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Our World in pictures: Week 7 of 2021

Here is an incomplete, yet surprising and moving gallery of images of this week’s events around the world.
Our World in pictures: Week 7 of 2021 A newspaper buried in snow in McKinney, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The energy crisis crippling the U.S. showed few signs of abating Tuesday as blackouts left almost 5 million customers without electricity, while refineries and oil wells were shut during unprecedented freezing weather. Photographer: Cooper Neill/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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HARARE, ZIMBABWE - FEBRUARY 15: A Sinopharm vaccine shipment arrives at the Harare International Airport on February 15, 2021 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The shipment comprised 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated by China, one of the first deliveries of covid-19 vaccine to Africa. The Zimbabwean government has purchases 600,000 more doses of the same vaccine, which will reportedly arrive next month. (Photo by Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images)
A Sinopharm vaccine shipment arrives at the Harare International Airport on February 15, 2021 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The shipment comprised 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated by China, one of the first deliveries of covid-19 vaccine to Africa. (Photo by Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images)
South Africans watch as President Ramaphosa receives the first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine on February 01, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to a media release the arrival of the first consignment at OR Tambo International Airport marks the start of the vaccine rollout which the Presidency has described as the largest and most complex logistical vaccine undertaking in the country’s history. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 17: President Cyril Ramaphosa gets vaccinated at the launch of Western Cape COVID-19 Vaccination Programme at Khayelitsha Distrcit Hospital on February 17, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that the first vaccinations will be given to health workers as part of the national vaccination programme. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
President Cyril Ramaphosa gets vaccinated at the launch of the Western Cape COVID-19 Vaccination Programme at Khayelitsha District Hospital on February 17, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa.  (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 17: An overview of Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital during David Makhura (Gauteng Premier ) visit to observe the commencement of the vaccination programme on February 17, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is reported that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrived in the country this week. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
An overview of Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital during David Makhura (Gauteng Premier ) visit to observe the commencement of the vaccination programme on February 17, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
BOSTON, MA - FEBRUARY 16: The scoreboard displays a message that 10,000 vaccines have been administered as the ballpark is opened as a COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic public vaccination site on February 16, 2021 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
The scoreboard displays a message that 10,000 vaccines have been administered as the ballpark is opened as a COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic public vaccination site on February 16, 2021 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
VAN, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 11: In this aerial photograph taken with a drone, members of the Gevas Public Health Center vaccination team walk through the snow to vaccinate a resident with the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine during a house call in the village of Kayalar on February 11, 2021 in Van, Turkey. Since shipments of the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine arrived in Turkey on December 30, 2020, medical teams across the country have been working house to house to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to elderly and vulnerable citizens. For the members of the Van City, Gevas Province Public Health Centre vaccination teams, who specialise in remote locations, often high in the mountains or villages that have become inaccessible by car, due to heavy snowfall and road closures, house calls pose many unique challenges. The teams are often forced to hand carry the vaccine for kilometres through deep snow and mud to gain access to the village and administer the vaccine. Since the start of the vaccine campaign in Turkey the two specialist mobile teams have vaccinated more than 130 citizens in rural villages, some as old as 106. Turkey's official drug and medical equipment body approved the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine for emergency use against the novel coronavirus on the 13th of January 2020. According to data from Turkey’s Health Ministry the country has vaccinated more than 3.6 million people. The death toll from the coronavirus in Turkey has reached more than 27,000 and the number of infections has topped 2.5 million since mid-March 2020. Globally more than 107 million people have been infected by the virus. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
In this aerial photograph taken with a drone, members of the Gevas Public Health Center vaccination team walk through the snow to vaccinate a resident with the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine during a house call in the village of Kayalar on February 11, 2021 in Van, Turkey.  (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WA - FEBRUARY 17: Lin Wilson, who goes by Captain Quidel, holds Kai, a macaw owned by a woman passing by, on February 17, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. Wilson travels around the region in the Quidel Flu Bug, which is topped with a giant replica virus, while working as a volunteer and making appearances at popular attractions as part of her marketing job. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
Lin Wilson, who goes by Captain Quidel, holds Kai, a macaw owned by a woman passing by, on February 17, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. Wilson travels around the region in the Quidel Flu Bug, which is topped with a giant replica virus, while working as a volunteer and making appearances at popular attractions as part of her marketing job. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
National Guard members from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan patrol the US Capitol on February 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. House impeachment managers will make the case that Trump was singularly responsible for the January 6th attack at the U.S. Capitol and he should be convicted and barred from ever holding public office again. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
