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

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  • 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

    Palestinians walking through rubble
  • 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

    Demonstrators holding placards at the ‘People’s March on Washington’
  • Budapest, Hungary

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

    An Abyssinian cat rubs its face up against a judge
  • 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

    People dressed in Regency style clothing
  • 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

    Taylor Swift sits in the crowd at a football game
  • Sterling, US

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

    Donald Trump and Melania Trump watch fireworks
  • Sabkhat Marmi, Qatar

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

    Two greyhounds running
  • Wengen, Switzerland

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

    Ryan Cochran-Siegle in a downhill ski race in the mountains
  • 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

    People stand in the street while the makeshift camp where they lived is set on fire
  • Amritsar, India

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

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

    Semi-naked men throw icy cold water on themselves
  • Auckland, New Zealand

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

    A catamaran tipped over almost on its side
  • 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

    Black smoke rises from a fire at a tented camp
  • Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

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

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

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

    Officials inspect narcotic substances
  • Almaty, Kazakhstan

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

    A priest conducts a service
  • Mumbai, India

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

    Runners along the Bandra-Worli sea link during the Tata Mumbai Marathon
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