The following photos vividly capture some of the most important events that happened in all the lengths and breadths of the planet last week. The most representative images of the week stand out from the following, basic, ingredients: Colors, passion, tears, effort, survival, joy, and pain. That is, all that makes us feel alive and continue to fight.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Looking at the photos below we certainly do not need many words to describe them. So in the ones that follow, they are concentrated what happened in the world last week.
This is what his photographers recorded Associated Press the events that have taken place in the world in the last seven days.
Minnesota, USA: A pandemic within the pandemic
Rachel Taylor holds a leather bag filled with the ashes of her son, Kyle "Little Crow" Domrese, pictured right, who died of an overdose. A few weeks remained until the anniversary of the day he opened his bedroom door and found his son snug in his bed, one of more than 100.000 Americans who died within a year of a drug overdose as the pandemic COVID-19 exacerbated the tragedy of addiction in America. The drug over-mortality rate among Native Americans has surpassed that of whites and is now the highest in the country.
Mallorca, Spain: The miracle of birth away from hatred
Polish Olympian Jolanta Ogar-Hill, left, and his Spanish-British director wife, Chuchie Hill, right, sit on a sofa at their home in Palma de Mallorca. When Polish Olympian Jolanta Ogar and her husband decided to have a baby, it was obvious to both of them that Poland would not be the place to raise their child.
In recent years, right-wing ruling political and ecclesiastical leaders have escalated hostile rhetoric toward LGBTQ individuals, particularly as a way of mobilizing conservative voters ahead of elections. The baby girl who was born by caesarean section is named Hunter and two happy mothers.
Santiago, Chile: Change page
Millions of Chileans took to the streets to celebrate the victory of Gabriel Boric. Boric, 35, crushed his far-right opponent, who emerged as Pinochet's political heir. Thirty-one years after the ousting of dictator Pinochet and the alternation of the Right with the Center-Left in the Chilean government, a leftist is taking over the reins of the country.
Shah Alam, Malaysia: Cities rivers, people at mercy
Residents cross a flooded road in Shah Alam, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Rescuers worked day and night to free thousands of people trapped during the worst floods to hit Malaysia in years. The devastation became visible after the storms stopped after more than three days of torrential rain in the capital and across the country.
Brasilia, Brazil: Santa Claus in need and on a skate
Jose Ivanildo, who was paralyzed in the lower extremities due to infantile paralysis, uses a skate as he begs for money at a lantern dressed as Santa Claus in Brasilia, Brazil. The 48-year-old known as "Ivanildo do Skate" said his pandemic COVID-19 has made people afraid to open their car windows.
Bucharest, Romania: Masks and protests against health passports
A protester against the green certificate against him COVID-19 wears a latex mask with syringes attached to it during a rally in front of Victoria Palace, the government headquarters in Bucharest. People are protesting against the introduction of the "green certificate" of coronavirus in the workplace, a measure being considered by the authorities to reduce infections.
Eagles, Austria: When the match does not go as you expect
It is the fate of athletes to endure bad days. One was Dominik Fischnaller, who was pictured crashing during the men's sprint at the Luge World Cup in Eagles near Innsbruck, Austria.
Barcelona, Spain: When you see the MAT in your house
Spanish MAT men stormed Carlos Berrocal's apartment in Barcelona to evict him. After living in his apartment for twenty-five years, the 53-year-old received an eviction order after the new owner of the building refused to renew his contract.
Marseille, Southern France: Love in the years of the pandemic
Amelie and Ludo Khayat in a tender in the intensive care unit COVID-19 of La Timone Hospital in Marseille, southern France. Ludo, 41, is recovering from a 24-day coma, battling the coronavirus. Amelie started visiting her husband daily after tests showed he was negative for the virus.
Caracas, Venezuela: The magic of Christmas
Christmas in every corner of the earth. Here in Venezuela. Three children dressed as "three magicians" wait before going on stage to play in a theater in a neighborhood in Caracas.
Hong Kong: Memory lives on
University students light candles on the site of the "Goddess of Democracy" statue, a memorial to those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square riot. to invoke legal issues. The statue was a replica of a figure created by art students and placed in the square shortly before the massacre that claimed the lives of hundreds of people.
Belarus: The other side of life in a refugee camp
The image of the refugee crisis. Refugee camp in a logistics center on the Polish-Belarusian border near Grodno. A child in his "temporary home" eats spaghetti and may dream of being at home, going to school, playing carefree with his friends.
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