Week in pictures 29 Jan 2022
Here is the top news photograpy from the past week:
AVDIIVKA: A Ukrainian soldier checks the frontline position not far from the city of Donetsk, which is controlled by pro-Russian separatists (Stanislav Kozliuk/EPA).
PARIS: Charlotte Casiraghi, the niece of Monaco's Prince Albert rides a horse during a Chanel fashion show in Paris on Tuesday, January 25. Casiraghi is a competitive showjumper (Lewis Joly/AP).
ATHENS: The Parthenon is seen atop the Acropolis after a heavy snowfall in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday, January 25 (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images).
GLASGOW: Shetlanders in Viking costumes celebrate the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Glasgow. Their torch-lit march through Glasgow marked the opening of the Celtic Connections music festival. Performances are taking place in person this year after Covid restrictions were eased (Jane Barlow/PA).
LAMPEDUSA: Hundreds of migrants are rescued off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Tuesday, January 25. The Italian Coast Guard found them in a packed wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea. At least seven migrants aboard the boat died of hypothermia, according to Italy's ANSA news agency (Pau de la Calle/AP).