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The Week in Pictures: January 3, 2015 (PHOTOS)

From new year’s celebrations from Scotland to China to grief over Flight QZ8501, a look at the most compelling images from the last seven days.

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By William BootJan 03, 2015

galleries/2015/01/03/the-week-in-pictures-january-3-2015-photos/150102-WIP-01_yhelsq — Ras Lanuf, Libya
December 29, 2014

Firefighters work to put out the fire of a storage oil tank at the port of Es Sider. Oil tanks were on fire for days after a rocket hit one of them, destroying more than two days of Libyan production, officials said. Libya appealed to Italy, Germany, and the United States to send firefighters.
Reuters

galleries/2015/01/03/the-week-in-pictures-january-3-2015-photos/150102-WIP-02_adh8za — Laghman, Afghanistan
January 1, 2015

A U.S. soldier from Dragon Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment fires a Javelin missile system during their first training exercise of the new year near operating base Gamberi.
Lucas Jackson / Reuters

galleries/2015/01/03/the-week-in-pictures-january-3-2015-photos/150102-WIP-03_bxacgg — Lingbao, China
January 1, 2015

Three members of a family hold cutouts as they welcome the new year in the early morning sunlight.
ChinaFotoPress/Getty

galleries/2015/01/03/the-week-in-pictures-january-3-2015-photos/150102-WIP-04_brjpqu — New York City
December 29, 2014

Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the New York Police Department graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden. The mayor's relationship with the city's police force has been strained recently after the deaths of two police officers.
Andrew Burton/Getty

galleries/2015/01/03/the-week-in-pictures-january-3-2015-photos/150102-WIP-05_vj8vzt — Edinburgh, Scotland
December 30, 2014

Men dressed as Vikings take part in the torchlight procession as it makes its way through the city for the start of the Hogmanay celebrations.
Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images

galleries/2015/01/03/the-week-in-pictures-january-3-2015-photos/150102-WIP-06_yolgfd — Surabaya, Indonesia
December 29, 2014

Family members of passengers aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 cry at a waiting area in Juanda International Airport. The plane, carrying 162 people en route to Singapore, crashed into the Java Sea during bad weather..
Beawiharta Beawiharta / Reute

galleries/2015/01/03/the-week-in-pictures-january-3-2015-photos/150102-WIP-07_hwzmpv — Tokyo
December 30, 2014

Pedro Guevara of Mexico celebrates after he beat Akira Yaegashi of Japan during their WBC boxing light flyweight title bout.
Thomas Peter / Reuters

galleries/2015/01/03/the-week-in-pictures-january-3-2015-photos/150102-WIP-08_qcqdxl — Cali, Colombia
December 30, 2014

Spanish bullfighter Antonio Ferrera performs a pass during a bullfighting festival at the Canaveralejo bullring.
Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters

galleries/2015/01/03/the-week-in-pictures-january-3-2015-photos/150102-WIP-09_nghh7d — Bath, England
December 30, 2014

Visitors enjoy the naturally warmed spa water as they relax in the rooftop pool of the Thermae Bath Spa, Britain's only natural thermal. Cold weather gripped the U.K. although forecasters predicted much milder and unsettled weather was due to arrive.
Matt Cardy/Getty

galleries/2015/01/03/the-week-in-pictures-january-3-2015-photos/150102-WIP-10_cbv5km — Srinagar, India
December 30, 2014

A Kashmiri boy adjusts wicker sticks to dry. Wicker sticks are used to make Kangri, traditional Kashmiri firepots, that are used to keep warm during cold winters. Hundreds of families in Kashmir are dependent on the trade of Kangri-making with Kangri artisans of different regions making distinct and fashionable firepots.
Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

galleries/2015/01/03/the-week-in-pictures-january-3-2015-photos/150102-WIP-11_lchnos — Michoacan, Mexico
December 30, 2014

Supporters of Luis Antonio Torres, alias “El Americano,” move away from the rotor wash of a military helicopter landing to pick up the vigilante leader and others who voluntarily surrendered to state authorities to cooperate in an investigation. Authorities said a Dec. 16 shootout between rival vigilantes in the western Mexican state left 11 dead, in the clearest sign yet of renewed unrest in an area President Enrique Pena Nieto's government said had been pacified. According to local media, the groups fought at a checkpoint barricade at the entrance to La Ruana. One of the groups, led by a man known by the alias “El Americano,” was upset by the way another vigilante leader, Hipolito Mora, had taken control of the area.
Alan Ortega/Reuters

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