Archive

Week in Photos: Jan. 19, 2013

LENS

From Sweden to Melbourne, the most striking images of the week.

galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-14_lz0ike
Robert Prezioso/Getty
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-9_zqfeht

Jan. 16, 2013

A bull charges toward participants during a bull-taming event called Jallikattu, an ancient sport played by the Tamils during the harvest festival of Pongal.

Arun Sankar K./AP
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-15_dwptv2

Jan. 13, 2013

A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon out of an apartment window in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood.

Andoni Lubaki/AP
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-14_qxacmp

Jan. 15, 2013

Serena Williams falls onto the court after injuring her ankle in a first-round match against Edina Gallovits-Hall of Romania on day two of the 2013 Australian Open. 

Robert Prezioso/Getty
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-8_wefz19

Jan. 15, 2013

Relatives mourn over the coffin of a Kurdish activist during a memorial ceremony. Three Kurdish women were shot dead at a community center in Paris on Jan. 10.

Thibault Camus/AP
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-1_ocuyai

Jan. 14, 2013

A man bathes in the Ganges River during the Hindu pilgrimage of Maha Kumbh Mela. The Maha Kumbh Mela, believed to be the largest religious gathering on earth, takes place every 12 years on the banks of Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati.

Daniel Berehulak/Getty
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-2_xej12f

Jan. 13, 2013

Commuters take part in the annual “no-pants subway ride.”

Timothy A. Clary/AFP, via Getty
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-13_fnvnie

Jan. 15, 2013

Policemen stand in front of a local train that derailed and smashed into a residential building. 

Jonas Ekstromer/AFP, via Getty
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-4_blicif

Jan. 13, 2013

Relatives of victims stand on a ferry in front of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia outside Giglio harbor on the first anniversary of the shipwreck in which 32 people died.

Tony Gentile/Reuters, via Landov
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-11_tijjsh

Jan. 14, 2013

Two Moroccan farmer workers pray in the afternoon while harvesting winter crops.

Alvaro Barrientos/AP
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-12_vxl3km

Jan. 16, 2013

An Afghan midwife attends her graduation ceremony at the governor’s house after receiving two years of training.

Rahmat Gul/AP
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-7_ktwyu9

Jan. 14, 2013

Fourth-grade students huddle in closet a during a safety drill at the St. Bernard School. A month after the shootings of 20 students and six school employees in Newtown, Conn., St. Bernard School principal Susan Maloy, inspired by the memories of those who lost their lives, has decided to hold lockdown drills on the 14th of each month to refine a safety plan and increase school security.

Craig Ruttle/AP
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-6_hrkvwx

Jan. 12, 2013

A man sweeps the floor at the earthquake-damaged Santa Ana Catholic church, where he now lives.

Dieu Nalio Chery/AP
galleries/2013/01/19/week-in-photos-jan-19-2013/week-in-pictures-130119-3_khciuj

Jan. 13, 2013

Actors portraying President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, along with U.S. Army Military District of Washington Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington (center), arrive to review troops during a dress rehearsal for the presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol.

Mike Theiler/Reuters, via Landov

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.