Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates winning a game during the men’s singles final against Daniil Medvedev of Russia at the Australian Open grand slam tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, 30 January 2022. EPA-EFE/DAVE HUNT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
Cardinal Reinhard Marx speaks during a press conference of the Munich and Freising diocese in Munich, Germany, 27 January 2022. An independent report investigating sexual abuse of minors through clerics and employees of the diocese during the past decades was released on 20 January. EPA-EFE/PHILIPP GUELLAND / POOL
Sudanese protesters take cover during clashes with security forces at an anti-coup protest, in Khartoum, Sudan, 09 January 2022. Security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters gathering in Khartoum and attempting to march towards the presidential palace, as part of the continuing protesting movement against a military coup in October 2021. The protest was organized a day after the UN envoy for Sudan said the international group will invite different parties for talks in Sudan to end the crisis. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko (R) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C) attend the NATO-Russia Council at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 12 January 2022. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET / POOL
Winner Beat Feuz (R) of Switzerland and second placed Marco Odermatt (L) of Switzerland celebrate after the Men's Downhill race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Kitzbuehel, Austria, 23 January 2022. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA
A member of the special forces of the Greek Navy holds the Epiphany cross in the freezing water during a ceremony to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany Day in Piraeus near Athens, Greece, 06 January 2022. Swimmers braved the cold water to compete to catch the cross which, according to tradition, brings health and happiness to the person who catches it. EPA-EFE/Yannis Kolesidis
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic (C) departs from the Park Hotel government detention facility before attending a court hearing at his lawyers office in Melbourne, Australia, 16 January 2022. Novak Djokovic still faces uncertainty as to whether he can compete in the Australian Open, despite being announced in the tournament draw. EPA-EFE/JAMES ROSS NO ARCHIVING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
A crowd of protesters part of the Freedom Convoy 2022 gather in front of Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Canada, 29 January 2022 as they protest against the government of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. The Freedom Convoy 2022 started with truckers from across Canada who oppose the vaccine mandate for truckers to be vaccinated to return to Canada and was joined by other opponents of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. EPA-EFE/ANDRE PICHETTE
A man buys decorations for the Chinese New Year in a street shop in Shanghai, China, 12 January 2022. The Chinese lunar new year, or Spring Festival, will fall on 01 February 2022 and heralds the start of the Year of the Tiger. EPA-EFE/ALEX PLAVEVSKI
Julian Assange supporters outside the High Court in London, Britain, 24 January 2022. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has won the right to ask the UK's Supreme Court to hear his case against US extradition. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN
Police officers secure the crime scene in Ulmet, Germany, 31 January 2022. According to the police in Kaiserslautern, two police officers were shot during a traffic control in the district of Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate. The background to the incident is still unclear and the perpetrators have not yet been arrested. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson departs 10 Downing Street for the PMQs in London, Britain, 12 January 2022. Johnson is set to face MPs during Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) at parliament. He is facing increased pressure following further lockdown party allegations where is he said to have attended a garden party at Downing Street during lockdown in May 2020. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN
A woman holds a placard reading 'The priority must be the protection of our children' during a demonstration led by the right-wing party 'Les Patriotes' against the EU Digital COVID Certificate, near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 15 January 2022. EPA-EFE/Mohammed Badra
Beat Feuz of Switzerland in action during a training run for the men's Downhill race of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup event in Kitzbuehel, Austria, 20 January 2022. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA
Roberta Metsola delivers a speech after being elected as the new president of the European Parliament at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 18 January 2022. MEPs will elect the Parliament's new President, 14 Vice-Presidents and five Quaestors and will determine the composition of the Bureau for the next two-and-a-half years. EPA-EFE/JULIEN WARNAND
Margot Friedlander (101), a German Holocaust survivor and President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola (L) attend a mini plenary session of the European Parliament to commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Brussels, Belgium, 27 January 2022. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET
A displaced Yemeni woman takes rest near her family’s shelter at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen, 02 January 2022. The United Nations has estimated that more than four million Yemenis have been internally displaced, including nearly 137,550 individuals (22,925 families) newly displaced across the war-ravaged Arab country in 2021, after almost seven years of the escalating conflict and a Saudi-led bombing campaign. The conflict began in late 2014 with the Houthis taking over large areas of Yemen and escalated in March 2015 when the Saudi-led coalition intervened to support of the internationally recognized government of Yemen. EPA-EFE/YAHYA ARHAB
