Week in review: Top photos of the week from AP
Here are some of the top photos of the week, as selected by the Associated Press.
APTOPIX Rose Bowl Football
Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith (6) catches a pass in the end zone for a touchdown as Notre Dame cornerback Nick McCloud, right, defends in the second half of the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game in Arlington, Texas, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
APTOPIX Israel Palestinians
Palestinian protesters use slingshots to hurl stones towards Israeli troops during a protest against Israeli settlements, in the West Bank village of Deir Jarir, north of Ramallah, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
APTOPIX Peach Bowl Football
Georgia wide receiver George Pickens (1) celebrates his touchdown catch against Cincinnati during the first half of the Peach Bowl NCAA college football game, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
APTOPIX CFP Sugar Bowl Football
Ohio State running back Trey Sermon, right, breaks away from Clemson safety Lannden Zanders during a touchdown run in the first half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
APTOPIX Hawks Nets Basketball
Atlanta Hawks forward John Collins (20) dunks next to Brooklyn Nets center Jarrett Allen during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
APTOPIX McConnell Vandalism
Graffiti reading, "Where's my money" is seen on a door of the home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. As of Saturday morning, messages like “where’s my money” and other expletives were written with spray paint across the front door and bricks of the Kentucky Republican’s Highlands residence. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak India
A health worker takes a nasal swab sample at a COVID-19 testing center in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. India tested its COVID-19 vaccine delivery system with a nationwide trial on Saturday as it prepares to roll-out an inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Russia New Year
An actor dressed as Santa Claus and wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus infection speaks with a boy during the New Year celebration in a shopping mall in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
APTOPIX CFP Sugar Bowl Football
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day get soaked with a sports drink after the team's win against Clemson during the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
APTOPIX Britain Soccer Premier League
Crystal Palace's Jeffrey Schlupp, left, and Sheffield United's Jayden Bogle jump to head the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Crystal Palace and Sheffield United in London, England, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. (John Walton/Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Fiesta Bowl Football
Iowa State tight end Charlie Kolar (88) is stopped short of the goal line by Oregon safety Jamal Hill during the first half of the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football game, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
APTOPIX Fiesta Bowl Football
Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell is doused with liquid by his players during the final seconds of the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football game against Oregon, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in Glendale, Ariz. Iowa State won 34-17. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
APTOPIX India Tibet
An exile Tibetan Buddhist monk rotates prayer wheels next to a path marked with circles for voters to ensure social distancing in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. Exile Tibetans Sunday voted in the first round to elect a new political leader and members of the Tibetan parliament in exile. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
APTOPIX Dolphins Bills Football
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) reacts after throwing a touchdown pass in the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Munson)
APTOPIX New Congress
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., waves the gavel on the opening day of the 117th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Falcons Buccaneers Football
Tampa Bay Buccaneers strong safety Antoine Winfield Jr. (31) celebrates after a recovering a fumble by the Atlanta Falcons during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio)
APTOPIX Packers Bears Football
Green Bay Packers' Tavon Austin fumbles in front of Chicago Bears' DeAndre Houston-Carson during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Chicago. The Bears recovered the fumble. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
APTOPIX Seahawks 49ers Football
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) makes a catch as San Francisco 49ers cornerback Dontae Johnson defends during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Glendale, Ariz. With the catch, Metcalf passed former Seahawk Steve Largent's single-season franchise record of 1,287 receiving yards set in 1985. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
APTOPIX Olympics Tokyo 200 Days
A man looks at a countdown calendar showing 200 day to start Tokyo 2020 Olympics Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. The countdown clock for the postponed Tokyo Olympics hit 200 days to go on Monday. Also on Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he would consider calling a state of emergency as new coronavirus cases surge to record numbers in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
APTOPIX Myanmar Independence Day
Members of an honor guard stand at attention during a ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of Independence Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
APTOPIX Wizards Nets Basketball
Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert, left, defends Washington Wizards guard Jerome Robinson, right, during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Britain
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson rolls up his sleeves, during a visit to Chase Farm Hospital in north London, Monday Jan. 4, 2021. Johnson warned Sunday that more onerous lockdown restrictions in England are likely in the coming weeks as the country reels from a coronavirus variant that has pushed infection rates to their highest recorded levels. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)
APTOPIX Biden