National Guard members from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan patrol the US Capitol on February 13, 2021 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino is imploded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The one-time jewel of former President Donald Trump's casino empire will be gone, clearing the way for a prime development opportunity on the middle of the Boardwalk, where the Plaza used to market itself as Atlantic Citys centerpiece. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino is imploded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The one-time jewel of former President Donald Trump's casino empire will be gone, clearing the way for a prime development opportunity on the middle of the Boardwalk, where the Plaza used to market itself as Atlantic City's centerpiece. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - FEBRUARY 17: (EDITORS NOTE: IMAGE CONTAINS PROFANITY) A man carries a placard near a pile of debris from the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino after it was imploded on February 17, 2021 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After 30 years of operation the Trump Plaza was imploded after closing its doors in 2014. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)
A man carries a placard near a pile of debris from the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino after it was imploded on February 17, 2021 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: An L.E.D. truck displaying messages expressing concern over the continuing mass deportations of Black immigrants drives past the Washington Monument prior to a #BidenAlsoDeports rally on February 15, 2021 in Washington, DC.. The rally was held to raise the alarm over continued mass deportations of Black immigrants. Advocates say that unraveling the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) does not protect Black immigrants and that the US government is using Title 42 to weaponize the Covid19 public health crisis by “expelling”/ deporting Black immigrants. Groups who rallied included Haitian Bridge Alliance, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, African Bureau for Immigration and Social Affairs (ABISA), Black Immigrant Collective (BIC), Black Immigrants Bail Fund, Migration Matters, and Refugee African Communities Together. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for UndocuBlack Network)
An L.E.D. truck displaying messages expressing concern over the continuing mass deportations of Black immigrants drives past the Washington Monument prior to a #BidenAlsoDeports rally on February 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for UndocuBlack Network)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: A couple kiss with the Empire State building behind them in pink lights on Valentine's Day on February 14, 2021 in the Little Italy neighborhood in New York City. Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, couples are still out celebrating Valentine's Day. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
A couple kiss with the Empire State building behind them in pink lights on Valentine's Day on February 14, 2021 in the Little Italy neighborhood in New York City.  (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
WUHAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14: (CHINA OUT)A couple stand in front of the heart shape balloon poses take <br>pictures in Shopping Mall on February 14, 2021 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.The day is both Valentine's day and the third day of the lunar new year.China is marking the Spring Festival which begins with the Lunar New Year on February 12, ushering in the Year of the Ox, And with no recorded cases of COVID-19 community transmissions since May 2020, life for residents in Wuhan is gradually returning to normal. (Photo by Getty Images)
A couple stands in front of the heart shape balloon poses to take pictures in Shopping Mall on February 14, 2021 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. (Photo by Getty Images)
PATTAYA, THAILAND - FEBRUARY 14: Couples riding elephants walk in a procession during a mass wedding on Valentines Day at the Nong Nuch Tropical Garden on February 14, 2021 in Pattaya, Thailand. Each year couples travel to Pattaya to get their marriage license while sitting atop an elephant at the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, where village heads and district officials act as witnesses for the couples' marriages. Valentines Day in Thailand is considered an auspicious day to get married and having the ceremony atop an elephants back is believed to bring prosperity to the couples life. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)
Couples riding elephants walk in a procession during a mass wedding on Valentines Day at the Nong Nuch Tropical Garden on February 14, 2021 in Pattaya, Thailand. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)
CABAZON, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 14: The Cabazon Dinosaurs are seen painted in celebration of Valentine's Day on February 14, 2021 in Cabazon, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
The Cabazon Dinosaurs are seen painted in celebration of Valentine's Day on February 14, 2021 in Cabazon, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 14: (Editors note: Image Contains Nudity) Activists of the Femen group protest at the arrival of the VOX candidate, Ignacio Garriga, at the electoral college during Catalonia's Regional Elections on February 14, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. In a survey, a third of those chosen by a draw to perform the civic duty of running polling locations on election day said they are worried about the risk of Covid-19 contagion. Spain has been amongst the worst-hit nations by the Coronavirus pandemic, and although the average number of infections has fallen the death rate remains high. (Photo by Cesc Maymo/Getty Images)
Activists of the Femen group protest at the arrival of the VOX candidate, Ignacio Garriga, at the electoral college during Catalonia's Regional Elections on February 14, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Cesc Maymo/Getty Images)
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 14: Voters line up in the rain to cast their ballots for regional Catalan elections outside the Barcelona football stadium, Camp Nou, on February 14, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. In a survey, a third of those chosen by a draw to perform the civic duty of running polling locations on election day said they are worried about the risk of Covid-19 contagion. Spain has been amongst the worst-hit nations by the Coronavirus pandemic, and although the average number of infections has fallen the death rate remains high. (Photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/Getty Images)
Voters line up in the rain to cast their ballots for regional Catalan elections outside the Barcelona football stadium, Camp Nou, on February 14, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.  (Photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 17: A clergy member from Munholland United Methodist Church spreads ashes on the forehead of a congregant in the drive-thru Ash Wednesday prayer and imposition of ashes on February 17, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten period leading up to Easter, when Christians believe Jesus was resurrected. The event was held with COVID-19 safety precautions in mind, as ashes were administered with a long q-tip instead of by hand. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
