From the Northern Lights to the aftermath of protests in Iran, here are the images of the week chosen by the Sky News picture editors.
A Russian Orthodox believer bathes in the icy water of a pond in St Petersburg to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany.
Hindu devotees gather where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers meet in Prayagraj, India, on Basant Panchami, the day which marks the advent of spring, during the annual spiritual festival of Magh Mela.
Burnt-out buses in Tehran after mass protests in Iran that saw thousands of protesters killed and arrested in a violent regime crackdown.
A firefighter battles a forest fire in the Biobio region of Chile, where multiple wildfires have prompted emergency evacuations.
Senegal fans before the Africa Cup of Nations final against Morocco - which ended in huge controversy when Senegalese fans tried to storm the pitch and Senegal players walked off in protest after Morocco, the hosts, were awarded a penalty in the 98th minute.
The Northern Lights captured by Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov on board the International Space Station (ISS).
A Cold War nuclear bunker hangs from a cliff edge on the Holderness coastline in Tunstall, East Yorkshire. Experts believe it could now be just weeks, if not days, away from falling into the sea.
Austria's Anastasia Potapova in action at the Australian Open during her first round match against The Netherlands' Suzan Lamens.
Border officials and police stand guard in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis during a protest more than a week after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in the Minnesota city.
A man tumbles down a water slide in a public pool in the Puente Piedra district outside of Lima in Peru.
A group of civilians smash a statue of a Syrian Democratic Forces fighter in Tabqa, Syria, after the Syrian army took control of the city.
Hans-Joachim von Massow was left with several thousand tons of potatoes when a trader failed to collect them due to a drop in price caused by a good harvest.
Air Force personnel remove the wreckage of a microlight training aircraft after it crashed into a pond during a training exercise in Prayagraj, India.
A person practices "ice winging" - a combination of ice skating, windsurfing and kiteboarding - on the frozen Lake Balaton near Vonyarcvashegy in Hungary.
Waves crash against South Shields lighthouse on the North East coast during stormy weather that brought heavy rain and flooding.
(c) Sky News 2026: The most striking photos of the week
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