Assad’s narcotics and a troubled catamaran: photos of the weekend

Jabaliya, Gaza

Displaced Palestinians return to the war-devastated refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, shortly before a ceasefire deal between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas was implemented

Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images

Washington DC, US

Protesters participate in the ‘People’s March on Washington’. Activists were rallying in opposition to the incoming Trump administration’s policy objectives two days before the presidential inauguration

Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Budapest, Hungary

An Abyssinian cat befriends a judge during a two-day international cat exhibition organised by the World Cat Federation

Photograph: Zoltán Balogh/EPA

Alton, UK

Jon Caton buys his wife, Franchesca, a pair of vintage gloves from Ania Lepkowska as they join others dressed in Regency style clothing at a ball in Hampshire to mark the 250th year since the birth of novelist and former local resident Jane Austen

Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Kansas City, US

Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift reacts during the first quarter in the AFC divisional playoff between the Houston Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri

Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

Sterling, US

President-elect Donald Trump, Melania Trump and family watch fireworks at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia

Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Sabkhat Marmi, Qatar

Greyhounds race in a championship during the Qatar International Falconry and Hunting festival south of Doha

Photograph: Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images

Wengen, Switzerland

Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the US in action during the men’s downhill race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup

Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/EPA

Chihuahua, Mexico

People stand in the street during an eviction operation carried out by Mexican authorities, while the makeshift camp where they lived is set on fire

Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters

Amritsar, India

An artist gives the final touches to a painting of Donald Trump in Punjab

Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images

Tokyo, Japan

Shrine parishioners throw icy cold water on themselves during the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine, a traditional Japanese way of purifying the soul and praying for their health in the new year

Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

Auckland, New Zealand

Rockwool Denmark’s Nicolai Sehested in action as his catamaran nearly capsizes

Photograph: Felix Diemer/Reuters

Prayagraj, India

Smoke rises from a fire at a tented camp near the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the Saraswati rivers, during the 45-day Maha Kumbh festival

Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

Priests and worshippers clear debris inside St Andrew’s Cathedral damaged by Russian missile strikes

Photograph: Reuters

Latakia, Syria

Officials inspect narcotic substances, found in one of the largest drug warehouses linked to the ousted Baath regime

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Almaty, Kazakhstan

A priest conducts a service during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany

Photograph: Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters

Mumbai, India

Runners compete along the Bandra-Worli sea link over the Arabian Sea during the Tata Mumbai marathon

Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP