31 January 2025: Photos of the week

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31 January 2025: Photos of the week

A selection of news photographs from around the world.

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Jehad Alshrafi/AP

Israeli hostage Arbel Yehoud, held by ****** since October 7, 2023, was handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Two Israelis and five Thais were freed, and more than100 Palestinians were released from Israel’s Ofer prison.

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Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

A performer breathes fire during Lunar New Year celebrations at Binondo in Manila, Philippines. The New Year began on 29 January, marking the Year of the Snake.

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Silvia Izquierdo/AP

A person poses for a photo during a march to advocate for LGBT+ community rights and against discrimination in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP

A rose rests on a stele at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, on the 80th International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Soviet Red Army.

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Jane Barlow/PA Media

The Jarl Squad take part in the torch procession through Lerwick on the Shetland Isles during the Up Helly Aa festival. Originating in the 1880s, the festival celebrates Shetland’s Norse heritage. More than 1,000 torches are lit on the last Tuesday in January.

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Hannah Mckay/REUTERS

Aston Villa fans display a banner of musician Ozzy Osbourne before the Champions League football match against Celtic at Villa Park. Aston Villa beat the Scottish champions 4-2 to reach the last 16 of the competition.

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THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP

********* model Coco Rocha presents a creation for Miss Sohee during the Women’s Haute-Couture Spring/Summer 2025 Fashion Week, in Paris.

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Al Drago/Getty Images

Sixty seven people are believed to have died after a passenger plane hit a helicopter in mid-air near Washington DC’s Ronald Reagan airport. Authorities have recovered the flight data recorders from the American Airlines jet, and continue to find bodies in the icy Potomac River into which the plane fell.

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Kyodo via REUTERS

Rescue workers in Japan work to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole in the city of Yashio, near Tokyo. The massive sinkhole contains a gas pipeline, prompting fears of a potential leak. Officials issued evacuation orders for 200 households.

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JUAN CARLOS CISNEROS/AFP

Aymara farmers work in a quinoa field in the town of Yanaque in the Acora district of Puno, southern Peru.

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