Pictures of British Prince Andrew appear on UK newspaper front pages in London, Britain, 13 January 2022. The Buckingham Palace has responded to Virginia Giuffre’s sexual abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew, stating, 'We would not comment on what is an ongoing legal matter.' Prince Andrew lost his legal bid to have Giuffre's case thrown out on 12 January 2022. Virginia Giuffre alleges that Jeffrey Epstein forced her to have sex with friends of his including Prince Andrew, when she was just seventeen years old. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN ILLUSTRATION
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the President, Dr. Anthony Fauci responds to Republican Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul as he testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on 'the federal response to new COVID-19 variants' on Capitol Hill in in Washington, DC, USA, 11 January 2022. EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW / POOL
Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan in action during a trial jump for the second stage of the 70th Four Hills Ski Jumping Tournament in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, 01 January 2022. EPA-EFE/PHILIPP GUELLAND
Fashionistas and guests arrive ahead of the presentation the Fall/Winter 2022-2023 Men's collection for Loewe fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 22 January 2022. The presentation of the Fall/Winter 2022 menswear collections runs from 18 to 23 January 2022. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
Yemeni rescuers search for survivors under the wreckage of buildings a day after Saudi-UAE-led airstrikes hit a neighborhood in Sana'a, Yemen, 19 January 2022. The Saudi-UAE-led coalition's warplanes conducted more than 12 airstrikes on Houthi positions in the capital Sana'a a day after the coalition’s airstrikes hit a neighborhood in Sana'a, killing at least 14 people and injuring 11 others. The recent escalation came after the Houthis claimed responsibility for drone attacks that targeted the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. EPA-EFE/YAHYA ARHAB
A man wears an image of interim President of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita as Malians protest against the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed sanctions in the capital Bamako, Mali 14 January 2022. The protest was called by the military junta which has considerable support among the population in Mali against the ECOWAS's financial and economic sanctions following the junta's announcement to delay elections and a return to civilian rule. High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell announced on 13 January that the EU will impose sanctions on Mali in line with measures already taken by the ECOWAS bloc states. EPA-EFE/HADAMA DIAKITE
Speaker of the Israeli Parliament Knesset Mickey Levy reacts by the end of his speech during a Commemoration Ceremony for the victims of the National Socialism in the Reichstag building, the seat of the German federal parliament (Bundestag), in Berlin, Germany, 27 January 2022. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, celebrated on 27 January marks the anniversary of the liberation of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Approximately more than 17 million victims - Jews, Roma and Sinti, homosexuals, Slavs, handicapped individuals, political prisoners and others - were killed in the Nazi genocide during the period of World War II. EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN
Smoke and flames rise following an Israeli air strike on the southern Gaza Strip on, 01 January 2022. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED SABER
Firefighters move an elevating platform near the roof of the National Assembly building as smoke billows from a fire that broke out at the South African Parliament precinct in Cape Town, South Africa, 02 January 2022. Firefighters battled for hours a major fire that broke out in the South African parliament building in Cape Town on 02 January. No casualties were reported and the cause of the blaze was not yet known. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
Christina Carreira (R) and Anthony Ponomarenko of the USA perform during the Gala Exhibition at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, 23 January 2022. EPA-EFE/TOMS KALNINS
Cool Wakushima of New Zealand in action during the final run of the snowboard slopestyle competition at Laax Open FIS Snowboard World Cup, in Laax, Switzerland, 15 January 2022. EPA-EFE/GIAN EHRENZELLER
Ugandan travelers arrive at the main Gatuna crossing border between Rwanda and Uganda, Rwanda, 31 January 2022. Rwanda reopened its land border with Uganda following a three year closure where the frontier had been closed in February 2019. This has been viewed as a positive step in renewed political and trade relations between the two East African nations. EPA-EFE/EUGENE UWIMANA
Workers of the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration and the Danish Emergency Management Agency kill and dispose thousands of turkeys, at a Turkey Farm near the village of Ruds Vedby, on Zealand, Denmark, 06 January 2022. A 10-kilometer restriction zone around the Farm has been created after the detection of birds infected with Avian influenza H5N1. EPA-EFE/MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN DENMARK OUT
Re-elected Italian President Sergio Mattarella arrives at his home in Rome, Italy, 30 January 2022. Mattarella was re-elected Italian president on 29 January during the eighth ballot of MPs, Senators and regional representatives after seven inconclusive votes forced political parties to beg the outgoing head of state to rethink his retirement plans. EPA-EFE/MASSIMO PERCOSSI
Kazakh servicemen attend the ceremony marking the beginning of the withdrawal of peacekeeping troops of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) from Kazakhstan in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 13 January 2022. In accordance with the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council adopted on 06 January 2022, the collective peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have been sent 'for a limited time to stabilize and normalize the situation to Kazakhstan' at the request of the Kazakh president. They include units of the Armed Forces of Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The Russian Ministry of Defence announced on 08 January that the tranfer of the Russian contingent of the CSTO peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan's 'Almaty' and 'Zhitygen' airfields continued by military transport aircraft from Russia's airfields in the Moscow, Ivanovo, and Ulyanovsk regions. EPA-EFE/STR
