Week in pictures: 21-27 January 2023 - BBC News

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A woman in costume takes part in the parade of Carnival de Sainte-Rose in Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe.

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Members of historical society The Sealed Knot re-enact the Battle of Nantwich for the 50th time on Mill Island in Nantwich, Cheshire. The battle took place in 1644 between the Roundheads (Parliamentarians), commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the Cavaliers (Royalists) commanded by Lord Byron and became one of the key events of the first English Civil War.

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Kylie Jenner attends the Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring Summer 2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week. Monday's show featured several eye-catching looks, the most headline-grabbing being the lion and snow leopard 3D heads jutting out from a velvet and faux fur gown respectively.

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Chelsea's Lauren James reacts after missing a chance to score in the FA Women's League Cup quarter-final game against Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea won 3-1 to book a place in the semi-finals.

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Hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil in San Francisco to honour the victims of back-to-back mass shootings in northern and southern California. Eighteen people were shot and killed in the separate events.

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Striking teachers and supporters in Edinburgh hold a rally on The Mound. Teachers launched a fresh wave of rolling strikes across Scotland as a union leader warned there was no end in sight to the current pay dispute.

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Artists perform fire dragon dance in a shower of molten iron sparkling on the street during the Spring Festival holiday in Taiyuan, China.

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The Indian Central Reserve Police Force marching contingent at Kartavya Path during the 74th Republic Day Parade celebration in Delhi.

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Sudanese attend the annual celebration of al-Sharifa Mariam al-Mirghani, an influential Sufi figure known as the Mother of the Poor within the Beja community of eastern Sudan.

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A robin pictured in Somerset as conservation charity the RSPB launched this year's Big Garden Birdwatch, the world's largest garden wildlife survey. Over the last 44 years, countless volunteers have helped the RSPB by tracking the birds living in their gardens and local green spaces.