4-10 January 2025: Pictures of the week

A selection of news photos from around the world.Ethan Swope/APWildfires tore through parts of Los Angeles, California, killing at least 10, destroying thousands of buildings and prompting evacuation orders. In this photo, a firefighter battles the Eaton fire in Altadena.Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe Pacific Palisades fire has become the deadliest in Los Angeles history.Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe Eaton fire destroyed the Altadena Community Church. Although strong winds and a lack of rain fuel the fires, experts say climate change is exacerbating the conditions, making such fires more common.SALVAMENTO MARITIMO/Handout via REUTERSA baby has been born on a crowded ferry from Africa to the Canary Islands this week, the Spanish coast guard said. It published a photo of a baby boy who was rescued by his mother and a number of other migrants.Jonathan Lanza/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesOpposition groups in Venezuela say their leader, María Corina Machado, was briefly arrested and then released. This came after he spoke at a protest rally in Caracas on the eve of the controversial inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro. The UN expressed its concern after receiving reports of arbitrary arrests and intimidation in Venezuela ahead of opposition marches.SAUL LOEB/AFPFormer US president Jimmy Carter lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC. The 39th president of the United States died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024, at his home in Plains, Georgia.Ben Birchall/PAArtist Luke Jerram at the unveiling of his latest astronomical sculpture, Helios, at the Bath Assembly Rooms in England.OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFPA devotee dances in the sacred forest in Ouidah, on the first day of the Voodoo Festival. In Benin, voodoo, or vodou, is considered an official religion and is followed by about 40% of the population.Eduardo Munoz / REUTERSRevelers take to the streets of New Orleans on streetcars on Twelfth Night, which kicks off the Carnival season.Khaled DESOUKI / AFPRunners start the 32nd Egypt Marathon in front of the temple of Queen Hatshepsut while hot air balloons rise above the west bank of the Nile River in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor.Valery HACHE / AFPThe driver competes in stage 2B of the 47th Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFPA man cleans snow-covered boats on Dal Lake after snowfall in Srinagar, India.Don Arnold/WireImageElvis impersonator Alfred Vaz poses before boarding a train, bound for the Parkes Elvis Festival, at Sydney's Central Station in Australia. Source link