Week in pictures: 14-20 January 2017 - BBC News

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VASILY FEDOSENKO / REUTERS
A man takes a dip in icy waters during Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Minsk, Belarus.





MIKE SEGAR / REUTERS
On the eve of his presidential inauguration Donald Trump pledged to unify America as he addressed cheering supporters at a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.





AFP
People celebrated the inauguration of Gambia's new president. Adama Barrow was sworn in at his country's embassy in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, in front of ambassadors from countries in the UN Security Council and key African states, as long-time leader Yahya Jammeh failed to cede power to his elected successor.





NEY DOUGLAS / EPA
At least 26 prisoners were killed during a number of clashes between rival gangs at the largest prison in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Natal. This is the latest round of violence to grip Brazil's overcrowded prisons





ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH / EPA
A landmark commercial building in the Iranian capital, Tehran, collapsed after being engulfed by fire. The 17-storey Plasco building, built in the 1960s, had been evacuated beforehand, but dozens of firefighters were battling the blaze when it came down.





DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
The Iraqi army announced it is preparing military operations to retake western Mosul, the last urban stronghold in Iraq of so-called Islamic State. Here a convoy passes Iraqis in the east of the city.





VINCENT JANNINK / EPA
Ice skaters competed in the women's platoon during the first ice skating marathon on natural ice in Noordlaren, the Netherlands. Skating on natural ice in the Netherlands reportedly dates back into the 13th Century when it was a method to get fast and easily from one place to another on the frozen canals in the country.





DANIEL IRUNGU / EPA
Young ballerinas prepare for a lesson at Spurgeons Academy which provides education for free to more than 425 orphans and less privileged children from Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya.





CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / REUTERS
A cross-country skier enjoys a cold and sunny winter's day at the Champ du Feu near Strasbourg, France.





STEPHANIE KEITH / REUTERS
Kandy Freeman was pictured as she participated in a Black Lives Matter protest in front of Trump Tower in New York City.