Week in pictures: 31 December 2022 - 6 January 2023 - BBC News

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An Elvis Presley impersonator leans against the Elvis Express train at Sydney Central Railway Station
AIMI JOY / REUTERS

An Elvis Presley impersonator leans against the Elvis Express in Sydney before the train departs for the Parkes Elvis Festival, around seven hours inland.

Children play at the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, China
HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP

Children play during the opening ceremony of the 39th Harbin China International Ice and Snow Festival.

Keeper Jessica Ray poses with a clipboard in front of a tank of Humboldt penguins
TOBY MELVILLE / REUTERS

Keeper Jessica Ray poses with a clipboard in front of a tank of Humboldt penguins during the annual stocktake at ZSL London Zoo.

Team Audi during the Dakar Rally
HAMAD I MOHAMMED / REUTERS

Team Audi Sport's Mattias Ekstrom and co-driver Emil Bergkvist on stage two of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.

Cardinals attend the funeral of former Pope Benedict
GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE / REUTERS

Cardinals attend the funeral of former Pope Benedict in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. The former Pope died on New Year's Eve at the age of 95, almost a decade after standing down because of ill health.

A man wears a jersey of Brazilian football legend Pele as people queue to get in the Urbano Caldeira stadium
CARL DE SOUZA / AFP

Mourners queue to pay respects to Pele while he was lying in state at the stadium of his former club Santos. Pele, a three-time World Cup winner, died at the age of 82 on 29 December.

A prawn fisherman walks into the Sine Saloum Delta in Senegal
JOHN WESSELS/ AFP

A fisherman walks into the Sine Saloum Delta in Senegal ahead of a night of fishing for prawns.

A woman carries a dog away from a wildfire
JUAN GONZALEZ / REUTERS

A woman walks to safety as wildfire causes damage to homes in rural areas around Santa Juana, Chile.

Frances Caroline Colombo skiing
JURE MAKOVEC / AFP

Frances Caroline Colombo, seen in silhouette, competes in the women's 7.5km (4.6 miles) sprint competition at the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka, Slovenia.

Fireworks behind Big Ben in London
JEFF OVERS / BBC

Fireworks light up the sky over London as part of the new year celebrations which were watched by crowds of more than 100,000 on the banks of the River Thames.