Visitors look around SK's Green Forest Pavilion showing the South Korean company's efforts to reduce emissions at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, USA, 05 January 2022. EPA-EFE/YONHAP SOUTH KOREA OUT
Cincinnati Bengals guard Jackson Carman hugs quarterback Joe Burrow after the Cincinnati Bengals wine in the AFC Championship playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, 30 January 2022 EPA-EFE/DAVE KAUP
Surfer Jake Kolnik rides a wave at Sunset offshore reef in the Atlantic Ocean outside Cape Town, South Africa, 19 January 2022. Big swells are unusual during the southern hemisphere summer but a storm in the South Atlantic generated powerful swells that broke on the Cape's outer reefs making good conditions for the sport. This is the first big swell of the year. The waves were too big to paddle into so surfers used wave runners to tow each other into the waves. EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA
Rescuers work at the site of a bus crash in South Sinai, Egypt, 08 January 2022. According to the Egyptian Health Ministry, At least 16 people were killed and 18 others were wounded early on 08 January 2022 when a bus crashed into a Minibus due to a fog that reduced visibility on the international highway in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. EPA-EFE/STR
Women react after the verdict against a former Syrian secret police officer, at the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany, 13 January 2022. In the world's first trial on Syrian state torture, Anwar Raslan has been sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity, 27 counts of murder and other offenses. This was announced by the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Koblenz. EPA-EFE/SASCHA STEINBACH
A man performs a tiger dance during celebrations of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, in a shopping center in Bangkok, Thailand, 27 January 2022. The Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, will fall on 01 February 2022 and heralds the start of the Year of the Tiger. EPA-EFE/NARONG SANGNAK
A dog is blessed outside St. Anton Church to mark St. Anton Day, Animal patron saint, in downtown Madrid, Spain, 17 January 2022. EPA-EFE/DAVID FERNANDEZ
Mass murder Anders Behring Breivik poses with a fascist salute as he arrives for the first day of the parole hearing of Anders Breivik, in Skien, Norway, 18 January 2022. Breivik, who changed his name to Fjotolf Hansen in 2017, is to appear before court for his three-days parole hearing in Oslo on 18 January 2022. Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik was sentenced to a maximum term of 21 years for killing 77 people in bomb and shooting attacks on 22 July 2011, and is entitled under Norwegian law to have his sentenced reviewed after ten years served. The case is being processed by Telemark District Court, but is physically taking place in a makeshift courtroom in Skien prison. EPA-EFE/Ole Berg-Rusten / POOL NORWAY OUT NORWAY OUT
President Xiomara Castro speaks after the sworn in as the new President of Honduras, today at the Tiburcio Varias Andino National Stadium in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 27 January 2022. Honduran Xiomara Castro was sworn in Thursday as the new president of her country, becoming the first woman from Honduras to reach the highest magistracy of the Central American nation. Castro was sworn in around 12:05 local time (18:05 GMT) before Judge Karla Rivera in a ceremony at the National Stadium in Tegucigalpa, to the applause of thousands of his compatriots and special guests from several countries. EPA-EFE/Bienvenido Velasco
Law enforcement personnel continue the investigation to the hostage incident at Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, USA, 16 January 2022. Four hostages were held by a gunman for ten hours in Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue on 15 January 2022 before the gunman was killed. The gunman was later identified as Malik Faisal Akram, a British citizen. EPA-EFE/RALPH LAUER
Members of the polling station wait for voters during the parliamentary elections, in Lisbon, Portugal, 30 January 2022. More than 10 million voters living in Portugal and abroad are on the electoral roll to choose the 230 deputies for the Portuguese Parliament after the Parliament rejected the minority socialist government's 2022 state budget in November 2021. EPA-EFE/ANTONIO COTRIM
Judges look out of their windows during the Ski Jumping first round of the Men's Gundersen NH HS 109/7,5km competition at the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld, Austria, 28 January 2022. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK
Newly elected Green party (Die Gruenen) co-chair Omid Nouripour speaks during the federal delegates conference of the Greens (Buendnis 90 / Die Gruenen) at the Velodrom in Berlin, Germany, 29 January 2022. During the federal delegates conference of the Greens, taking place from 28 to 29 January 2022 in Berlin, the participants are about to elect new leading co-chairs. EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN
An Indian student reacts while receiving a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination drive against the COVID-19 coronavirus for students aged between 15 to 18, at a government school, in Chennai, India, 03 January 2022. The Indian government has announced COVID-19 vaccination drive against the coronavirus for students aged between 15 to 18 at their schools from 03 January 2022. As per the Union Health Ministry report on 03 January 2022, India has logged 33,750 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest since September 2021. EPA-EFE/IDREES MOHAMMED
A pedestrian captures the winter 'Mahattanhenge' with their phone while crossing 41st Street in New York, New York, USA, 12 January 2022. The phenomenon is when the sunrise or sunset aligns with a Manhattan street. This is the first occurrence of the year until it happens again with the sunset in May. EPA-EFE/SARAH YENESEL
