The Week in Pictures: Sleeping rough at Capitol and packing up the White House
Record snow in Spain, a second impeachment for Trump, an officer's farewell and more.
Updated Jan. 15, 2021 4:30 PM CST
Washington, D.C.
Shattered glass from last week's attack on Congress by a pro-Trump mob is seen in the doors leading to the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 12, 2021.
A court filing in the case of one of the accused Capitol rioters says “strong evidence” suggests that their intent was to capture and assassinate members of Congress.
— J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Washington, D.C.
Troops rest inside the Capitol Visitor's Center on Jan. 13.
The number of National Guard troops coming to Washington to assist with security has so far grown to about 21,000, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told Vice President Mike Pence at a briefing Thursday.
— Alex Brandon / AP
Washington, D.C.
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark, D-Mass., stand with House impeachment managers, Reps. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi prepares to sign the article of impeachment after the House voted to impeach President Donald Trump on Jan. 13.
Trump is the first president to be impeached twice.
— Brendan Smialowski / AFP - Getty Images
Sryia
Syrian graffiti artist Aziz Al-Asmar, left, finishes his depiction of a rioter carrying Nancy Pelosi's lectern at the U.S. Capitol on the wall of a house destroyed in an airstrike in Binish, Syria, on Jan. 8.
Images of a pro-Trump mob swarming the U.S. Capitol reverberated around the world, where many are used to U.S. lectures about orderly transitions of power, not frenzied bids to overturn American elections.
— Ghaith Alsayed / AP
United Arab Emirates
A drone light show at Jumeirah Beach Residence in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Jan. 13.
— Giuseppe Cacace / AFP - Getty Images
Madrid
People enjoy the snow outside the Royal Palace in Madrid on Jan. 9.
Snowstorms across much of Spain left three people dead and caused chaos across much of the country, trapping motorists and closing the capital's air and rail links.
— Gabriel Bouys / AFP - Getty Images
Stockholm
Restaurant owners and their staff make noise to protest coronavirus restrictions outside a restaurant in central Stockholm on Jan. 14.
Serving alcohol at restaurants after 8 p.m. is not allowed until Jan. 25, and a maximum of four guests are allowed to sit together.
— Carol-Olof Zimmerman / AFP - Getty Images
Japan
Macaques soak in a hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hokkaido, Japan, on Jan. 12.
— Kyodo / via Reuters
Bulgaria
Dancers perform with flaming torches at the Kukeri Carnival in Dolna Sekirna, western Bulgaria, on Jan. 13.
The heavy swaying of the main mummer is meant to represent wheat heavy with grain and the bells tied around the waist are intended to drive away evil spirits and sickness.
— Nikolay Doychinov / AFP - Getty Images
Washington, D.C.
Capitol police react after the casket of slain officer Brian Sicknick passed by during a funeral procession on Jan. 10.
Sicknick was reportedly struck in the head with a fire extinguisher while struggling with the rioters who swarmed through the halls of Congress. He died from his injuries the next day.
— Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP - Getty Images |