This week in photos: Unrest in Myanmar, glacier hits India and Tatarstan’s ‘tank’ bobsled

A woman brushes snow off the roof of the US Capitol in the Miniwelt park in Liechtenstein. To prevent damage in winter, some exhibits are closed until spring. The rest are regularly checked.

A patient in the intensive care unit of the Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine, where assistance is being provided to patients with coronavirus infection COVID-19. Moscow, February 10 © Sergey Bobylev / TASS

A rally in support of the people of Myanmar, where a military coup occured, escalated on the streets of Bangkok in a demonstration against the arrest of four activists who were accused of insulting the king of Thailand. Several thousand Thais went to Pathumwan Police Station demanding the release of those arrested, as well as the resignation of the country's prime minister and reform of the monarchy.

An aerial view of a dam at Tapovan, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, two days after the glacier left Nandadevi Mountain. The glacier destroyed the Rishiganga power plant dam under construction and caused flooding. Search and rescue operations in the affected areas are being conducted by several National Disaster Response Forces brigades, as well as border guards and local rescuers. According to the latest data, the death toll has reached 32, more than 200 people are reported missing. Tapovan, February 9

Participants of the Kuzbass Motocross Cup and Championship during the race. This is dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Kuzbass, athletes from different regions of Siberia, the Urals, the Far East and other regions of Russia take part in the competition. Kemerovo, February 7

Kurdish animal rights activists releasing the bear in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan to protect the species from extinction withn natural habitat.Duhok, February 11

Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin (second from right) observes how traditional Chechil cheese is being made during his visit to a Tambovsky dairy plant in Adygea. This is one of the largest factories for the production of brine cheeses in the country. The PM visited it as part of a working trip to the Southern Federal District.

Participants of the Sunnyfest creative sledging festival in the city of Mamadysh ride down an ice slide in a makeshift sled in the shape of a tank. The festival, which is being held in Tatarstan for the fifth year, is attended by 54 teams, competing in the speed of the descent and the originality of the 'transport' design

Demonstrators protest against a military coup in Myanmar and demand the release of the elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. On February 1, the Myanmar military announced a state of emergency for a year along with the removal of the country's leadership, explaining this by large-scale fraud during in the November 2020 elections

EMERCOM employees carry coffins with firefighters who died while extinguishing an auto parts warehouse on February 3 in Krasnoyarsk. During the search for people in the burning room, a link of the gas and smoke protection service disappeared: officers Anatoly Zhalnerchik, Alexey Puzyrev and Sergeant Maxim Ryabtsev. Their bodies were later found and identified. A warehouse worker also died in the fire. More than 1,000 people attended the farewell ceremony; Russian President Vladimir Putin posthumously awarded the victims with the Order of Courage.

Pink flamingos during a snowfall at the Zurich Zoo, Switzerland, where there is a partial lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

View of the ships in the water area of ​​the Lena River on the territory of the Zhataysky ship repair and shipbuilding plant, 20 km from Yakutsk, the Republic of Sakha. The average temperature in January is kept below 40 degrees Celcius, the thickness of the ice in the river reaches several meters, so the workers of the plant use the technology of "un-freezing" or ice-control methods for ship repairs. With the help of a chainsaw, a pick, a crowbar and a shovel, they make an ice tunnel under the ship - a lane in order to gain access to those parts of the ship that need repair.