Photos of the Week: Jan. 24-30, 2015
A person dressed as "Bigfoot" makes their way through the strong wind and snow in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood during a blizzard, January 27, 2015.
Twenty-six inches of snow fell on Boston by the late afternoon, and up to 33 inches in other parts of Massachusetts.
United Arab Emirates
A competitor walks up the 10th hole with his caddie during the Pro-Am ahead of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, on the Majlis Course at the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 28, 2015.
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch, left, listens as Sen. Charles Schumer testifies for her during a confirmation hearing before Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., January 28, 2015.
If confirmed by the Senate, Lynch would succeed Eric Holder to be the next U.S. Attorney General.
New York
Ninety-year-old Holocaust survivor Hy Abrams poses for a portrait with a book that he carries with him every day that documents all the different concentration camps in which he was held during the Second World War.
In a little leather book, the kind some men use to list lovers, Abrams keeps the names that still haunt him: Auschwitz, Plaszow, Mauthausen, Melk and Ebensee. It has been 70 years since the Soviet army liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, where Abrams was taken at age 20 by German Nazi soldiers and separated from his mother, father, brother and three sisters.
Washington, D.C.
Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, right, pushes away protesters shouting "Arrest Henry Kissinger for war crimes," as former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, watches prior to the two testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., January 29, 2015.
The committee heard testimony from Kissinger, Schultz and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on the topic of global challenges and U.S. national security strategy.
Poland
Director Steven Spielberg is embraced and blessed by Holocaust survivors during "The Past Is Present Survivor Gathering" at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Krakow, Poland, January 26, 2015.
On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Spielberg ("Schindler's List") joined over 100 survivors during the gathering organized by USC Shoa Foundation and the World Jewish Congress.
Australia
Heidi Klum attends the launch of her Intimates Collection at Myer Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne, Australia, January 27, 2015.
New York
Pedestrians walk through Times Square on the morning of January 27, 2015 in New York City.
A prediction of "historic" snowfalls led to the closure of New York's subway system and state-wide travel bans across many Northeast states.
United Kingdom
Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales observes surgeons working with an inflatable operating theater as he opens the Surgical Innovation Centre and visits the Health Innovation Exchange (HELIX) "Pop-Up" Studio, at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, England, January 28, 2015.
His Royal Highness met the patients, staff and students who use the facilities while also viewing demonstrations of surgical robots, 3D imaging and a simulated operating theater and hospital ward.
Egypt
Socialist Popular Alliance Party (SPAP) activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh receives help after she was mortally wounded during a protest by the party in Cairo, Egypt, January 24, 2015.
Sabbagh was shot dead with birdshot by police on Saturday, one day before the anniversary of the popular uprising that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Protests over her death grew over the course of the week.
Switzerland
The sunset illuminates the peaks of the mountains near the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz, January 24, 2015.
Hong Kong
Participants run near Two International Finance Centre as they compete in the Hong Kong Marathon, January 25, 2015.
A total of 73,000 people participated in 10km, half marathon and marathon races on Sunday.
China
Lemurs eat at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, January 27, 2015.
India
Indian soldiers march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, January 26, 2015.
U.S. President Barack Obama watched a dazzling procession of India's military might and cultural diversity on Monday, the second day of a visit trumpeted as a chance to establish a robust strategic partnership between the world's two largest democracies.
Arizona
Tiger Woods plays a shot on the first hole during the first round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 29, 2015.
Mexico
Rescue workers are seen at the site of an explosion at a maternity and children's hospital in Mexico City, January 29, 2015.
The explosion rocked the medical facility west of Mexico City Thursday when a leak from a gas truck ignited, destroying a large part of the building.
Israel
Sahar, the girlfriend of Israeli soldier Dor Nini, mourns during his funeral in a cemetery at Shtulim village near Ashdod, Israel, January 29, 2015.
Israel and Hezbollah signaled on Thursday their rare flare-up in fighting across the Israel-Lebanon border was over, after Lebanese guerrillas killed two Israeli troops (one of them Nini) in retaliation for a deadly air strike in Syria last week.
Romania
A church made entirely from ice is seen during the night at Balea Lac resort in the Fagaras mountains of Romania, January 29, 2015.
Massachusetts
Students lay out in their bathing suits on the Quad, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 27, 2015.
Massachusetts
A pedestrian walks in the middle of the street following a winter blizzard in Boston, January 28, 2015.
A powerful blizzard struck Boston and surrounding New England on Tuesday, leaving some 4.5 million people grappling with as much as three feet of snow and coastal flooding.
Maine
A man battles fierce headwinds as he walks on Congress Street in Portland, Maine, during a blizzard, Tuesday, January 27, 2015.
Massachusetts
Fishing boats ride out the storm at dock in Scituate, Massachusetts, Tuesday, January 27, 2015.
The winter storm packing blizzard conditions spun up the East Coast early Tuesday, pounding parts of coastal New Jersey northward through Maine with high winds and heavy snow.
New York
A man stands in falling snow on West 42nd street in New York City's Times Square, January 26, 2015.