Our World in pictures: Week 4 of 2021

Here is an incomplete, yet surprising and moving gallery of images of this week’s events around the world.

30 Jan

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out In Rural Spain

Nurse, Luis vaccines a sick elderly woman at her room of the nursing home on January 22, 2021 in Langreo, Spain. The autonomous community of Asturias began administrating the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, to complement the first phase of the vaccination process that began on December 27, 2020. (Photo by Manu Brabo/Getty Images)

LANGREO, SPAIN - JANUARY 22: Elderly people queue to be vaccinated against covid in a nursing home on January 22, 2021 in Langreo, Spain. The autonomous community of Asturias began administrating the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, to complement the first phase of the vaccination process that began on December 27, 2020. (Photo by Manu Brabo/Getty Images) — Elderly people queue to be vaccinated against covid in a nursing home on January 22, 2021 in Langreo, Spain. (Photo by Manu Brabo/Getty Images)

HARARE, ZIMBABWE - JANUARY 27: Pallbearers carry three coffins of the government officials to the grave site at the national shrine on January 27, 2021 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The country's Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo is among three government officials being buried today at the Heroes Acre after they died from Covid-19. Transport Minister Joel Biggie Matiza and prisons chief Paradzai Willings Zimondi were also buried here today. (Photo by Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images) — Pallbearers carry three coffins of the government officials to the grave site at the national shrine on January 27, 2021 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The country's Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo is among three government officials being buried at the Heroes Acre after they died from Covid-19. (Photo by Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images)

SUTTON COLDFIELD, ENGLAND - JANUARY 26: An aerial drone view of recent burial chambers at Sutton New Hall Cemetery which has seen an increase in use after Handsworth Cemetery, where the section dedicated to the Muslim community has been used up faster, during the COVID-19 pandemic on January 26, 2021 in Sutton Coldfield, England. UK government figures indicate that people who have died with coronavirus in the UK has exceeded 100,000. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) — An aerial drone view of recent burial chambers at Sutton New Hall Cemetery which has seen an increase in use after Handsworth Cemetery, where the section dedicated to the Muslim community has been used up faster, during the COVID-19 pandemic on January 26, 2021 in Sutton Coldfield, England. UK government figures indicate that people who have died with coronavirus in the UK has exceeded 100,000. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

BANGKOK, THAILAND - JANUARY 25: Police tape is put in front of a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn ahead of a pro-democracy demonstraiton lead by Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak on January 25, 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand. Parit and other leaders of the protest movement gathered at the headquarters of the company that is the local producer of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to demand transparency, (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images) — Police tape is put in front of a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn ahead of a pro-democracy demonstration lead by Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak on January 25, 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)

HONG KONG, CHINA - JANUARY 24: A couple looks down of a residential building in a locked-down part of the Jordon district on January 24, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong announced a sudden lockdown of a city block on Friday, with short notice given to residents and businesses. The group of nearly 200 buildings was located in Yau Tsim Mong, a densely-packed neighbourhood that squeezes in more than 10,000 people in the space of a square kilometre. The area has been the epicentre of a spiralling Covid-19 outbreak, and is home to many of the city's ethnic minorities. People live in cramped, often illegally subdivided flats with shared sanitation facilities, unable to access housing in the rest of a metropolis because of sky high rents. Far from the gleaming skyscrapers of Victoria Harbour, residents inside the lockdown zone found themselves locked into tiny spaces - sometimes entire families squeezed into one room of 100 square feet. Residents took to windows and rooftops to see through a harrowing weekend locked in. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images) — A couple looks down of a residential building in a locked-down part of the Jordon district on January 24, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

A vendor wearing a protective mask waits for customers at a decorations store at the Yuyuan Bazaar ahead of Lunar New Year in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. The Lunar New Year begins on Feb. 12, and marks the start of the Year of the Ox. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JANUARY 22: The Azul airline commercial flight aircraft which transported from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccines arrives at the Tom Jobim International Airport on January 22, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil's Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello accompanied the arrival of 2 million imported doses of the vaccine, coming from India. According to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), vaccines produced by the Serum Institute, in India, will be ready for use after quality and safety control and labeling. The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) authorized the emergency use of the CoronaVac and the AstraZeneca vaccines against Covid-19. (Photo by Wagner Meier/Getty Images) — The Azul airline commercial flight aircraft which transported from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccines arrives at the Tom Jobim International Airport on January 22, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Wagner Meier/Getty Images)

