Week in pictures: 14-20 January 2023 - BBC News

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Passengers wait to board trains at Shanghai's Hongqiao railway station
ALY SONG / REUTERS

Passengers wait to board trains at Shanghai's Hongqiao railway station during the annual Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Melissa Foley clears debris as the San Lorenzo River rises
DAVID SWANSON / REUTERS

Melissa Foley clears debris as the San Lorenzo River rises in Felton Grove, California, which has been badly hit by flooding. Thousands of people in the state have been told to evacuate their homes.

Aerial view of a corn field displaying an image of the face of Argentine football star Lionel Messi
NICOLAS AGUILERA / AFP

An image of the face of Argentine footballer Lionel Messi appears in a field in Ballesteros, Argentina. The design, by agricultural engineer Carlos Faricelli, was made using precision planting.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt (left), Sara Britcliffe MP and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a community project visit to Accrington Market Hall in Lancashire
CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/PA MEDIA

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, MP Sara Britcliffe and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak publicise the UK government's latest awards from its Levelling Up fund. Almost £20m will go towards improving the town square in Accrington, Lancashire, where Ms Britcliffe is MP - one of 111 areas across the UK to benefit.

Jacinda Ardern following the announcement of her resignation at the War Memorial Hall, in Napier, New Zealand
KERRY MARSHALL / GETTY IMAGES

Jacinda Ardern quit as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year's election, saying she no longer had "enough in the tank" to lead. Ms Ardern became the youngest female head of government in the world when she was elected prime minister in 2017, aged 37.

French SNCF workers on strike hold flares during a demonstration against the French government's pension reform plan in Paris
SARAH MEYSSONNIER / REUTERS

More than a million people joined a day of protests and strikes against plans to push back the age of retirement in France from 62 to 64, according to France's interior ministry. Striking SNCF staff in Paris held flares aloft while making their protest.

A white-tailed eagle
ATTILA KOVACS / EPA-EFE

A white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) prepares to spread its wings in the Hortobagy National Park during the annual count of birds of prey wintering in Hungary.

A kitchen inside an apartment block heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, Dnipro, Ukraine
YAN DOBRONOSOV / REUTERS

A kitchen is left exposed by a Russian missile which destroyed part of the apartment building in Dnipro, Ukraine. Boxing coach Mykhailo Korenovsky was one of at least 40 killed in the attack. His wife and children reportedly survived.

Maty Diop plays football outside her house
ZOHRA BENSEMRA / REUTERS

A footballer practises her skills near her home on the outskirts of Dakar, in Senegal,

Actor Jeff Bridges accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California
MARIO ANZUONI / REUTERS

Actor Jeff Bridges accepts the Lifetime Achievement award during the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California.