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The Day in Pictures: Ski Championship in Austria, and the Princess Charlene of Monaco attends the Ceremony of the Sainte-Devote

The world of sports and politics were in the spotlight on 27 January 2023. In Austria, Finland's Waltteri Karhumaa competed in the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ski jumping competition. Slovakia's Jozef Ninis took part in the Women's double qualification runs at the FIL Luge World Championships in Oberhof, Germany. China's Wenhao Chen was seen competing in the men's skeleton race at the IBSF Skeleton World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Monaco's Prince Albert II, Princess Charlene and their twin children Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella attended a procession for Saint Devote, patron saint of Monaco. A candlelight vigil was held to honour victims of two mass shootings in California by Dyanna Volek, Marie Tang and Lily Chan. King Charles III and Camilla lit a candle for Holocaust Memorial Day alongside Holocaust survivor Dr Martin Stern and Amouna Adam from Darfur genocide. Joanna Lumley and Rozette Kats spoke during special sessions to commemorate victims of Nazi persecution on Holocaust Remembrance Day which included homosexuals. Flowers were placed by participants at Gleis 17 memorial in Berlin on Holocaust Remembrance Day as a sign of remembrance for all victims who suffered under Nazi rule during WWII.
The Day in Pictures: Ski Championship in Austria, and the Princess Charlene of Monaco attends the Ceremony of the Sainte-Devote Martin Fritz of Austria in action during the ski jumping part of the Men’s Gundersen Normal Hill HS109/7.5km competition of the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld, Austria, 27 January 2023. EPA-EFE/ANNA SZILAGYI
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epa10433482 Waltteri Karhumaa of Finland in action during the ski jumping part of the Men’s Gundersen Normal Hill HS109/7.5km competition of the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld, Austria, 27 January 2023. EPA-EFE/ANNA SZILAGYI
Waltteri Karhumaa of Finland in action during the ski jumping part of the Men’s Gundersen Normal Hill HS109/7.5km competition of the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld, Austria, 27 January 2023. EPA-EFE/ANNA SZILAGYI
OBERHOF, GERMANY - JANUARY 27: Jozef Ninis of Slovakia competes during the Women's double qualification runs during day 1 of the FIL Luge World Championships on January 27, 2023 in Oberhof, Germany. (Photo by Martin Rose/Getty Images)
Jozef Ninis of Slovakia competes during the Women's double qualification runs on day 1 of the FIL Luge World Championships on January 27, 2023 in Oberhof, Germany. (Photo by Martin Rose/Getty Images)
epaselect epa10433389 Wenhao Chen of China in action during the men's skeleton race at the IBSF Skeleton World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, 27 January 2023. EPA-EFE/MAYK WENDT
Wenhao Chen of China in action during the men's skeleton race at the IBSF Skeleton World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, 27 January 2023. EPA-EFE/MAYK WENDT
epa10433529 Prince Albert II of Monaco (rear R), his wife Princess Charlene (rear L), and their twin children Prince Jacques (front L) and Princess Gabriella (front R) attend a procession on the second day of the traditional celebrations of St. Devote, at the Palace in Monaco, 27 January 2023. Saint Devote is the patron saint of Monaco. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER
Prince Albert II of Monaco (rear R), his wife Princess Charlene (rear L), and their twin children Prince Jacques (front L) and Princess Gabriella (front R) attend a procession on the second day of the traditional celebrations of St. Devote, at the Palace in Monaco, 27 January 2023. Saint Devote is the patron saint of Monaco. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER
epa10433516 Princess Charlene leaves the Cathedral of Monaco after attending mass, as part of the official ceremonies for the traditional festivities of St. Devote, at the Palace in Monaco, 27 January 2023. Saint Devote is the patron saint of Monaco. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER
Princess Charlene leaves the Cathedral of Monaco after attending mass, as part of the official ceremonies for the traditional festivities of St. Devote, at the Palace in Monaco, 27 January 2023. Saint Devote is the patron saint of Monaco. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER
epa10433531 The relic of Saint Devote arrives at the Palace of Monaco on the second day of the traditional celebrations of St. Devote in Monaco, 27 January 2023. Saint Devote is the patron saint of Monaco. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER
The relic of Saint Devote arrives at the Palace of Monaco on the second day of the traditional celebrations of St. Devote in Monaco, 27 January 2023. Saint Devote is the patron saint of Monaco. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER
