Week in pictures: 3-9 February 2024

A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.

Feb 10, 2024 - 12:36
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A volcano spews lava and smoke as it erupts on Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, February 8, 2024.ICELAND CIVIL PROTECTION/REUTERS
Lava and smoke is seen from a new eruption in the Reykjanes peninsula in south-west Iceland. Images show fountains of molten rock shooting out of faults in the ground.
Team Slovakia competes in the preliminary round of the team free artistic swimming event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Aspire Dome in Doha on February 8, 2024.MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP
Team Slovakia compete in the preliminary round of the team free artistic swimming event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Aspire Dome in Doha.
Muslim devotees on an overcrowded train in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 4, 2024.SYED MAHAMUDUR RAHMAN/NURPHOTO/GETTY IMAGES
Thousands of Muslim devotees return home to Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on an overcrowded train after attending the final prayer of Bishwa Ijtema, considered the world's second-largest Muslim gathering after Hajj.
Masked revellers take part in the Venice carnival in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, February 3, 2024.MANUEL SILVESTRI/REUTERS
Masked revellers take part in the Venice Carnival in St. Mark's Square.
US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift accepts the Best Pop Vocal Album award for "Midnights" on stage during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024.VALERIE MACON/AFP
Taylor Swift stole the show at the Grammy Awards, becoming the first performer to win Album Of The Year four times. She had previously been tied on three, with Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon and Frank Sinatra.
A placard on a tractor reads 'No farmers, no food' during a protest by farmers in downtown Barcelona, Spain, 7 February 2024ENRIC FONTCUBERTA/EPA
Farmers in Spain joined their European counterparts in staging protests. They are demanding more flexibility from the EU, tighter controls on the produce of non-EU countries and more help from their government. They caused severe disruption to motorists in several cities, including Barcelona.
People push a car stuck on a highway following heavy snowfall in the region, during the Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. 6 February 2024.CHINA DAILY/REUTERS
People push a car stuck on a highway following heavy snowfall in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, during the Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Lunar New Year.
A man mourns at the grave of a loved one that was killed in last year's earthquake at a cemetery on February 06, 2024 in Hatay, Turkey.CHRIS MCGRATH/GETTY IMAGES
Commemorations were held in Hatay, Turkey, on the first anniversary of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
A hongi or greeting as waka arrive on the beach to commemorate Waitangi Day on February 06, 2024 in Waitangi, New Zealand.FIONA GOODALL/GETTY IMAGES
People greet each other during Waitangi Day, which marks the signing of New Zealand's founding document, the Waitangi Treaty in 1840. It set out the terms of British colonisation with the Maori population.
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