News photos of the week Dec. 31 - Jan. 06 2017

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Dec. 31 - Jan. 06 2017

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Competitors riding a traditional horn sled speed down the mountain during the 48th annual horn sled race (Hornschlittenrennen) on January 6, 2017, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Emirati men walk with their camels across the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometers west of the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2017 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 6, 2017.

Children swim in floodwaters in Malaysia's northeastern town of Rantau Panjang, which borders Thailand, on January 5, 2017.

Bulgarian men jump to catch a wooden crucifix during Epiphany day celebrations in Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 6, 2017.

Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight on January 1, 2017 in London, England.

A couple kisses in celebration of New Year's eve in Times Square in New York City just after midnight on January 1, 2017.

Revelers gather on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris, France, during New Year celebrations, late December 31, 2016.

People celebrate New Year at Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam with a firework show on January 1, 2017.

An aerial view shows the Beipanjiang Bridge, connecting Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, which is reported as world's highest bridge according to local media, which started operation on December 29, 2016.

A member of the US Army Honor Guard lies on the floor after passing out during an Armed Forces Full Honor Farewell Review for US President Barack Obama at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Arlington, Virginia, on January 4.

Men take part in a horse race in the village of Pietrosani on January 6, 2017.

A replica of the Granma yacht passes by during a march to mark the Armed Forces Day and commemorate the landing of the Granma, which brought the Castro brothers, Ernesto "Che" Guevara and others from Mexico to Cuba to start the revolution in 1959, in Havana, Cuba, on January 2, 2017.

Buddhist devotees participate in a special religious prayer attended by Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama during the Kalachakra event at Bodh Gaya, India, on January 5, 2017.

A woman walks on a snowy path by a life size model of a dinosaur during a snow fall in Bucharest, Romania, on January 6, 2017.

Runners wait to compete in the Sao Silvestre race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 31, 2016.

Fire burns a house on a hill, where more than 100 homes were burned due to forest fires in Valparaiso, Chile, on January 2, 2017.

A child wounded by mortar shells in Mosul lies in a hospital west of Erbil, Iraq, on January 1, 2017.

A man swims in an outdoor pool with steaming water after snow covered the landscape near Bischofshofen, Austria, on January 5, 2017.

Ashima, 7, plays with her pet chick in a slum in Mumbai, India, on January 2, 2017.

Pennsylvania State Troopers and police officers from around the country line up in Altoona, Pennsylvania, following a memorial service on January 5, 2017, for Pennsylvania State Trooper Landon E. Weaver.

Schoolchildren attend a yoga session at a camp in Ahmedabad, India, on January 5, 2017.

People carry the coffin of Yunus Gormek, 23, one of the victims of the Reina night club attack, during his funeral ceremony on January 2, 2017 in Istanbul.

The famous Hollywood sign reads "Hollyweed" after it was vandalized on January 1, 2017.

A worker prepares graves for inmates who died during a prison riot, at the cemetery of Taruma in Manaus, Brazil, January 4, 2017. The riot, a conflict between rival gangs, left nearly 60 prisoners dead.

Workers gather ducks to be culled in Latrille, France, on January 6, 2017, after France ordered a massive cull of ducks in three regions most affected by a severe outbreak of bird flu.