MONACO, MONACO - JANUARY 27: (NO TABLOIDS, NO VOICI, NO CLOSER) Princess Charlene of Monaco, Prince Jacques of Monaco and Princess Gabriella of Monaco attend the Ceremony Of The Sainte-Devote on January 27, 2023 in Monaco, Monaco. (Photo by PLS Pool/Getty Images)
Princess Charlene of Monaco, Prince Jacques of Monaco and Princess Gabriella of Monaco attend the Ceremony Of The Sainte-Devote on January 27, 2023 in Monaco, Monaco. (Photo by PLS Pool/Getty Images)
MONACO, MONACO - JANUARY 27: (NO TABLOIDS, NO VOICI, NO CLOSER) Prince Jacques of Monaco and Princess Gabriella of Monaco attend the Ceremony Of The Sainte-Devote on January 27, 2023 in Monaco, Monaco. (Photo by PLS Pool/Getty Images)
Prince Jacques of Monaco and Princess Gabriella of Monaco attend the Ceremony Of The Sainte-Devote on January 27, 2023 in Monaco, Monaco. (Photo by PLS Pool/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 26: (L-R) Dyanna Volek, Marie Tang and Lily Chan hold candles during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the recent mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay on January 26, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil to honor the victims of back-to-back mass shootings in northern and southern California this past week. 18 people were shot and killed in the separate events. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
(L-R) Dyanna Volek, Marie Tang and Lily Chan hold candles during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the recent mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay on January 26, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil to honor the victims of back-to-back mass shootings in northern and southern California this past week. 18 people were shot and killed in the separate events. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 27: King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort light a candle at Buckingham Palace to mark Holocaust Memorial Day alongside Holocaust survivor Dr Martin Stern (R) and a survivor of the Darfur genocide, Amouna Adam (L) on January 27, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort light a candle at Buckingham Palace to mark Holocaust Memorial Day alongside Holocaust survivor Dr Martin Stern (R) and a survivor of the Darfur genocide, Amouna Adam (L) on January 27, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 27: Joanna Lumley and Holocaust Survivor, Martin stern handout candles on Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) in Piccadilly on January 27, 2023 in London, England. Holocaust Memorial Day held annually on the 27 January, is a commemoration dedicated to the remembrance of the Jews and others who suffered Nazi Persecution in the Holocaust. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Joanna Lumley and Holocaust Survivor, Martin stern handout candles on Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) in Piccadilly on January 27, 2023 in London, England. Holocaust Memorial Day held annually on the 27 January, is a commemoration dedicated to the remembrance of the Jews and others who suffered Nazi Persecution in the Holocaust. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 27: Holocaust survivor Rozette Kats speaks during a special session of the Bundestag to commemorate victims of the Nazis during Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year is placing special emphasis on victims who were homosexuals, on January 27, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls on the anniversary of the January 27, 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, commemorates the millions of people murdered and persecuted by the Nazis from the 1930s and into World War II. The victims include over five million Jews, as well as political opponents, Roma, other religious groups and homosexuals. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)
Holocaust survivor Rozette Kats speaks during a special session of the Bundestag to commemorate victims of the Nazis during Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year is placing special emphasis on victims who were homosexuals, on January 27, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls on the anniversary of the January 27, 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, commemorates the millions of people murdered and persecuted by the Nazis from the 1930s and into World War II. The victims include over five million Jews, as well as political opponents, Roma, other religious groups and homosexuals. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 27: A flowers left by a participant lies at the railway tracks at the Gleis 17 memorial during a small commemoration gathering on Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. The Gleis 17 memorial is located at the train platform from which the Nazis deported thousands of Berlin Jews by rail to the Auschwitz and Theresienstadt concentration camps during World War II. Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls on the anniversary of the January 27, 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, commemorates the millions of people murdered and persecuted by the Nazis from the 1930s and into World War II. The victims include over five million Jews, as well as political opponents, Roma, other religious groups and homosexuals. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