President-elect Joe Biden campaigns in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, for Senate candidates Raphael Warnock, right, and Jon Ossoff, left. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
APTOPIX France Mali Soldiers Killed
The hearse convoy of late French forces soldiers , who were killed in Mali when an improvised explosive device hit their armored vehicle last week, rides on his way to the Invalides for a national tribute, in Paris, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. The soldiers were participating in a military operation in the Hombori area of Mali's central Mopti province, part of a larger mission aiming at fighting Islamist extremists in Africa's Sahel region, as part of Operation Barkhane. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
APTOPIX Biden
Supporters cheer as President-elect Joe Biden speaks in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, as he campaigns for Senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
APTOPIX House Republicans
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, speaks with Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., after welcoming freshman Republican members at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
APTOPIX Turkey University Protest
Police in riot gear clash with students of Bogazici University, in Istanbul, Monday, Jan 4, 2021. Turkish police on Monday clashed with hundreds of students protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's appointment of a figure with ties to his ruling party as rector to one of Turkey's most prestigious universities. (AP Photo/Zeynep Kuray)
APTOPIX Norway Landslide
Rescue work continues after the large landslide that destroyed several houses at Ask in Norway, Tuesday, Dec. Jan 5, 2021. Several homes were taken by the landslide early Wednesday Dec. 30, killing seven people, while three are still reported missing. (Terje Pedersen / NTB via AP)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak California
Motorists wait in lines to take a coronavirus test in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
APTOPIX France EU Brexit
The road heading the check point on the Eurotunnel site is pictured in Coquelles, Monday Jan.4, 2021. Britain left the European bloc's vast single market for people, goods and services, completing the biggest single economic change the country has experienced since World War II. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
APTOPIX Trump
President Donald Trump arrives in the early morning hours, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the White House in Washington, after returning from a rally in Dalton, Ga. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Zimbabwe Lockdown
A worker at a coffin making company waits for clients inside the company premises in Harare, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, as Zimbabwe began a 30-day lockdown in a bid to rein in the spike in COVID-19 infections threatening to overwhelm health services. In response to to rising infections the country has reintroduced a night curfew, banned public gatherings, and indefinitely suspended the opening of schools. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
APTOPIX Election 2020 Georgia Senate
Voters mark their ballots at the Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Ga. during the Senate runoff election Tuesday morning, Jan. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
APTOPIX Election 2020 Georgia Senate
Helen Thomason marks her ballot at the Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Ga. during the Senate runoff election Tuesday morning, Jan. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
APTOPIX Venezuela National Assembly
First Lady Cilia Flores, center, and Socialist party leader Diosdado Cabello, left, carry a portrait of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez into the chamber of the National Assembly as the ruling socialist party prepares to assume the leadership of Congress in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Ruling party allies swept legislative elections last month boycotted by the opposition. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
APTOPIX Police Shooting Wisconsin Kenosha
A protester confronts a National Guard member outside a museum, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis. Earlier it was announced that no charges will be filed against the white police officer who shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, in August. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Spain Epiphany
Men representing the Three Kings, wearing face masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus, arrive to distribute Christmas presents at the Canada Real shanty town, outside Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Canada Real, a shantytown on the southern edge of Madrid and it has been without electricity since last October 2nd. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
A person attends a rally at Freedom Plaza Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
APTOPIX Senate Georgia
Voters socially distance while waiting in line to cast their votes in the state's runoff election inside the gymnasium at Social Circle Middle School, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Social Circle, Ga. Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are being challenged by Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in Tuesday's runoff. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
APTOPIX Austria Ski Jumping Four Hills
Kamil Stoch of Poland soars through the air during his trial jump at the fourth stage of the 69th four hills ski jumping tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Lithuania Orthodox Christmas
A Lithuanian Orthodox Church believer lights candles before the liturgy on Orthodox Christmas Eve in the Prechistensky, the Cathedral Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. The Orthodox church cancelled all worship services but is open only for single prayers. All public and private events are banned in Lithuania, clubs, bars restaurants and most shops are closed due to the virus outbreak.(AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
APTOPIX Britain Soccer EFL Cup
Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo, center, controls the ball as Tottenham's Davinson Sanchez misses to block during the EFL Cup semi-final soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Brentford at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. (Glyn Kirk/Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Legislature Pennsylvania
