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The Week in Pictures, Jan. 21 - Jan. 27

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• Jan. 27: People lay down flowers during the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in front of the entrance at the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany.
• Jan. 27: A parrot sits on a steel rod pierced through a devotee's cheek at a Murugan Temple in Chennai, India.
• Jan. 26: A traditional representation of the demon god Ravana passes by the crowd during the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, India.
• Jan. 26: Katie Uhlaender from the United States starts at the Womens' Skeleton World Championship on the Olympia Bob Run in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
• Jan. 26: Palestinian militants from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades gather during a rally in the West Bank city of Nablus.
• Jan. 25: An overturned semi-truck and other semis are strewn across both sides of Interstate in Erie, Pa.
• Jan. 25: Workers heat up railroad tracks near Nekoosa, Wis.
• Jan. 25: Firefighters try to extinguish burning cars after confrontations between Government and opposition members in Beirut, Lebanon.
• Jan. 24: Animal keepers Arpad Kover, left, Gabor Szoke, second left, and Peter Czifra, right, lift the Budapest Zoo's newborn southern white rhinoceros calf.
• Jan. 24: Freeport firefighters extricate Missy Struthers from her SUV after an accident in Freeport, Maine.
• Jan. 23: A Hindu holy man pours water on another at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati in Allahabad, India.
• Jan. 23: Lebanese protesters hold banners and jump through burning blockades in the southern city of Sidon.
• Jan. 22: A model displays lingerie by Colombia's fashion designer Ines Vanegas during a show in Medellin, Colombia.
• Jan. 22: Relatives grieve over lost loved ones at al-Kindi hospital in Baghdad, Iraq; Two nearly simultaneous bombs killed at least 88.
• Jan. 22: The container ship MSC Napoli lies on its side off the coast at Branscombe Beach, in southwest England, guarded by a tug boat.
• Jan. 22: Anti-abortion demonstrators march in Washington on the 34th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
• Jan. 22: A Los Angeles County firefighter reels from the flames during a late afternoon wildfire that broke out near Westlake Village, Calif.
• Jan. 22: This photo shows giant panda cub Tai Shan, bottom, playing in the snow with his mother, Mei Xiang at the National Zoo in Washington.
• Jan. 22: Indian soldiers rehearse for the upcoming Beating the Retreat ceremony as part of the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi.
• Lakers' Kobe Bryant, left, gets low as he dribbles around Golden State Warriors' Stephen Jackson in Los Angeles.
• Jan. 21: A fan watches the Bears and Saints warm-up before the NFC championship playoff football game in Chicago.
• Jan. 21: Benito, a 5-year-old Chihuahua, drinks beer from a bottle in the southern town of Hulst, Netherlands.
• Jan. 27: Sen. John Kerry (left) talks with former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.