This Week in Pictures (January 26 - February 2)

Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying devices for remote Earth sensing "Canopus-B" #3 and #4 along with nine other commercial space devices, launches from a site at Vostochny. February 1, 2018.

Vladimir Putin at a meeting with members of the Russian National Olympic team, where he was awarded a custom hockey jersey by team captain Pavel Datsyuk. January 31, 2018.

India's Jyoti Amge (R), the world's shortest woman poses for a picture with Sultan Kosen of Turkey, the world's tallest man, at the site of the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt on January 26, 2018, with the Sphinx and the Pyramid of Khafre (also known as Chephren) seen in the background.

A demonstrator kicks a tear gas canister as riot police prevents opposition supporters from approaching the National Stadium during the swearing-in ceremony of President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, January 27, 2018.

Rihanna performs during the 60th Annual Grammy Awards show on January 28, 2018, in New York.

In this photo taken on January 27, 2018 people on a partially submerged dinghy boat ask for help in the Mediterranean Sea.

This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars, taken on Jan 23, 2018, rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge, which it's been investigating for the past several months.

A masked participant carries a burning matress during the ancient carnival of Zubieta, in the northern Spanish Navarra province on January 30, 2018.

Tourists take photographs in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral on the snow covered Red Square during a heavy snowfall in Moscow on January 31, 2018.

International space station flies by the Moon during the full moon on January 30, 2018.

The UN refugee agency's special envoy, actress Angelina Jolie kisses a Syrian child during her visit to the Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, January 28, 2018.

Indian police rescue people after a bus accident at the Ghogra Canal in Murshidabad district, around 187 miles from Kolkata on January 29, 2018.

A demonstrator confronts riot police during a rally in defense of the nationalization of lithium reserves in the country, in Santiago, Chile, January 29, 2018.

A cat is seen during a bullfight at the La Santamaria bullring in Bogota, Colombia, on January 28, 2018.

St. Petersburg was celebrating the anniversary of full withdrawal of the Siege of Leningrad.

Venetians row during the masquerade parade on the Grand Canal during the Carnival in Venice, Italy, January 28, 2018.

The super blue blood moon, behind volcanic ash cloud, sets before dawn as lava cascades down the slopes of Mayon volcano during a sporadic mild eruption as seen from Sto. Domingo township, Albay province around 340 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines, February 1, 2018.

Pakistani children play football at a slum in Lahore on January 30, 2018.

A man wears a mask among fellow supporters as Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (not pictured) takes a symbolic presidential oath of office in Nairobi, Kenya, January 30, 2018.

Supporters of Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri ride a scooter past a road block, during a protest against Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, January 29, 2018.

Revelers dressed in Spider-Man costumes strike a pose during the 'Desliga da Justica' block party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 27, 2018.

Swedish jockey Bjorn Goop of Readly Express celebrates with champagne after winning the Grand Prix d'Amerique horse race on January 28, 2018 at the Vincennes Hippodrome de Paris in Paris.

A model has her make up done before the Hannibal Laguna show during the Madrid Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2018 in Madrid on January 26, 2018.

Water level in river Seine has been going up due to heavy rainfalls, and reached a critical point on January 29, 2018.