First term legislators of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives are sworn-in, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. The ceremony marks the convening of the 2021-2022 legislative session of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)
APTOPIX New Zealand Pakistan Cricket
New Zealand bowler Kyle Jamieson celebrates after taking the wicket of Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan during play on day four of the second cricket test between Pakistan and New Zealand at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Jan 6. 2021. (John Davidson/Photosport via AP)
APTOPIX Missouri Mississippi St Basketball
Mississippi State players celebrate a 78-63 win over Missouri in an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Starkville, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Thailand
Passengers wearing face-masks to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, ride a canal ferry in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Thailand planned to expand testing to thousands of factories in a province next to Bangkok as it reported over 300 new virus cases around the country on Wednesday and one new death, an official said. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
APTOPIX Congress Electoral College
People shelter in the House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
APTOPIX Congress Electoral College
Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., read the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Wednesday, disrupting the process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
APTOPIX Congress Electoral College
Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., stand after to reading the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Wednesday, disrupting the process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
Police keep a watch on demonstrators who tried to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests California
A woman draped in an American flag walks past a banner supporting President Donald Trump during a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Huntington Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
With the Washington Monument in the background, people attend a rally in support of President Donald Trump near the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Britain Lockdown
Workers clear the contents out of the closed down Cafe de Paris nightclub in the West End in London, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. The nightclub which opened in 1924 closed permanently in Dec. 2020 due to the pandemic. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his baseless claims of election fraud. The president is expected to address a rally on the Ellipse, just south of the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Vaccine Florida
Healthcare worker Pam Peter, right, prepares to receive her second round of the COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, Fla. Ninety residents and 80 staff members received their second shot of the vaccine Wednesday and 50 new staff members received their first round of the vaccine. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Brazil
Cemetery workers carry the remains of 89-year-old Abilio Ribeiro, who died of the new coronavirus, to bury at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Manaus declared on Jan. 5 a 180-day state of emergency due to a surge of new cases of coronavirus. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests Trump
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
APTOPIX Congress Electoral College
Police with guns drawn watch as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
A man dressed as George Washington kneels and prays near the Washington Monument with a Trump flag on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
APTOPIX Trump Electoral College Protests
People listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
APTOPIX Ecuador Devil Festival
People dressed as devils dance in La Diablada Pillarena amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Pillaro, Ecuador, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Performers took to the streets of this small city in the center of the country with only 40 characters dancing in a closed place and without an audience. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
APTOPIX Congress Electoral College
People shelter in the House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
Supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests Los Angeles
A counter demonstrator, center, yells after getting maced in the face by far-right demonstrators outside of City Hall Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Los Angeles. Demonstrators supporting President Donald Trump are gathering in various parts of Southern California as Congress debates to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college victory. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
APTOPIX Britain Soccer League Cup
Manchester City's John Stones, right, celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the English League Cup semifinal soccer match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Shaun Botterill/Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Congress Electoral College
U.S. Capitol Police hold protesters at gun-point near the House Chamber inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
APTOPIX Biden
President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Biden has called the violent protests on the U.S. Capitol "an assault on the most sacred of American undertakings: the doing of the people's business." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
Demonstrators break TV equipment outside the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
Trump supporters left a flag outside the Capitol, Wednesday evening, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
Violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. It's been a stunning day as a number of lawmakers and then the mob of protesters tried to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the nation's democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests
District of Columbia National Guard stand outside the Capitol, Wednesday night, Jan. 6, 2021, after a day of rioting protesters. It's been a stunning day as a number of lawmakers and then the mob of protesters tried to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the nation's democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
