Week in pictures: 30 January - 5 February 2021 - BBC News

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A tribute to Captain Sir Tom Moore lights up Piccadilly Circus, London. The 100-year-old, who raised almost ￡33m for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden, died with coronavirus.

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Soldiers wait outside a Hindu temple in Yangon, following a military coup that has led to the removal and arrest of Myanmar's democratically-elected leaders.

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures in the Moscow City Court, as he was jailed for three-and-a-half years for violating the conditions of a suspended sentence. Across Russia, thousands have rallied in support of the prominent critic of President Putin, who was treated in Germany for a near-fatal nerve agent attack on him in August.

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Red hot lava erupts from Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna, in Italy.

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Punxsutawney Phil participates at the 135th Groundhog Day at Gobbler's Knob, in Pennsylvania. According to legend, the US can expect a further six weeks of winter, after the weather-predicting groundhog saw his shadow upon exiting his burrow.

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The Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain is seen covered in ice, as a massive winter storm pummelled the US east coast, bringing New York City to a standstill.

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A demonstrator clashes with a police shield during a rally supporting farmers' protests against agriculture laws, in Delhi, India.

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The SpaceX Starship SN9 explodes into a fireball after its high altitude test flight in Boca Chica, Texas. The uncrewed prototype climbed to 10km (6 miles) above the Texas Gulf coast, before attempting to return to its landing pad.

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A fisherman does press-ups while his colleagues get their nets ready, in Joal Fadiouth, Senegal.

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Visitors take photos at the annual Dahlia Dreams floral display in Singapore, ahead of the Chinese New Year.