center of Quito, Ecuador, on Tuesday, January 9, after President Daniel Noboa declared an "internal armed conflict" in the country, ordering security forces to "neutralize" several criminal groups accused of spreading extreme violence there. Noboa's decree came shortly after hooded and armed men interrupted a live television broadcast (Karen Toro/Reuters)
GAZA STRIP: A Palestinian man, wounded in an Israeli strike, receives treatment in al-Aqsa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, January 10 (REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri)
WAJIMA: Policemen search for victims in Asaichi-dori street, which burned down due to a fire following an earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sunday, January 7 (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)
MILAN: A visitor at the Triennale di Milano, a museum in Milan, Italy, looks at Ron Mueck's "In Bed" on Tuesday, January 9 (Giuseppe Cottini/Getty Images)
NETIVOT: Damaged vehicles from the October 7th, 2023 Hamas attacks with an Israeli flag are placed at a site near Netivot, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, on Monday, January 8 (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu)
SAUDI ARABIA: A competitor rides a motorbike Sunday, January 7, during the second stage of the Dakar Rally, which took place between Al Henakiyah and Al Duwadimi in Saudi Arabia (Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)
HAIYANG: The Gravity-1 rocket, developed by Chinese company Orienspace, takes off from a ship off the coast of Haiyang, Shandong province, on Thursday, January 11 (via China Daily)
MANILA: Filipino devotees jostle to get on the cart that carries the statue of the Black Nazarene during its annual procession in Manila, on Tuesday, January 9 (REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez)
MATULJI: Two Boxer dogs sit in a car as they wait for their owners to come back from a shopping center in Matulji, on Sunday, January 7 (REUTERS/Marko Djurica)
MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears on a screen via a video link from the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region during a hearing against the Ministry of Justice in Supreme Court, in Moscow, on Thursday, January 11 (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)