APTOPIX Electoral College Protests Los Angeles
Supporters of President Donald Trump, who were protesting election results, and counter-protesters brawl outside Los Angeles police department headquarters in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak France Vaccine
Dr. Cedric Waechter, left, administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a resident of the Bois Fleuris nursing home Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Strasbourg. Amid public outcry, France's health minister promised Tuesday an "exponential" acceleration of his country's shockingly slow coronavirus vaccination process. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
APTOPIX Congress Electoral College
Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., cleans up debris and personal belongings strewn across the floor of the Rotunda in the early morning hours of Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, after protesters stormed the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
APTOPIX Congress Electoral College
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., stops to look at damage in the early morning hours of Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, after protesters stormed the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
APTOPIX Nepal Politics
A Nepalese supporter of the splinter group in the governing Nepal Communist Party falls during clashes with police in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Nepal's president dissolved Parliament after the prime minister recommended the move amid an escalating feud within his Communist Party that is likely to push the Himalayan nation into a political crisis. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Belgium Vaccine
Nurses administer Pfizer/Biontech COVID-19 vaccines to residents at the CHC Landenne care home in Landenne-sur-Meuse, near Namur, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Vaccinations programs in the 27 nation-bloc have gotten off to a slow start and some EU members have been quick to blame the EU's executive arm for a perceived failure of delivering the right amount of doses. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
APTOPIX Germany Congress World Reaction
A large news screen beside a street in Essen, Germany, showing US president Donald Trump, and a headline reading 'Biden as US president confirmed, orderly transfer of power - Trump declares defeat' on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak California
Two nurses put a ventilator on a patient in a COVID-19 unit at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. California health authorities reported Thursday a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Crematorium Full
A worker moves a casket to be incinerated at a crematorium in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. The biggest crematorium in the Czech Republic has been overwhelmed by mounting numbers of pandemic victims. With new confirmed COVID-19 infections around record highs, the situation looks set to worsen. Authorities in the northeastern city of Ostrava have been speeding up plans to build a fourth furnace but, in the meantime, have sought help from the government’s central crisis committee for pandemic coordination. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Ukraine Orthodox Christmas
An ethnic Hutsul man, an ethnic group spanning parts of western Ukraine, wearing a traditional colorful clothes, tries to pull up on the horizontal bar during the Orthodox Christmas celebration in Iltsi village, Ivano-Frankivsk region of Western Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Although Ukraine is struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic that has inundated its overburdened medical system with patients, Orthodox Christmas celebrations on Thursday occurred widely without masks or social distancing. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
APTOPIX Congress World Reaction
An Israeli couple sits near the Tel Aviv municipality building as it is lit up with the flag of the United States in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Officials said the display is a sign of solidarity with the United States and support for democracy. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
APTOPIX Pelosi Trump
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference on the day after violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
APTOPIX Trump
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany leaves the podium after speaking at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Israel
A man crosses a road next to a billboard calling for people to wear masks during a nationwide lockdown following the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday Jan. 8, 2021. Israel has seen a surge in cases, leading authorities to tighten an already existing lockdown. Most schools and businesses will be closed starting Friday, with public gatherings restricted for a two-week period. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
APTOPIX Spain Europe Migrants
Migrants from Morocco walk on a beach after arriving at the southeastern coast of the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, after crossing the Atlantic Ocean sailing on a wooden boat in Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Mexico
Paramedics speak with medical staff as ambulances wait hours for the COVID-19 patients they are transporting to be admitted, at Siglo XXI Medical Center in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. A line of five ambulances spent hours outside the hospital Thursday afternoon waiting for their patients to be admitted, as hospitals in the capital near full capacity amid an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases in Mexico.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Philippines Catholic Procession
Devotees of the Black Nazarene wait for their turn to enter the plaza outside the Quiapo church in downtown Manila, Philippines, on the eve of feast day, Friday Jan. 8, 2021. The annual Jan. 9 procession attended by tens of thousands of devotees has been cancelled amid the threat of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in one of Asia's biggest religious events. Several Black Nazarene replicas have been placed around churches as the government asks devotees to pray at their communities instead of going to downtown Quiapo where the original image resides. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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