HONG KONG, CHINA - JANUARY 23: Neighborhood residents wait in line for a mandatory Covid-19 test after locking down part of the Jordon district on January 23, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong government locked down tens of thousand of residents to contain a worsening outbreak of the coronavirus. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images) — Neighborhood residents wait in line for a mandatory Covid-19 test after locking down part of the Jordon district on January 23, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong government locked down tens of thousands of residents to contain a worsening outbreak of the coronavirus. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

Discarded syringes and empty vials of the Covid-19 vaccine, produced by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, in a bin at the Cent Quatre cultural center in Paris, France, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The European Union remains at loggerheads with AstraZeneca Plc after the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker rejected demands that it take Covid-19 vaccine supplies from its U.K. factories to increase doses going to the bloc. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images — Discarded syringes and empty vials of the Covid-19 vaccine, produced by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, in a bin at the Cent Quatre cultural center in Paris, France, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 28: Boris Johnson tries his hand at one of the tests with Kerri Symington , quality control technician (not pictured) as he visits the French biotechnology laboratory Valneva in Livingston where they will be producing a Covid 19 vaccine on a large scale on January 28, 2021 in Livingston, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson visits frontline keyworkers stating that there are great benefits of co-operating across the whole of the UK to beat the coronavirus pandemic. Opinion polls in Scotland show rising support for independence ahead of May's Holyrood elections. (Photo by Wattie Cheung-WPA Pool/Getty Images) — Boris Johnson tries his hand at one of the tests with Kerri Symington , quality control technician (not pictured) as he visits the French biotechnology laboratory Valneva in Livingston where they will be producing a Covid 19 vaccine on a large scale on January 28, 2021 in Livingston, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. (Photo by Wattie Cheung-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 26: People hold up signs and crosses as they participate in the "Left to Die" march on January 26, 2021 in New York City. New Immigrant Community Empowerment joined immigrant workers and their families in a march from Union Square to Time Square calling for economic relief and immigration reform after feeling left out of government efforts during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) — People hold up signs and crosses as they participate in the "Left to Die" march on January 26, 2021 in New York City. New Immigrant Community Empowerment joined immigrant workers and their families in a march from Union Square to Time Square calling for economic relief and immigration reform after feeling left out of government efforts during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 23: National Guard Citizen-soldiers listen during a U.S. Capitol tour on January 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. Due to COVID-19, Capitol tours had been restricted since March 13, 2020, but have exclusively been reopened for National Guard members. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) — National Guard Citizen-soldiers listen during a U.S. Capitol tour on January 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. Due to COVID-19, Capitol tours had been restricted since March 13, 2020, but have exclusively been reopened for National Guard members. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Pedestrians walk past the Trump World Tower building in New York, U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. Donald Trump's name is emblazoned on buildings across Manhattan, usually spelled out in large gold lettering. Now, some unit owners fear that having his name on their building could harm the value of their investment. Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images

HAPPISBURGH, ENGLAND - JANUARY 27: A man walks his bicycle past a recent landslip on the cliff edge and beach in the village of Happisburgh on January 27, 2021 in Happisburgh, England. Erosion of the Norfolk sandy cliffs and sand dunes has caused many buildings and farmland to be lost to the sea. The effects of global climate change causing storms and sea swells has seen the East Coast of the United Kingdom lose up to one metre of coast line each year. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) — A man walks his bicycle past a recent landslip on the cliff edge and beach in the village of Happisburgh on January 27, 2021 in Happisburgh, England. Erosion of the Norfolk sandy cliffs and sand dunes has caused many buildings and farmland to be lost to the sea. The effects of global climate change causing storms and sea swells has seen the East Coast of the United Kingdom lose up to one metre of coast line each year. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Veldbrand het Maandag-middag uitgebreek in Zoarvlei in Milnerton, langs Mariene-rylaan. Brandsweerpersoneel het hul hande vol gehad om die brand in die vleiland onder beheer te bring wat aangehelp was deur sterk winde. foto: Jaco Marais 25 January 2021