January 4-10, 2025: Photos of the Week

Flames can be seen in the background as firefighters raise hoses to spray water on the burning vehicle

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Wildfires have ripped through parts of Los Angeles, California, killing at least 10 people, destroying thousands of buildings and triggering mass evacuation orders. In this photo, a firefighter battles the Eaton Fire in Altadena.

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The Pacific Palisades Fire has become the most destructive fire in Los Angeles history.

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The Eaton Fire destroyed Altadena Community Church. While strong winds and a lack of rain have fueled the blazes, experts believe climate change is worsening underlying conditions, making such fires more common.

Salvamento Maritimo/Reuters Handout A migrant holds her newborn baby and a woman lies on a rubber boat with other rescued migrants in the Canary Islands

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A baby was born on a crowded migrant boat heading from Africa to the Canary Islands this week, the Spanish coast guard said. It released a photo of a baby boy who was rescued along with his mother and dozens of other migrants.

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Venezuela’s opposition said its leader, María Collina Machado, was briefly arrested and then released. She previously spoke at a protest rally in Caracas on the eve of President Nicolás Maduro’s controversial inauguration. The United Nations has expressed alarm after receiving reports of arbitrary detentions and intimidation of Venezuelan opposition ahead of marches.

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is laid to rest in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. The 39th President of the United States died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on December 29, 2024, at the age of 100.

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Artist Luke Jerram has unveiled his latest astronomical sculpture, Helios, at the Assembly Hall in Bath, England.

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A devotee dances in the sacred forest of Ouidah on the first day of the Voodoo Festival. In Benin, Voodoo is considered the official religion, with about 40% of the population practicing it.

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Twelfth Night kicks off the Mardi Gras season as revelers parade on streetcars through the streets of New Orleans.

Khaled DESOUKI / AFP The sun rises in a sky filled with hot air balloons as people run along the roads as part of the Egyptian Marathon.

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Runners started the 32nd Egypt Marathon in front of the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut as a hot air balloon rose over the west bank of the Nile River in Egypt’s southern city of Luxor.