JAN. 2 - 8, 2021
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JAN. 2 - 8, 2021
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Dr. Bego Motriko, with the Spanish NGO Open Arms, sits with a baby after being rescued on an overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean sea on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, aboard the NOG's vessel. Italy has allowed a Spanish-flagged charity ship with 265 rescued migrants aboard to anchor off Sicily on Monday. (AP PhotoJoan Mateu)
Migrants from Morocco walk on a beach after arriving at the southeastern coast of the island of Gran Canaria, Spain on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, after arriving on a wooden boat. (AP PhotoJavier Bauluz)
A migrant stands next to a fence during snowfall at the Lipa camp, outside Bihac, Bosnia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. A fresh spate of snowy and very cold winter weather on has brought more misery for hundreds of migrants who have been stuck for days in a burnt out camp in northwest Bosnia waiting for heating and other facilities. (AP PhotoKemal Softic)
Catholics wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus try to get a glimpse of the the Black Nazarene at the Santa Cruz Church in Manila, Philippines, on Friday Jan. 8, 2021, a day before the feast day. The annual Jan. 9 procession attended by tens of thousands of devotees has been cancelled amid the threat of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in one of Asia's biggest religious events. Several Black Nazarene replicas have been placed around churches as the government asks devotees to pray at their communities instead of going to downtown Quiapo where the original image stays. (AP PhotoAaron Favila)
A woman kisses an icon after the Orthodox Christmas Mass in the Holy Trinity church in Iltsi village, Ivano-Frankivsk region of Western Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Although Ukraine is struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic that has inundated its overburdened medical system with patients, Orthodox Christmas celebrations on Thursday occurred widely without masks or social distancing. (AP PhotoEvgeniy Maloletka)
People walk on the street in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)
Motorists wait in lines to take a coronavirus test in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP PhotoRingo H.W. Chiu)
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Security forces draw their guns as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP PhotoJ. Scott Applewhite)
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Voters mark their ballots at the Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Ga. during the U.S. Senate runoff election Tuesday morning, Jan. 5, 2021. (AP PhotoBen Gray)
Dr. Bego Motriko, with the Spanish NGO Open Arms, sits with a baby after being rescued on an overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean sea on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, aboard the NOG's vessel. Italy has allowed a Spanish-flagged charity ship with 265 rescued migrants aboard to anchor off Sicily on Monday. (AP PhotoJoan Mateu)
Migrants from Morocco walk on a beach after arriving at the southeastern coast of the island of Gran Canaria, Spain on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, after arriving on a wooden boat. (AP PhotoJavier Bauluz)
A migrant stands next to a fence during snowfall at the Lipa camp, outside Bihac, Bosnia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. A fresh spate of snowy and very cold winter weather on has brought more misery for hundreds of migrants who have been stuck for days in a burnt out camp in northwest Bosnia waiting for heating and other facilities. (AP PhotoKemal Softic)
Catholics wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus try to get a glimpse of the the Black Nazarene at the Santa Cruz Church in Manila, Philippines, on Friday Jan. 8, 2021, a day before the feast day. The annual Jan. 9 procession attended by tens of thousands of devotees has been cancelled amid the threat of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in one of Asia's biggest religious events. Several Black Nazarene replicas have been placed around churches as the government asks devotees to pray at their communities instead of going to downtown Quiapo where the original image stays. (AP PhotoAaron Favila)
A woman kisses an icon after the Orthodox Christmas Mass in the Holy Trinity church in Iltsi village, Ivano-Frankivsk region of Western Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Although Ukraine is struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic that has inundated its overburdened medical system with patients, Orthodox Christmas celebrations on Thursday occurred widely without masks or social distancing. (AP PhotoEvgeniy Maloletka)
People walk on the street in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)
Motorists wait in lines to take a coronavirus test in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP PhotoRingo H.W. Chiu)