A flower left by a participant lies at the railway tracks at the Gleis 17 memorial during a small commemoration gathering on Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2023 in Berlin, Germany.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
epaselect epa10433455 Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan burns a copy of the Koran in front of a mosque at Noerrebro in Copenhagen, Denmark, 27 January 2023. EPA-EFE/Olafur Steinar Gestsson DENMARK OUT
Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan burns a copy of the Koran in front of a mosque at Noerrebro in Copenhagen, Denmark, 27 January 2023. EPA-EFE/Olafur Steinar Gestsson
Iranians burn Sweden's flag during an anti-Sweden rally after the Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran, Iran, 27 January 2023. Iran harshly condemned the burning of the Koran in Sweden by the Leader of the far-right Danish political party Stram Kurs, Rasmus Paludan, in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on 21 January 2023. EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Iranians burn Sweden's flag during an anti-Sweden rally after the Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran, Iran, 27 January 2023. Iran harshly condemned the burning of the Koran in Sweden by the Leader of the far-right Danish political party Stram Kurs, Rasmus Paludan, in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on 21 January 2023. EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
epaselect epa10433440 Honour guards take part in a wreaths laying ceremony at the Piskarevskoe Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, 27 January 2023, marking the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad (Soviet-era name of St. Petersburg) from Nazi blockade in the WWII. Up to 700,000 civilians are believed to have died from hunger, frost, shelling and air bombardment during the siege that lasted some 900 days. EPA-EFE/ANATOLY MALTSEV
Honour guards take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Piskarevskoe Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, 27 January 2023, marking the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad (Soviet-era name of St. Petersburg) from Nazi blockade in WWII. Up to 700,000 civilians are believed to have died from hunger, frost, shelling, and air bombardment during the siege that lasted some 900 days. EPA-EFE/ANATOLY MALTSEV
epaselect epa10433378 An artist paints calligraphy at a stall at the Temple of Literature, in Hanoi, Vietnam, 27 January 2023. Vietnamese people usually decorate their houses with calligraphy paintings during Tet, or Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year. EPA-EFE/LUONG THAI LINH
An artist paints calligraphy at a stall at the Temple of Literature, in Hanoi, Vietnam, 27 January 2023. Vietnamese people usually decorate their houses with calligraphy paintings during Tet, or Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year. EPA-EFE/LUONG THAI LINH
epa10433572 The artwork Two Kneeling Figures (1966) by American painter Wayne Thiebaud (1920-2021) is on view in the Fondation Beyeler Museum in Riehen, Switzerland, 27 January 2023. EPA-EFE/GEORGIOS KEFALAS
The artwork Two Kneeling Figures (1966) by American painter Wayne Thiebaud (1920-2021) is on view in the Fondation Beyeler Museum in Riehen, Switzerland, 27 January 2023. EPA-EFE/GEORGIOS KEFALAS
epaselect epa10433335 Schoolchildren with face paint resembling tigers take part in a 'Kids for Tigers' campaign in Bangalore, India 27 January 2023. The campaign tries to raise awareness on environmental education with outreach programs, workshops, and information on saving tigers in schools and colleges across the country. EPA-EFE/JAGADEESH NV
Schoolchildren with face paint resembling tigers take part in a 'Kids for Tigers' campaign in Bangalore, India 27 January 2023. The campaign tries to raise awareness on environmental education with outreach programs, workshops, and information on saving tigers in schools and colleges across the country. EPA-EFE/JAGADEESH NV
CAIRO, EGYPT- JANUARY 26: An Egyptian archaeologist restores antiquities after the announcement of new discoveries in Gisr el-Mudir in Saqqara, on January 26, 2023 in Giza, Egypt. (Photo by Fadel Dawod/Getty Images)
An Egyptian archaeologist restores antiquities after the announcement of new discoveries in Gisr el-Mudir in Saqqara, on January 26, 2023 in Giza, Egypt. (Photo by Fadel Dawod/Getty Images) DM/ ML

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