A clergy member from Munholland United Methodist Church spreads ashes on the forehead of a congregant in the drive-thru Ash Wednesday prayer and imposition of ashes on February 17, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten period leading up to Easter, when Christians believe Jesus was resurrected. The event was held with COVID-19 safety precautions in mind, as ashes were administered with a long q-tip instead of by hand. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
PIZACAVIÑA, BOLIVIA - FEBRUARY 17: A man plays a Pututu during a ritual to thank for the potatoes on February 17, 2021 in Pizacaviña, Bolivia. (Photo by Gaston Brito Miserocchi/Getty Images)
A man plays a Pututu during a ritual to thank for the potatoes on February 17, 2021 in Pizacaviña, Bolivia. (Photo by Gaston Brito Miserocchi/Getty Images)
ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white.) Models pose on the runway during rehearsal ahead the Casa Preti "Ama" Fashion Show during the Altaroma 2021 on February 19, 2021 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images)
Models pose on the runway during rehearsal ahead the Casa Preti "Ama" Fashion Show during the Altaroma 2021 on February 19, 2021 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images)
MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 17: A model walks the runway during the 'Relieve' fashion show at the White Lab Gallery on February 17, 2021 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
A model walks the runway during the 'Relieve' fashion show at the White Lab Gallery on February 17, 2021 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 16: Serena Williams of the United States plays a forehand in her Women's Singles Quarterfinals match against Simona Halep of Romania during day nine of the 2021 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on February 16, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)
Serena Williams of the United States plays a forehand in her Women's Singles Quarterfinals match against Simona Halep of Romania during day nine of the 2021 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on February 16, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 13: Karolina Muchova of Czech Republic plays a forehand in her Women's Singles third round match against Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic during day six of the 2021 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on February 13, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)
Karolina Muchova of Czech Republic plays a forehand in her Women's Singles third round match against Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic during day six of the 2021 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on February 13, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)
WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: Goring ridden by Charles Bishop during the Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap at Wolverhampton Racecourse on February 15, 2021 in Wolverhampton, England. (Photo by Mike Egerton - Pool/Getty Images)
Goring ridden by Charles Bishop during the Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap at Wolverhampton Racecourse on February 15, 2021 in Wolverhampton, England. (Photo by Mike Egerton - Pool/Getty Images)
MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 15: A pupil practices with bullfighting 'banderillas', as another pupil pushes a bullfighting cart during a class at the Bullfighting School of Las Ventas bullring on February 15, 2021 in Madrid, Spain. Las Ventas is the largest bullfighting ring in Spain, and home to some of the most admired bullfighters in the country. The academy, which is open to both girls and boys from the age of nine years-old, was closed for several months at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
A pupil practices with bullfighting 'banderillas', as another pupil pushes a bullfighting cart during a class at the Bullfighting School of Las Ventas bullring on February 15, 2021 in Madrid, Spain.  (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 14: Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Discount Tire Ford, Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 DoorDash Toyota, and Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&amp;M's Toyota, are involved in an on-track incident during the NASCAR Cup Series 63rd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Discount Tire Ford, Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 DoorDash Toyota, and Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&amp;M's Toyota, are involved in an on-track incident during the NASCAR Cup Series 63rd Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
ALTENBERG, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 13: Michael Vogt, Silvio Weber, Sandro Michael and Andreas Haas for Switzerland compete in their second run during the IBSF World Championships 2021 Altenberg 4-Man Bobsleigh competition at the at Eiskanal Altenberg on February 13, 2021 in Altenberg, Germany. (Photo by Martin Rose/Getty Images)
Michael Vogt, Silvio Weber, Sandro Michael and Andreas Haas for Switzerland compete in their second run during the IBSF World Championships 2021 Altenberg 4-Man Bobsleigh competition at the at Eiskanal Altenberg on February 13, 2021 in Altenberg, Germany. (Photo by Martin Rose/Getty Images)
HEERENVEEN, NETHERLANDS - FEBRUARY 14: (EDITORS NOTE: Multiple exposures were combined in camera to produce this image.) Ted-Jan Bloemen of Canada competes in the 10000m Mens race during Day 4 of the ISU World Speed Skating Championships at Thialf Arena on February 14, 2021 in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
Ted-Jan Bloemen of Canada competes in the 10000m Mens race during Day 4 of the ISU World Speed Skating Championships at Thialf Arena on February 14, 2021 in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
ATHENS, GREECE - FEBRUARY 16: A man takes photos of The Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill archaeological site during a heavy snowfall in Athens on February 16, 2021 in Athens, Greece. Athens, currently in a two-week Covid-19 lockdown, woke up to a rare amount of snow not seen in the city centre for several decades. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)
A man takes photos of The Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill archaeological site during a heavy snowfall in Athens on February 16, 2021 in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)
SANDTON CITY, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 17: A Mirage III fighter jet is perched on top of the FuturExotics Lifestyle Emporium along Sandton Drive on February 17, 2021 in Sandton City, South Africa. It is reported that the intriguing architectural feature is intended to be the key attraction of the establishment which hopes to open its doors to the public in September. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)
A Mirage III fighter jet is perched on top of the FuturExotics Lifestyle Emporium along Sandton Drive on February 17, 2021 in Sandton City, South Africa. It is reported that the intriguing architectural feature is intended to be the key attraction of the establishment which hopes to open its doors to the public in September. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)

Thank you to Kim McCarthy from Gallo Images for her generous help in the production of this image selection. DM/ ML

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