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Cold dips, lights and fireworks: Photos of the week

A selection of news photographs from around the world.

Justin Setterfield/Getty Images Subbuteo enthusiasts play on handmade tables in the house of Stephen Morton on December 29, 2024 in Essex, England. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
Two people play the tabletop football game Subbuteo at the home of Stephen Morton in Essex, England. Morton's house is filled with lovingly recreated model pitches, complete with players and fans, as well as an impressive collection of football memorabilia. Each year, he opens his doors on 29 December, inviting fellow enthusiasts to compete in an annual game of Subbuteo.
HAN MYUNG-GU/EPA Firefighters work near the wreckage of a Jeju Air aircraft at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Jeolla province, South Korea, 29 December 2024. HAN MYUNG-GU/EPA
Firefighters at Muan International Airport in South Korea, at the site of the wreckage of the Jeju Air plane which crashed during landing on 29 December, killing 179 people. The Boeing 737-800, which was travelling from Bangkok, was operated by South Korea's most popular budget airline. Only two crew members survived the accident, making it the deadliest plane crash on South Korean soil.
Zhao Yuhang/China News Service/Alamy A child slides inside an ice sculpture at the 51st Harbin Ice Lantern Art Fair on 30 December 2024 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.Zhao Yuhang/China News Service/Alamy
A young tourist slides inside a sculpted ice tunnel at the annual Harbin Ice Lantern Art Fair in Heilongjiang, China's northernmost province. At night the incredible structures, intricately built by thousands of craftsmen during December, are lit up with colourful lights which causes the ice to glow.
Alexander Manzyuk/Anadolu via Getty Images A man, holding a torch, stands next to a vehicle - with the interior light on -to observe the Northern Lights, appearing pink and green in the sky above the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia on 2 January, 2025. Alexander Manzyuk/Anadolu via Getty Images
A person admires the Northern Lights in the sky above the suburbs of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, in Russia. A solar storm on New Year's Day heralded this year's first dramatic display of the colourful phenomenon known as aurora borealis.
OLIVIER MATTHYS/EP Marathon runner Hilde Dosogne, raises her arms as she finishes her 366th marathon of 2024 in Ghent, Belgium, on 31 December 2024. She is wearing a pink neck-warmer and black and grey running outfit emblazoned with the competitor number 2497. She has white/blonde hair and is framed by the clapping hands of the crowd at the finishing line.OLIVIER MATTHYS/EP
Hilde Dosogne finishes her 366th marathon of 2024, in Ghent, Belgium, in aid of the breast cancer research group BIG. Dosogne broke the unofficial Guinness World Record in May 2024 by completing her 151st consecutive daily marathon.
YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP Local residents watch fireworks over the city of Jakarta, as they celebrate the new year at nearby Ancol Beach in Indonesia, on 1 January 2025.YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP
The world said goodbye to 2024 and welcomed 2025 in style. The occasion was marked by many spectacular firework displays around the globe, including this one being enjoyed by a family at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Mohamed Elshahed/Anadolu via Getty Images Fireworks light up the night sky to welcome the new year at the pyramids in Giza, Egypt - 1 January 2025. Mohamed Elshahed/Anadolu via Getty Images
Pyrotechnics also lit up the night sky over the famous pyramids in Giza, Egypt - one of the seven wonders of the world.
Charles McQuillan/Getty Images A woman, dressed in a 'Where's Wally?' costume and holding an inflatable walking stick, jumps into the water as people stand and watch on the harbourside - 1 January 2025.Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
Angela McClements - dressed in a 'Where's Wally?' costume - joins a throng of hardy revellers celebrating New Year's Day with a dip in the harbour in Carnlough, Northern Ireland, during the annual dive and swim in aid of charity.
Hatem Khaled/REUTERS Palestinians jostle for space to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen. A man to the left ladles food into various receptacles held out by people in the crowd.Hatem Khaled/REUTERS
Palestinians scramble for space to receive meals prepared by a charity kitchen, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in Khan Younis, located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Alcides Antunes/via REUTERS In a screengrab taken from a social media video, flames rise from a Tesla Cybertruck after it exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada - 1 January 2025Alcides Antunes/via REUTERS
Police in the US say they believe an explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day was not linked to the deadly car-ramming attack in New Orleans. The driver of a Tesla Cybertruck was killed and seven other people were injured in Las Vegas after the vehicle - filled with fuel canisters and firework mortars - exploded.