From the deadly crash of a Turkish cargo plane and riots at Brazil's Alcacuz Prison to preparations for Chinese New Year celebrations in Indonesia and icy winter swimming in Russia — take a look at this week's events in Sputnik's photo gallery.
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Participants jump over a bonfire at the "Svyatki-2017" festival of folk fun and games in Chelyabinsk Region, Russia, on January 14, 2017.
A stag eats a piece of corn on a snow-covered field in the village of Dumnice near the town of Vushtrri, Kosovo, on January 16, 2017.
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The crash site of a cargo plane, close to Manas International Airport in the village of Dacha-Suu near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The MyCargo Airlines plane flying from Hong Kong to Istanbul crashed in the village on January 16, 2017, killing four crew members and at least 34 people on the ground.
An inmate looks on as riot police group at the Alcacuz Penitentiary Center during the upheaval, near Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, on January 16, 2017. The latest in a string of brutal prison massacres involving suspected gang members in Brazil has left 26 inmates dead, most of whom were beheaded.
Princess Stephanie of Monaco (right) and her daughter Pauline Ducruet react as they pose with a sea lion during a photo session for the 41st Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival in Monaco, January 17, 2017.
Gabonese boys play a football match in Franceville on January 17, 2017, as the Africa Cup of Nations tournament takes place in Gabon.
A Kuwaiti military helicopter takes part in a live ammunition military exercise at Udaira military range, 140 km north of Kuwait City, on January 17, 2017.
Miss Universe 2016 contestants participate in a swimwear fashion show in Cebu City, Philippines, on January 17, 2017. The 65th Miss Universe Pageant will be held on January 30.
A visitor feeds a food pellet to a giraffe in the Giraffe Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 15, 2017.
Men ski in streets covered by snow in Corte on the French island of Corsica on January 17, 2017.
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Workers make a toffee-like sweet cake called "dodol," one of the traditional delicacies served during Chinese New Year celebrations in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, on January 18, 2017.
A man in a fancy outfit attends an “Ice Carnival” event of winter swimming clubs at the frozen Lake Orankesee in Berlin, Germany, January 14, 2017.
A member of the Iraqi rapid response forces fires a rocket launcher during a battle with Daesh militants in the district of Yarimja in southern Mosul, Iraq, on January 18, 2017.
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A member of a “Walrus” winter swimming club in Vladivostok, Russia, on January 15, 2017.
A disguised reveler takes part in a carnival procession through the village of Vevcani, Macedonia, on January 13, 2017. The Vevcani Carnival is 1,400 years old and is held every year on the eve of the feast of Saint Basil (January 14), also marking the beginning of the New Year according to the Julian calendar and observed by the Macedonian Orthodox Church.
Miss Universe candidates pose for photographers while on board a yacht before going to a beach resort in Manila in the Philippines, on January 19, 2017.
A giant lantern in a form of rooster seen ahead of Spring Festival decorations at Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, China, on January 17, 2017.
Stunt performers ride a motorcycle and a car on the walls of the "Well of Death" at the Magh Mela fair in Allahabad, India, on January 18, 2017.
Female relatives of inmates set makeshift barricades on fire to protest the transfer of some 200 prisoners from Alcacuz Penitentiary Center to other prisons in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, on January 18, 2017.
A hand print on a frosted tree trunk on January 16, 2017 on Mt. Groser Feldberg in the mountainous Taunus area near Schmitten, Germany.
An Arab-Israeli woman sits next to the ruins of her dwellings, which were demolished by Israeli bulldozers in Umm Al-Hiran, a Bedouin village in Israel's southern Negev Desert, on January 18, 2017.
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Members of the musical group Fifth Harmony (from left): Ally Brooke, Lauren Jauregui, Dinah Jane and Normani Hamilton pose in the press room with the award for “Favorite Group” at the People's Choice Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, US, on January 18, 2017.
US tennis player Serena Williams reacts during her Women's singles first round match against Switzerland's Belinda Bencic at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, on January 17, 2017.
A picture taken through the windshield of a Humvee shows Iraqis walking in dust while a convoy of armored vehicles passes them in eastern Mosul on January 18, 2017.
A model presents a creation by Esther Perbandt at the Volksbuehne theater during the Berlin Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2017 in Berlin, Germany, on January 17, 2017.
