Week in pictures: 5-11 February 2023
A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
Survivors shelter in a tent in Hatay, Turkey, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s south east. Thousands of people in Turkey and Syria have been left homeless, and now have to face freezing weather, potential aftershocks and collapsing buildings. More than 23,000 people are known to have died.
A protester with an umbrella kicks away a tear gas canister during a demonstration in Nantes, against a proposed overhaul of pensions. France has faced mass demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform French pensions, including raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.
Firefighters and residents work to put out a wildfire in Santa Juana, Chile. Firefighters are battling blazes in the south of the country, which have killed dozens of people and left thousands homeless.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leave London for Dorset, where Ukrainian troops are being trained to command Challenger 2 tanks. President Zelensky had earlier spoken to British MPs, and met King Charles at Buckingham Palace.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s principal cellist, Su-a Lee, plays to an audience of construction workers, marking the first day of work ahead of building the Dunard Centre, a world-class concert hall for the city of Edinburgh.
Singer and songwriter Deborah Dyer, known as Skin, is made an OBE by King Charles III at Windsor Castle, for her services to music. Skin is lead singer of the groundbreaking British band Skunk Anansie.
A resident looks at the light beaming from a freshly installed solar bottle inside her home in the township of Olievenhoutbosch, in Centurion, South Africa. The bottle, containing a mixture of bleach and water, provides daylight by reflecting light from the sun.
A masked reveller takes part in the Venice Carnival. One of the world’s oldest carnivals, it started in the 11th Century as a celebration before Lent, and now the two-week event attracts tourists from all over the world.
People with painted bodies march during the sacred Ngerebeg ritual in the village of Tegallalang in Gianyar, Bali. The ritual takes place every six months, and is mainly aimed at driving away evil spirits.
