Week in pictures 28 January 2023
BERLIN:
Friedrich Merz, party leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, speaks in the Bundestag, the country's federal parliament, on Wednesday, January 25. Lawmakers were debating whether to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine to help bolster that country's war effort. Later Wednesday, leaders of Germany and the United States each announced that they would send contingents of tanks to Ukraine (Kay Nietfeld/Picture Alliance/Getty Images)
MONTEREY PARK:
People place flowers at a memorial Sunday, January 22, for those killed in the mass shooting in Monterey Park, California (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
SPACE:
Stars shine through the hazy material of the Chamaeleon 1 dark molecular cloud, which is 630 light-years away from Earth. The image, observed with the James Webb Space Telescope, was released on Monday, January 23 (NASA/ESA/CSA)
ANTARCTICA:
This aerial photo shows an iceberg, nearly the size of Greater London, breaking off the Brunt ice Shelf in Antarctica on Sunday, January 22. Researchers said this event was expected and not a result of climate change (European Union/Copernicus Sentinel-2 Imagery/DG DEFIS/Reuters)
KOKA:
Vehicles are stranded on the Shin-Meishin Expressway after heavy snow in Koka, Japan, on Wednesday, January 25 (The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images)
DEER PARK:
Damage is seen at an apartment complex in Deer Park, Texas, after a tornado moved through the area on Wednesday, January 25 (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle/AP)
YORK:
The Rev. Canon Maggie McLean helps light 600 candles in the shape of the Star of David during an event in York, England, marking International Holocaust Day on Wednesday, January 25. The 600 handles were lit in the memory of the more than 6 million Jewish people who were murdered in the Holocaust (Danny Lawson/PA Images/Getty Images)
PHUKET:
A tourist rides on an elephant at a jungle park in Phuket, Thailand, on Sunday, January 22 (Jorge Silva/Reuters)
GAZA:
A child sleeps on the floor of a poor neighborhood in Beit Lahia, Gaza, on Tuesday, January 24 (Ramez Habboub/Abaca/Sipa/AP)
ZAPORIZHZHIA:
Ukrainian service members attend drills in the country's Zaporizhzhia region on Monday, January 23 (Reuters)
BERLIN: Friedrich Merz, party leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, speaks in the Bundestag, the country's federal parliament, on Wednesday, January 25. Lawmakers were debating whether to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine to help bolster that country's war effort. Later Wednesday, leaders of Germany and the United States each announced that they would send contingents of tanks to Ukraine (Kay Nietfeld/Picture Alliance/Getty Images)
MONTEREY PARK: People place flowers at a memorial Sunday, January 22, for those killed in the mass shooting in Monterey Park, California (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
SPACE: Stars shine through the hazy material of the Chamaeleon 1 dark molecular cloud, which is 630 light-years away from Earth. The image, observed with the James Webb Space Telescope, was released on Monday, January 23 (NASA/ESA/CSA)
ANTARCTICA: This aerial photo shows an iceberg, nearly the size of Greater London, breaking off the Brunt ice Shelf in Antarctica on Sunday, January 22. Researchers said this event was expected and not a result of climate change (European Union/Copernicus Sentinel-2 Imagery/DG DEFIS/Reuters)
KOKA: Vehicles are stranded on the Shin-Meishin Expressway after heavy snow in Koka, Japan, on Wednesday, January 25 (The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images)
DEER PARK: Damage is seen at an apartment complex in Deer Park, Texas, after a tornado moved through the area on Wednesday, January 25 (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle/AP)
YORK: The Rev. Canon Maggie McLean helps light 600 candles in the shape of the Star of David during an event in York, England, marking International Holocaust Day on Wednesday, January 25. The 600 handles were lit in the memory of the more than 6 million Jewish people who were murdered in the Holocaust (Danny Lawson/PA Images/Getty Images)
PHUKET: A tourist rides on an elephant at a jungle park in Phuket, Thailand, on Sunday, January 22 (Jorge Silva/Reuters)
GAZA: A child sleeps on the floor of a poor neighborhood in Beit Lahia, Gaza, on Tuesday, January 24 (Ramez Habboub/Abaca/Sipa/AP)
ZAPORIZHZHIA: Ukrainian service members attend drills in the country's Zaporizhzhia region on Monday, January 23 (Reuters)