The last week of January was marked by numerous protests in France, Venezuela, and Honduras, as well as by various other events across the globe. A celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year, devastating conflicts, peaceful landscapes and sporting events — all this can be found in the weekly photo gallery compiled for you by Sputnik.
Protestors at a Yellow Vests Rally in Paris
Lady Gaga, nominated for her leading role in "A Star is Born", walks the red carpet at the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on 27 January 2019.
People enjoying a dip in a hotpot-looking hot spring at a hotel in Hangzhou in China's Zhejiang province. The hot spring is designed to promote a healthy lifestyle in the run-up to the Lunar New Year, or spring festival, which begins the first week of February.
A demonstrator throws a petrol bomb at police (not pictured) during a protest against Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez outside the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) in Tegucigalpa, 28 January 2019.
Runners take part in an underpants run on the banks of the Danube River in Belgrade on January 26 2019, with the outside temperature approaching zero degrees Celsius.
A resident of the tornado-hit Regla neighbourhood cries in front of her destroyed house in Havana on 28 January 2019. A rare and powerful tornado struck Havana, killing three people and leaving 172 injured, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said early on Monday.
A woman participating in Yellow Vests protests in Paris
A panda cub plays with a stuffed toy pig during an event to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Pig at the Shenshuping panda base in Wolong, Sichuan province, China 31 January 2019.
Photo of the Milky Way above Lake Baikal
Performers beat their drums and release flares in an attempt to motivate competitors prior to the start of the Tough Guy endurance event near Wolverhampton in central England on 27 January, 2019. The Tough Guy event challenges hundreds of competitors to run a gruelling course whilst overcoming up to 300 obstacles, including water, fire, and tunnels.
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Two Cuban soldiers take a selfie during a march with torches to mark the 166th anniversary of the birth of Cuba's national independence hero Jose Marti and to pay tribute to late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, 28 January 2019.
A model displays an outfit by Spanish designer Andres Sarda's Autumn/Winter 2019 collection during Madrid's Mercedes Benz Fashion Week on 26 January 2019 in Madrid.
A cat sits outside a butcher's shop looking at meat hanging at the front of the shop in the Lebanese capital Beirut on 24 January 2019.
Cadets from the National Cadet Corps (NCC) celebrate after being awarded second place in a marching competition during the Republic Day celebrations in Chandigarh, India, 26 January 2019.
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Two men ride in a traditional sled called a Schnabler during a race in Gaissach, southern Germany, Sunday, 27 January 2019.
Members of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) stand guard near the Dr JM de los Rios Children's Hospital in Caracas during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, demanding humanitarian aid, also requested by opposition leader and self-proclaimed "acting president" Juan Guaido on 30 January, 2019. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday lashed out at military "mercenaries" that he said are conspiring to divide the armed forces and plotting a coup as the opposition planned a new protest to force the socialist leader from power.
Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin (Russia) during the 2019 European Figure Skating Championship in Minsk, Belarus
Civilians return to the city of Hajin in Syria's eastern Deir Ez-zor province on 27 January 2019 after the Kurdish-led and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) retook the city from Daesh jihadists. In mid-December, the SDF took Hajin, the last town of note in the Daesh-controlled pocket, signalling the imminent fall of the jihadists' last bastion.
Miss Rudy Ruby ties her corset prior to performing in a burlesque show in Madrid on January 25 2019.
A man dressed as a bear accompanies bell-wearing dancers, known as Joaldunak, performing a ritual dance to ward off evil spirits and awaken the coming spring during carnival celebrations in Ituren, northern Spain on 28 January 2019.