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (C-L) and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (C-R) attend an engagement at the Foundling Museum in London, Britain, 19 January 2022. The visit was the British royal couple's first joint public engagement of the year. The Foundling Museum tells the story of the 18th-century Foundling Hospital, Britain's first children's charity. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL
A Royal Academy staff poses with art works by British artist Francis Bacon titled 'Second Version of Triptych' (1944 1988) at the Royal Academy of Arts during the exhibition 'Francis Bacon: Man and Beast', in London, Britain 25 January 2022. 'Francis Bacon: Man and Beast', showing 'some of Bacon's earliest works and his last-ever painting, alongside a trio of bullfight paintings which will be exhibited together for the first time' in an exhibition that focusses 'on Bacon's unerring fascination with animals', the Royal Academy says on their website and is presented from 29 January to 17 April 2022. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN
Members of the Netherlands delegation arrive for the beginning of a hearing in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, 26 January 2022. The European Court of Human Rights is holding on the day a Grand Chamber hearing on admissibility in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia concerning events in eastern Ukraine, including the downing of flight MH17. On 17 July 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, including 196 Dutch nationals. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK
Protestors cheer in support of the military junta during a march in support of the military take over in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 25 January 2022. Burkina Faso's army announced on state television, on 24 January 2022, that it has deposed President Kabore as well as suspended the constitution, dissolving the government and the national assembly, and closing Burkina Faso's borders. EPA-EFE/Lambert Ouedraogo
French Foreign Affairs MinisterJean-Yves Le Drian (L) speaks with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (R) as they attend an informal meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers from 27 European countries dubbed the 'Gymnich' meeting in Brest, France, 14 January 2022. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
Winner Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan celebrates on the podium for the 70th Four Hills Ski Jumping Tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria, 06 January 2022. EPA-EFE/Grzegorz Momot POLAND OUT
Madagascans walk amidst flooding from a tropical cyclone in the neighborhood of Ankorondrano Andranomahery in the capital Antananarivo, Madagascar, 23 January 2022. Heavy rains and wind from the tropical weather system crossed the island late 22 January 2022 causing flooding and landslides. According to the interior ministry at least 10 deaths have been reported from landslides. So far 500 people have been displaced by the storm. EPA-EFE/HENITSOA RAFALIA
A Russian Orthodox believer takes a dip in the ice cold water during celebrations of the Orthodox Epiphany holiday in Domodedovo, Moscow region, Russia, early 19 January 2022. People believe that dipping into blessed waters during the holiday of Epiphany strengthens their spirit and body. EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKY
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., speaks with U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger before the start of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing on 'Oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police Following the January 6th Attack on the Capitol, Part III' , one day before the anniversary of the attack in Washington, DC, USA, 05 January 2022. EPA-EFE/TOM WILLIAMS / POOL
General view of the aftermath of an explosion which took place in Waberi District near the Magadishu airport perimeter, Mogadishu, Somalia, 12 January 2022. According to local reports at least five people were killed and several injured in what appears to be a suicide car bomb attack. EPA-EFE/SAID YUSUF WARSAME
Taliban representatives Abdul Hakim Sharaie, Abdul Bari Omar and Amir Khan Muttaqi before the meeting with Norwegian officials and representatives from the Taliban at the Soria Moria hotel in Oslo, Norway, 25 January 2022. Norway has invited representatives of the Taliban to Oslo to hold meetings with the Norwegian authorities and representatives of the international and Afghan community for negotiations. EPA-EFE/STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM NORWAY OUT
Francesco Friedrich of Germany and teammates in action during the Men's Four Man Bob World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland, 16 January 2022. EPA-EFE/MAYK WENDT
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a Save America Rally, held outdoors at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Conroe, Texas, USA, 29 January 2022. Trump has been holding rallies at various locations as mid-term election races heat up. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL WYKE
Elena Curtoni of Italy speeds down the slope during the Women's Super G race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, 23 January 2022. EPA-EFE/ANDREA SOLERO
Members of the United Nations Security Council hold a meeting on the situation between Ukraine and Russia at United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 31 January 2022. The meeting of the 15-nation council, was requested by the United States as a response to the deployment of Russian military forces along Ukraine's borders. EPA-EFE/JASON SZENES
An ambulance makes its way through snow-covered streets on Cape Cod in Orleans, Massachusetts, USA, 29 January 2022. A winter storm is expected to bring up to 40in (102cm) of snow to the east coast areas of Massachusetts, along with extreme high tides and flooding. EPA-EFE/MATT CAMPBELL
The statue of Poseidon during snowfall in Corinth, Greece, 25 January 2022. A bad weather front, named Elpis by the National Meteorological Services (EMY), has caused frozen temperatures, stormy winds and heavy snowfall since 22 January. EPA-EFE/VASILIS PSOMAS
