A Christmas tree throwing contest in Germany, large-scale bushfires raging throughout Australia, and the aftermath of a Ukrainian plane crash in Tehran, are among some of the week's developments captured in TASS' photos.
This week in photos: A Christmas tree fling, Australia’s tragic fires, and Iran air crash
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Belarussians of ethnographic club 'Kola' celebrate the Christmas carol rite (Koliady) in the village of Markovo, some 90 km from Minsk, Belarus, January 7
© EPA-EFE/TATYANA ZENKOVICH Russia's President Vladimir Putin and the cathedral's senior priest Nikolai Bryndin light candles during a Christmas liturgy at the Transfiguration Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, January 6
© Alexander Demianchuk/TASS German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a welcome reception for carol singers, so-called 'Sternsinger' at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 7
© EPA-EFE/HAYOUNG JEON Jesse Collins, the organizer of donations in Australia, is seen while speaking about how hard getting water has been, as bushfires continue to rage in New South Wales, at the evacuation center in Cobargo, Australia, January 5
© REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy People work in a brick kiln in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, January 8
© REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain A man wears a Santa Claus-themed bathing suit as he floats in the Dead Sea, at Neve Midbar beach in the West Bank, January 7
© REUTERS/Ammar Awad A participant hurling a Christmas tree during the Triathlon World Championships of Christmas tree throwing in Weidenthal, Germany, January 5
© EPA-EFE/ARMANDO BABANI Debris seen from the Ukrainian plane, which crashed as authorities work on site in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital of Tehran, Iran, January 8
© AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi A protester waves the national flag while demonstrators set fire to close streets near Tahrir Square during a demonstration against the Iranian missile strike in Baghdad, Iraq, January 8, 2020. Iran struck back at the United States for killing a top Revolutionary Guard commander, firing a series of ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house American troops
© AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido climbs a fence in an attempt to enter the headquarters of the National Assembly, guarded by the police to prevent his entry and that of opposition deputies in Caracas, Venezuela, January 5
© EPA-EFE/Rayner Pena Bulgarians sing, play bagpipes and chain dance in the icy waters of the Tundzha river during Epiphany, in Kalofer, Bulgaria, January 6. Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers plunged into the icy waters of rivers and lakes across Bulgaria to retrieve crucifixes tossed by priests in ceremonies commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ
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