The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, a powerful explosion in Madrid, and heavy snowfall in Sochi are among some of the developments captured in this week's photos.
This week in photos: Biden sworn in as US president, blast in Madrid and snowfall in Sochi
Take a look at the world in pictures from a TASS photo gallery
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Joe Biden being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holding the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol, in Washington, January 20
© Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS Russia's President Vladimir Putin taking a dip in an ice hole on the feastday of Epiphany, Moscow region, January 19
© Mikhail Klimentyev/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS SKA St Petersburg’s goaltender Yaroslav Askarov concedes a goal in a 2020/2021 KHL Regular Season ice hockey match between CSKA Moscow and SKA St Petersburg at CSKA Arena, Moscow, January 17. CSKA Moscow won 3-1
© Yelena Rusko/POOL/TASS Van cats, relatively large, have a chalky white coat, sometimes with ruddy coloration on the head and hindquarters, and have blue or amber eyes or have heterochromia, are seen at "Cat Villa", established to protect the cats in Van, Turkey, January 20
© Mesut Varol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images People walking past 'The World Turned Upside Down' sculpture by Mark Wallinger in London, Britain, January 20
© REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Employees of My Documents public service centre standing outside a temporary COVID-19 vaccination site at the Helikon Opera Theatre, Moscow, January 20
© Artyom Geodakyan/TASS People are seen on Ipanema Beach during sunset in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 21. Brazil registered 1,316 new deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, completing three days in a row with more than a thousand deaths a day and exceeding 214,000 victims since the start of the pandemic, the Government reported on January 21
© EPA-EFE/Fabio Motta Funeral home workers carrying the coffin of Pedro Miguel Infante Vilchez, 80, who died from COVID-19, to the "Martires 19 de Julio" cemetery in Comas, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, January 21
© AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd Several Guatemalan soldiers clashing with Honduran migrants at a police control in the city of Chiquimula, Guatemala, January 17. Some 9,000 Honduran migrants are crossing western Guatemala on their journey to USA
© EPA-EFE/Esteban Biba Fire-fighters are seen next to a damaged building at Toledo Street following an explosion in Madrid, January 20. A powerful explosion apparently caused by a gas leak has ripped the facade off a residential building in central Madrid
© AP Photo/Manu Fernandez A man walking past palm trees on Gorky Street during a snowfall, Sochi, January 20
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