Charlotte Casiraghi presents a creation while riding on a horse during the presentation of the Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2022 collection for the Chanel Fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, at Le Grand Palais Ephemere, in Paris, France, 25 January 2022. The Spring-Summer 2022 Haute Couture collections are presented from 24 to 27 January. EPA-EFE/Mohammed Badra
Ukrainian reservists attend a military exercise at a training ground near Kiev, Ukraine, 29 January 2022. According to a survey conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) in December 2021 and published on 17 December 2021, the 50,2 percent of Ukrainians said they would resist in case of a Russian military intervention into their city, town or village. Every third respondent to the poll, the 33,3 percent, said they were ready to engage in armed resistance while the 21.7 percent said they were ready to participate in civil resistance actions. Tensions with Russia have pushed many Ukrainians to sign up to territorial defense units. EPA-EFE/SERGEY DOLZHENKO
Aftermath of a deadly blizzard in Murree, Pakistan, 09 January 2022. At least 22 people died as hundreds of tourists remained stranded in their cars on 07 January during a blizzard in Murree. The army was deployed to carry out rescue operations. EPA-EFE/SOHAIL SHAHZAD
French driver Mathieu Serradori and French copilot Loic Minaudier of Srt Racing team in action during stage 1A of the Rally Dakar 2022 between Ha'il and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 01 January 2022. EPA-EFE/YOAN VALAT
US singer Gloria Gaynor performs on stage at the Cerritos Center for Performing Arts, in Cerritos, California, USA, 29 January 2022. EPA-EFE/ETIENNE LAURENT
A man looks over the memorial wall for the victims of last 09 January's 5-alarm apartment building fire in the Bronx borough of New York, New York, USA, 14 January 2022. Seventeen people were killed in the fire was reportedly started by a faulty space heater and exacerbated by doors in the building that were accidentally left open and did not properly close automatically. A mass funeral for 15 of the fire victims is planned for 16 January. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
The coffin of late president of the European Parliament David Sassoli, accompanied by six carabinieri in ceremonial uniform, is carried inside the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, during the State funeral in Rome, Italy, 14 January 2022. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MEO
Dutch Prime Minster Mark Rutte (VVD) before a meeting with his new cabinet in the Hague, the Netherlands, 05 January 2022. The new Rutte IV cabinet consists of twenty ministers and nine state secretaries. EPA-EFE/Bart Maat
Berlinale film festival Managing Director Mariette Rissenbeek (L) and Berlinale film festival Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian pose during a photocall prior to a streaming press conference on the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, 19 January 2022. The 'Berlinale' is scheduled from 10 to 20 February 2022. EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN / POOL / POOL
Betis supporters light flares as their team's bus arrives for the Spanish King's Cup round of 16 derby soccer match between Real Betis and Sevilla FC in Seville, Spain, 15 January 2022. EPA-EFE/Raul Caro
Team Canada pose for photographs with the ATP Cup trophy following their win over Team Spain in the ATP Cup Final on Day 9 of the ATP Cup tennis tournament at Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney, Australia, 09 January 2022. EPA-EFE/DEAN LEWINS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
Downing Street in London, Britain, 20 January 2022. Pressure is building on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after the 'Partygate' allegations. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has reiterated calls for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign following allegations that the Prime Minister attended a drinks party at Downing Street during lockdown in May 2020. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN
A gas station attendant fills the tank of a car in Peshawar, Pakistan, 01 January 2022. The Pakistani government on 01 January increased fuel prices, raising the petrol price to 145.30 Pakistani rupee (0.82 US dollar) per liter, while approving the recommendations made by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra). EPA-EFE/ARSHAD ARBAB
Parliamentarians of Italia Viva party applaud at the Lower House (Chamber of Deputies) in Rome, Italy, 29 January 2022. Outgoing Italian President Sergio Mattarella has been re-elected for a second term. Leaders of the ruling parties in the afternoon asked current Italian President Sergio Mattarella to stay on as head of state after failing to choose a candidate who could be supported by the 1,009 parliamentarians and regional representatives electing the President. EPA-EFE/FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL
Ashleigh Barty of Australia gestures as she holds the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup winning the Women’s singles final against Danielle Collins at the Australian Open grand slam tennis tournament, at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, 29 January 2022. EPA-EFE/DAVE HUNT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
People protest at the Museumplein against the government-imposed lockdown measures to curb the spread of the Sars-C0v-2 coronavirus, despite the municipality's ban on a demonstration of Samen voor Nederland (Together for the Netherlands) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 02 January 2022. Dutch authorities have previously sent out an urgent appeal to Samen voor Nederland (Together for the Netherlands) and demonstrators not to come to Amsterdam, otherwise security forces will be forced to intervene. The Netherlands enforced a hard lockdown from 19 December 2021 until at least 14 January 2022 to curb the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. EPA-EFE/PHIL NIJHUIS
o overcome the fears of a little patient before getting a shot of vaccine, a nurse pretends to inject her doll, in the vaccination hub dedicated to children between five and 11 years inaugurated at Andrea Angiulli School, in Naples, southern Italy, 28 January 2022. EPA-EFE/CIRO FUSCO
Tiril Eckhoff of Norway takes aim on the shooting range during the women's 12.5km Mass Start race at the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, 23 January 2022. EPA-EFE/LUCIANO SOLERO
