Top 10 pictures of the week from around the world

A selection of top news pictures from US, Asia, Europe and around the globe

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Migrants are rescued off the coast of Lampedusa on Tuesday Jan. 25, 2022. Seven migrants have died and some 280 have been rescued by the Italian Coast Guard after they were discovered in a packed wooden boat off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa.
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A woman looks at lanterns at the traditional Lunar New Year "Tet" market in the old quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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Workers continue in a clean-up campaign after an oil spill, on Cavero Beach in the Ventanilla district of Callao, Peru, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. The oil spill on the Peruvian coast was caused by the waves from an eruption of an undersea volcano in the South Pacific nation of Tonga.
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In this aerial photo a farmer works in a field in Karanigonj on the outskirts of Dhaka on January 27, 2022.
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A peasant fights a bushfire in Guatavita, near Bogota, on January 22 2022. - The bushfire has destroyed dozen of hectares of native vegetation and is out of control according to local authorities.
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People walk along a bridge over a polluted area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 24, 2022.
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Emirati men walk their camels at sunrise during the Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival in the desert near the city of Madinat Zayed, some 150 kms west of the capital Abu Dhabi, on January 23, 2022. - The festival, which attracts participants from around the Gulf region, includes a camel beauty contest, a display of UAE handcrafts and other activities aimed at promoting the country's folklore.
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A vehicle is seen buried in the ash from the Cumbre Vieja volcano in Las Manchas neighbourhood, on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, January 20, 2022.
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Fish farm cultivator Ioannis Ouzounoglou collects fish that died from low temperatures, at his fish farm in Richo lagoon, in Igoumenitsa, Greece, January 26, 2022. Picture taken January 26, 2022. Picture taken with a drone.
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Two men transport goods on a pushcart as vehicles move past the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj train terminus building that is illuminated on the eve of India's Republic Day in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022.

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