Here are some of the most striking images taken from around the world over the past week.
Photo shows fallen branches following the landfall of tropical cyclone Ana in Suva, Fiji, Jan 31, 2021. Tropical cyclone Ana, the first one to hit Fiji this year, has caused extensive damages to the South Pacific island nation. [Photo/Xinhua]
A boy holds a falcon during a falcon hunting show in Jahra governorate, Kuwait, Jan 30, 2021. Kuwaiti falcon lovers held a hunting show in the desert of the governorate. [Photo/Xinhua]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern joins people in attending the 2021 Chinese New Year Festival and Market Day event in Auckland, New Zealand, Jan 30, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
People play in snow at a park in Minsk, Belarus, Jan 30, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A senior person leaves after paying tribute to victims at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in St Petersburg, Russia, Jan 27, 2021. Activities were held here to mark the 77th anniversary of ending the Nazi siege of Leningrad during World War II. [Photo/Xinhua]
Mount Merapi spews volcanic materials in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Jan 26, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Giant panda Hao Hao and her twin cubs Bao Di and Bao Mei play at the Pairi Daiza zoo in Brugelette, Belgium, Jan 27, 2021. Pairi Daiza zoo currently hosts five giant pandas, namely, father Xing Hui, mother Hao Hao, and three children Tian Bao, Bao Di and Bao Mei. Bao Di and Bao Mei are twins born in August 2019 after the birth of Tian Bao in June 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (center), European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides (left) and European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton attend a video conference in Brussels, Belgium, Jan 31, 2021. The European Union's top health officials held discussions on Sunday with drug giants about rapid development and production of vaccines especially against the new variants of the coronavirus. [Photo/Xinhua]
Somali boys, Muhsin Ahmed Mukhtar and Sabir Ahmed Sayid, perform tricks on their bicycles near a ruined building in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia, on Jan 25, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
A decoration in the shape of an ox is pictured ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Yu Garden in Shanghai, Jan 29, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