The 1,000 Trees shopping center in Shanghai, China, 02 January 2022. Visitors have been attracted by the unconventional appearance of the landmark shopping complex with trees planted on its pillars and balconies. Located along the Suzhou Creek, the 1,000 Trees complex includes art galleries, museums, restaurants, and entertainment sites. EPA-EFE/ALEX PLAVEVSKI
German Minister for Economy and Climate and outgoing party co-chair Robert Habeck (R) and German Foreign Minister and outgoing party co-chair Annalena Baerbock smile by the end their speeches during the federal delegates conference of the Greens (Buendnis 90 / Die Gruenen) at the Velodrom in Berlin, Germany, 28 January 2022. During the federal delegates conference of the Greens, taking place from 28 to 29 January 2022 in Berlin, the participants are about to elect new leading co-chairs. EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN
Workers in front of the burnt building of the city hall in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 13 January 2022. In accordance with the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council adopted on 06 January 2022, the collective peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have been sent 'for a limited time to stabilize and normalize the situation to Kazakhstan' at the request of the Kazakh president. They include units of the Armed Forces of Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The Russian Ministry of Defence announced on 08 January that the tranfer of the Russian contingent of the CSTO peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan's 'Almaty' and 'Zhitygen' airfields continued by military transport aircraft from Russia's airfields in the Moscow, Ivanovo, and Ulyanovsk regions. EPA-EFE/STR
Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah (R) and French copilot Mathieu Baumel (L) of the Toyota Gazoo Racing team celebrate with their trophies on the podium after winning the Rally Dakar 2022 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 14 January 2022. EPA-EFE/YOAN VALAT
A model dressed in an ancient Chinese costume is prepared for a photograph to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year at Siam Tai Tien Kong shrine in Samut Prakan province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 28 January 2022. The Chinese lunar new year, or Spring Festival, will fall on 01 February 2022 and heralds the start of the Year of the Tiger. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Kyrgyz military at the Ak-Jol checkpoint on the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border, about 30 kilometers from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 14 January 2022. Kyrgyz military, consists of 150 servicemen, eight armored vehicles and 11 military equipment from the 25th Special Forces Brigade 'Scorpion', returned to Kyrgyzstan after taking part of the peacekeeping mission of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Kazakhstan. The military from Kyrgyzstan served to protect the Almaty thermal power plant (CHP-2). EPA-EFE/IGOR KOVALENKO
Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford waves after landing in Wevelgem, Belgium, 20 January 2022. Zara, 19, broke the Guinness World Record for being the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a microlight aircraft Her journey began in August 2021 in a Shark Aero ultralight aircraft departing from Belgium and heading west. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
German Klaus Schwab (L), Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), listens to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (not in picture) during the Davos Agenda 2022, in Cologny near Geneva, Switzerland, The Davos Agenda, held from 17 to 21 January 2022, is an online edition due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, gathers global leaders to shape the principles, policies and partnerships needed in this challenging context. EPA-EFE/SALVATORE DI NOLFI
Experts try to save an injured humpback baby whale at Alimos beach, Athens, Greece, 28 January 2022. Coast Guard officers, a Coast Guard boat and divers went to the scene, while officials of the ARION cetacean rescue centre are also expected to provide first aid to the animal. EPA-EFE/ALEXANDROS VLACHOS
A Thai official on duty at Hua Lamphong railway station in Bangkok, Thailand, 03 January 2022. The Thai government has ordered state agencies' official and business firms' employees to work from home after the New Year holiday in a bid to contain the surge of COVID-19 coronavirus infections linked with the Omicron variant. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
A police officer examines a weapon near the crime scene at the Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany, 24 January 2022. A man with long-barrelled firearm had opened fire at students in an auditorium and injured four people before shooting himself dead, Mannheim police said. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK
A statue of the patron saint Korbinian is illuminated at the administration of the Munich and Freising diocese in Munich, Germany, 19 January 2022. An independent report investigating sexual abuse of minors through clerics and employees of the diocese during the past decades is to be released on 20 January. EPA-EFE/PHILIPP GUELLAND
A man pulls a woman in a hospital bed on the street in Shanghai, China, 28 January 2022. Shanghai’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine from CanSino Biologics, named Convidecia, hit the market on 28 January 2022, according to the report of Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. It is the only one-shot COVID-19 vaccine authorised for use in China. Test shows that vaccine is 95.47 percent effective in preventing severe disease 14 days after vaccination, and 68.83 percent effective in preventing all symptomatic disease. According to the clinical trial registration data, Convidecia vaccine has been authorised or tested in Pakistan, Chile, Mexico, Argentina and Russia. EPA-EFE/ALEX PLAVEVSKI
Players of the gold medalist team of Sweden celebrate with the trophy during the award ceremony of the Men's European Handball Championship at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, 30 January, 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT
