Week in pictures: 23-29 January 2021 - BBC News

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Dancers perform during a dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, on 23 January 2021
ADNAN ABIDI / REUTERS

Dancers perform during a dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India. The annual national holiday marks the anniversary of the country officially adopting its constitution.

Protesters clash with riot police during a rally in Moscow on 23 January 2021
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Protesters clash with riot police in Moscow. Tens of thousands of people defied a heavy police presence to attend demonstrations across Russia, after opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested.

The London Eye lit up in purple on 27 January 2021
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The London Eye is lit in purple to mark Holocaust Memorial Day which remembers the millions of people murdered under Nazi persecution during World War Two, as well as the victims of subsequent genocides around the world.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks down at the podium as he attends a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street, London, on 26 January 2021
JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL VIA REUTERS

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaking at a Downing Street news conference, said he took "full responsibility" for the government's actions, after announcing that more than 100,000 people had died with Covid-19 in the UK.

People gather at the bank of the Hanumante River, in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 28 January 2021
NAVESH CHITRAKAR / REUTERS

People gather at the bank of the Hanumante River during the first day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival, in Bhaktapur, Nepal.

Birds swim as mist rises from the Hun River, in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, on 29 January 2021
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Birds swim as mist rises from the Hun River in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China.

A girl stands on a piece of wood in the flooded courtyard of an elementary school in Beira, Mozambique, on 27 January 2021
ALFREDO ZUNIGA / AFP

A girl stands in the flooded courtyard of a school in Beira, Mozambique. Cyclone Eloise struck southern Africa with winds of up to 160km/h (100mph), leaving more than 20 people dead and flooding tens of thousands of hectares of crops.

Health workers wear personal protective equipment during lockdown in the Jordan area of Hong Kong, on 23 January 2021
TYRONE SIU / REUTERS

Health workers visit the Jordan area of Hong Kong during lockdown.

Denmark's Morten Toft Olsen clashes with Croatia's Igor Karacic at the IHF Handball World Championship in Cairo, Egypt, 25 January 2021
MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY / POOL VIA REUTERS

Denmark's Morten Toft Olsen clashes with Croatia's Igor Karacic at the IHF Handball World Championship in Cairo, Egypt.

The Aurora Borealis is seen in the sky over Enontekio in Lapland, Finland, on 25 January 2021
ALEXANDER KUZNETSOV / REUTERS

The aurora borealis in the sky over Enontekio in Lapland, Finland.