Pictures of the Week: Jan. 19-25

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  The moon sets behind the Mount Sainte-Odile monastery Jan. 23 at dawn on a clear day in Alsace in eastern France.
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  Olivier Morin, AFP / Getty Images

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  Law enforcement officers push members of the New Black Panthers party near the LaSalle Parish Courthouse in Jena, La., Jan. 21, the Martin Luther King Jr., holiday.
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  Matt Slocum, AP

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  Naomi Kering, 34, from the Kalenjin tribe, whose husband of 17 years Isaac Guthua, from the Kikuyu tribe, was forced to leave her because of ethnic unrest, returns to her destroyed house in the village of Chepkanga, near Eldoret, Kenya. In the riots and ethnic violence following the country's Dec. 27 vote, love has not been immune and marriages that united different ethnic groups are now splitting up as communities shun the Kikuyu tribe of President Mwai Kibaki.
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  Ben Curtis, AP

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  Indian paramilitary force soldiers march by during a full dress rehearsal of Republic Day parade in New Delhi, Jan. 23. The actual Republic Day parade is held on Jan. 26, when India will showcase its military might and economic strength.
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  Manish Swarup, AP

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  A girl, holding a red flower, stands between soldiers in Stavropol, Russia, Jan. 21 as they attend a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Stavropol from German forces.
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  Daniel Semyonov, AFP / Getty Images

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  Palestinians walk on a destroyed section of the border wall as they cross between Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, and Egypt Jan. 23. Masked Palestinian gunmen blew holes into the Gaza-Egypt border wall, and thousands of Gazans trapped in their territory by a tight blockade poured into Egypt to buy food, fuel and other supplies that have become scarce.
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  Kevin Frayer, AP

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  A Palestinian family sits in front of a bullet-riddled building, damaged in the conflict with Israel, as they watch Palestinians cross the border with Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 23. Masked Palestinian gunmen blew holes into the Gaza-Egypt border wall Wednesday, and thousands of Gazans trapped in their territory by a tight blockade poured into Egypt to buy food, fuel and other supplies that have become scarce.
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  Kevin Frayer, AP

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  Priests reflect in a ice-hole during an Epiphany holiday service in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk Jan. 19. Epiphany is one of the biggest events in the Orthodox calendar.
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  Alexander Khudoteply, AFP / Getty Images

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  The construction site of the new China Central Television headquarters building is seen in Beijing Jan. 23. The building's two angled towers were connected in December to form a continuous loop of horizontal and vertical sections. The complex is due for completion before the Olympic Games later in the year. The spectacular 755 foot-tall building, one of Beijing's tallest, will house more than 10,000 staff.
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  Greg Baker, AP

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  A model wears a creation by Italian fashion designer Valentino for his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2008 collection presented in Paris Jan. 23. Celebrities, socialites and fashion editors prepare to bid adieu to Italian designer Valentino, the king of the red carpet, who showed his final collection after 45 years in business.
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  Jacques Brinon, AP