People help to remove a trolley bus from an intersection during a power outage in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 25 January 2022. There is no electricity in the capital of Nur-Sultan, Shymkent, Taraz, Turkestan region, as well as in the capital of Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek, the city of Osh and the city of Tashkent in Uzbekistan. There are also reports of a lack of electricity in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and the border zone of China. According to preliminary data, an uncontrolled release of radiation-explosive material occurred at the site of the Kok-Borsok energy ring, causing a fire and an explosion. According to experts of Kok-BorsokElectro, the restoration of the damaged section will take from 7 to 10 days. The incident is classified as a terrorist attack. EPA-EFE/IGOR KOVALENKO
New York City Fire Department officials and investgators continue to work at the scene of a 5-alarm apartment fire on East 181st Street in the Bronx, New York, USA, 09 January 2022. At least nineteen people are reported to have been killed in the fire according to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
Soldiers from Gotland's regiment patrol in Visby harbor, Sweden, 13 January 2022 (issued 14 January 2022). Russia's mobilization at Ukraine's border and the increased tone between Russia and NATO have led the Swedish defense to increase its visible activities, including on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea in eastern Sweden. The national defense calls it a contingency adjustment. SWEDEN OUT
Work continues to clean up the oil spill spilled into the Pacific Ocean from the Peruvian refinery of La Pampilla, by the tsunami from the volcanic eruption of Tonga, at the north of Lima, Peru, 19 January 2022. Although the La Pampilla Refinery, operated by Repsol, initially told the Peruvian Prosecutor's Office that the spill had been about seven gallons of crude oil, it has already affected several beaches and protected natural areas in the municipality of Ventanilla, in the constitutional province of Callao, which is adjacent to Lima. 'It has gone from being a small spill to being a disaster of proportions,' according to the mayor of Ventanilla, Pedro Spadaro. EPA-EFE/STR
Katerina Siniakova (L) and Barbora Krejcikova (R) of the Czech Republic pose with the trophy following their win in the women’s doubles final against Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan and Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil at the Australian Open grand slam tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, 30 January 2022. EPA-EFE/DAVE HUNT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
A goalkeeper of China's ice hockey national team for the Winter Olympics attends a training session as behind sit medical workers wearing protective gear, at the National Indoor Stadium, in Beijing, China, 31 January 2022. The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is scheduled to start on 04 February 2022. EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY
A Teacher carries a placard that reads 'Blanquer, Resign' as they attend a rally during the second day of nationwide strike action over coronavirus measures in schools, in Paris, France, 20 January 2022. Teachers took to the streets in Paris to protest against what they claim to be a government failure to adopt a coherent policy to tackle Covid-19 in schools, and calling for the resignation of French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer who is under fire for announcing strict covid-testing protocols for students while he was vacationing in Ibiza, sparking a scandal dubbed 'Ibizagate'. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON
People pass by a model of a tiger in Shanghai, China, 20 January 2022. The Chinese lunar new year, or 'Spring Festival,' will fall on 01 February 2022 and heralds the start of the Year of the Tiger. EPA-EFE/ALEX PLAVEVSKI
A man peeps through a window to look at a burst wall, used as an escape route during a stampede at the D. Tweh Memorial School campus are deposited in Monrovia, Liberia, 20 January 2022. According to reports, about 29 people including men, women and children lost their lives in a stampede during religious crusade event in new Kru Town, a suburb of Monrovia after a street gang entered the event causing panic. President Weah declared three days of national mourning for the victims of the stampede. EPA-EFE/AHMED JALLANZO
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (C) reacts as she is welcomed by Minister of Finance Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (2-R) and Minister of Research and Higher Education Ola Borten Moe (R) while joining her father, Crown Prince Haakon and grandfather, Norway's King Harald (both unseen), attending a cabinet meeting at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, on her 18th birthday, 21 January 2022. The daughter of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit had already visited the country's constitutional institutions on the eve of her 18th birthday, the official age of majority in Norway. EPA-EFE/Lise Aserud NORWAY OUT
Yemenis inspect the site of Saudi-UAE led airstrikes which hit a prison in the northern province of Saada, Yemen, 22 January 2022. According to Houthi medical sources, 82 people were killed and 266 people injured in the strike on a prison in Saada on 21 January. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the airstrikes and called for 'prompt, effective and transparent investigations' adding that 'urgent de-escalation' was needed. The Saudi-led coalition stepped up strikes since the Houthis claimed responsibility for an attack with drones on Abu Dhabi that killed at least three people. EPA-EFE/STR
A light projection of the hashtag ’WeRemember is seen at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, 23 January 2022. The German Bundestag participates in the #WeRemember commemorative campaign of the Jewish World Congress and the UNESCO on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, taking place on 27 January 2022. EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN
