The Week in Pictures: Impeachment delivered and a Covid snowball
A tornado rips through an Alabama town, remembering Kobe, and schoolchildren self-test for Covid.
Updated Jan. 29, 2021 2:29 PM CST
The Capitol
Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson and acting House Sergeant-at-Arms Tim Blodgett lead the Democratic House impeachment managers as they deliver the article of impeachment to the Senate on Jan. 25, 2021.
The impeachment article accuses Donald Trump of incitement of insurrection in the Capitol riot this month.
— Susan Walsh / AP
Poland
Demonstrators at a pro-choice protest in Warsaw on Jan. 27.
A near-total ban on abortion has taken effect in Poland and triggered a new round of nationwide protests three months after a top court ruled that the abortion of congenitally damaged fetuses is unconstitutional.
— Wojtek Radwanski / AFP - Getty Images
France
A nurse takes care of a Covid-19 patient in the intensive care unit of Lyon-Sud hospital in Pierre-Benite, France, on Jan. 25.
Stubbornly high new rates for infections and hospitalizations fueled fears France may need another full lockdown, which would be the third.
— Jeff Pachoud / AFP - Getty Images
Germany
A tree lies over over a small creek after heavy snow near Frankfurt, Germany, on Jan. 26.
— Michael Probst / AP
Alabama
Patti Herring sorts through the remains of her home in Fultondale, Ala., on Jan. 26, after it was destroyed by a tornado.
The tornado that struck the northern suburbs of Birmingham killed a 14-year-old boy and injured more than two dozen people. It was an EF-3 storm with peak winds of 150 mph, the National Weather Service said.
— Jay Reeves / AP
Berlin
Roses with a note saying "#weremember" are placed on the Holocaust Memorial on Remembrance Day in Berlin on Jan. 27.
More than 6 million European Jews were murdered by the Nazis during the Third Reich. The European Jewish Congress estimates that today only about 20,000 Holocaust survivors still live in the European Union.
— Markus Schreiber / AP
Boston
Students swab and test themselves for Covid-19 at South Boston Catholic Academy in Boston on Jan. 28.
— Allison Dinner / Reuters
The Capitol
National Guard Citizen-soldiers listen during a tour of the Capitol on Jan. 23. Tours of the Capitol have been restricted since March 2020, but have begun again exclusively for National Guard members.
— Brandon Bell / Getty Images
Netherlands
Police arrest a man during clashes in Rotterdam on Jan. 25.
The Netherlands was hit by a second wave of riots following the imposition of a coronavirus curfew over the weekend.
— Marco De Swart / AFP - Getty Images
Turkey
Men play a game call "topa garane" in the snow in Gevas, Turkey on Jan. 23. The game is played with teams of 6 players and they traditionally use a ball made of horsehair. Here they use a tennis ball.
— Ozkan Bilgin / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images |