Women take water from a well to start cleaning their homes after Tropical Storm Ana hit the district of Tete, Mozambique, 27 January 2022. The number of deaths caused by Tropical Storm Ana in Mozambique has risen to 20 people according to data from local authorities and civil protection, and the population lives in a trail of destruction. The storm hit the country directly between Monday and Wednesday, but despite having already weakened and moved on to other countries (Zimbabwe and Zambia), the heavy rains have fed the flow of all rivers in central and northern Mozambique, which continue to cause flooding. EPA-EFE/ANDRE CATUEIRA
Passers-by walk through the New England Holocaust Memorial on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 27 January 2022. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day celebrated on 27 January marks the anniversary of the liberation of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Approximately more than 17 million victims - Jews, Roma and Sinti, homosexuals, Slavs, disabled individuals, political prisoners, and others - were killed in the Nazi genocide during the period of World War II. EPA-EFE/CJ GUNTHER
Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (C) at the Kiev Court of Appeal in Kiev, Ukraine, 28 January 2022. The trial adjourned until 11 February. Poroshenko was summoned to the Pechersky District Court as he faces allegations of high treason and attempted looting of national values. EPA-EFE/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE
Rafael Nadal of Spain kisses the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after winning the men’s singles final against Daniil Medvedev of Russia at the Australian Open grand slam tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, 30 January 2022. EPA-EFE/DEAN LEWINS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
Luke List (R) of the US celebrates with his family on the eighteenth green after winning the 2022 Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament on the South Course of the Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California, USA, 29 January 2022. EPA-EFE/ERIK S. LESSER
Nightlife crowd at the Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 29 January 2022. With the newly announced relaxations, the cafes and restaurants can also be open again until 10 p.m. EPA-EFE/Olaf Kraak
A view of a bridge in Frick Park which collapsed injuring approximately ten people according to the mayor of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 28 January 2022. The collapse occurred a short distance from Carnegie Mellon University where US President Joe Biden was going to give a speech on infrastructure. EPA-EFE/DAVID MAXWELL
Yemenis watch the Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea on a TV screen delivering a statement about a Houthi attack on the UAE, in Sana'a, Yemen, 31 January 2022. The Houthis have claimed responsibility for an attack against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which coincides with the visit of the Israeli President Herzog to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. Houthis military spokesman Sarea said in a televised statement that they attacked 'important targets in Abu Dhabi with a series of ballistic missiles' and 'sensitive targets in the emirate of Dubai.' The UAE intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis. The Saudi-UAE-led military coalition intervened in Yemen's war in 2015 to restore the Saudi-backed government after the Houthis took over the capital Sana'a and the northern parts of the Arab country in late 2014. EPA-EFE/YAHYA ARHAB
Sudanese protesters clash with security forces during a protest against military coup, in Khartoum, Sudan, 30 January 2022. According to medical sources, a protester was killed in clashes that erupted during a protest against the military coup that seized power on 25 October 2021 as protesters attempted to march towards the presidential palace while security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the march. The Protesters continue demonstrations in Khartoum and other cities calling for a civilian government and democratic transition. EPA-EFE/STRINGER
Supporters of the 'Demokratychna Sokyra' (Democratic Axe) attend a rally at a central square in Kiev, Ukraine, 30 January 2022. People gather to express their thanks to several countries for supplying the Ukraine with weapons and for supporting Ukraine when Russian troops concentrated near the Ukrainian border. EPA-EFE/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE
Israeli President Isaac Herzog delivers a speech during the official ceremony on the occasion of the Participant's National Day/Honour Day of Israel at Al Wasl Dome during the EXPO 2020 Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 31 January 2022. Herzog arrived on 30 January on the first official visit by an Israeli president to the United Arab Emirates. EPA-EFE/ALI HAIDER
A view of waves breaking against the rocks near a lighthouse as Storm Corrie rages at IJmuiden, The Netherlands, 31 January 2022. The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), the Dutch national weather service, has declared code orange in North Holland, Friesland and the Wadden area and code yellow for the rest of the Netherlands. Traffic and outdoor activities may be affected by heavy gusts of wind. EPA-EFE/RAMON VAN FLYMEN
The cruise ship AIDAnova with more than 4,000 people on board is docked in the port of Lisbon, Portugal, 01 January 2022. The cruise ship was moored for two days since arriving at port on 29 December 2021, after 52 people tested positive fo
The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in the colors of the European Union flag to mark the start of France presidency of the EU on 01 January, in Paris, France, 31 December 2021. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON
Dutch Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (R) touches the coffin during the state funeral of late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in Cape Town, South Africa, 01 January 2022. Desmond Tutu died in Cape Town on 26 December 2021, at the age of 90. EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA / POOL
Firefighters extinguished a car in Veen, the Netherlands, 01 January 2022. Around midnight, four scrap cars were set on fire at the intersection of Witboomstraat and Van der Loostraat. In Veen it has been a tradition for years to set fire to scrap cars in the run-up to the turn of the year and often leads to unrest. EPA-EFE/Erik Haverhals