The first week of February was marked by numerous incidents like a derailed train in India and a collapsed building in Turkey, as well as by various other events across the globe. A celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Hong Kong and the Philippines, Angelina Jolie's visit to Bangladesh, Red Bull FMX Jam 2019 motocross games — all this can be found in the weekly photo gallery compiled for you by Sputnik.
Check out this gallery, compiled for you by Sputnik.
Performers wear pig masks as they take part in a Lunar New Year night parade in Hong Kong, China, 5 February 2019.
US media personalities Kourtney Kardashian (L) and sister Kim Kardashian West arrive to attend the amfAR Gala New York at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on 6 February 2019.
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A fire-eater performs during celebrations of the Lunar New Year in the Chinatown district of Manila, Philippines. This year is the Year of the Earth Pig in the Chinese Lunar calendar and is supposed to represent abundance, diligence, and generosity.
Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed residential building in the Kartal district, Istanbul, Turkey, 6 February 2019.
Protesters set off flares as they take part in a 24-hour strike initiated by France's General Confederation of Labour to demand better salaries and pensions, in Paris, France.
A member of the Polar bear plunge and winter swimming club at a regular training session on a lake in the Leninsky district of Novosibirsk. According to weather forecasters in Novosibirsk, the end of January and the beginning of February promise to be cold, the temperature may drop to -38 degrees Celsius.
A woman removes stalks from red chilli peppers at a farm in Shertha village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad 6 February 2019.
US actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian Angelina Jolie, a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), addresses a press conference as young Rohingya refugees (L) watch, after her visit to the Kutupalong Camp for Rohingya refugees in Ukhia in southern Bangladesh on 5 February 2019. - Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh on February 5 ahead of a new UN appeal for nearly one billion dollars to look after the refugee influx.
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A hot air balloon makes its way above Zell am See, Austria, Tuesday, 5 February 2019.
A caretaker plays with a pair of pet lions in an enclosure built in a house on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan 4 February 2019.
Indian Sikh participants perform "Gatka", an ancient form of Sikh martial arts, during a competition in Amritsar on 2 February 2019.
A woman walks past graffiti of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas on 6 February 2019.
National Disaster Response Force and police personnel along with onlookers stand next to derailed carriages after a train came off the tracks near Hajipur on the outskirts of Patna in India's eastern Bihar state on 3 February 2019.
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People look at the shredded Banksy painting "Love is in the Bin" at the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden Tuesday, 5 February 2019, where the work will be shown from 5 February to 3 March 2019. It was originally titled "Girl with Balloon" and since it destroyed itself during an art auction in London, it's been called "Love is in the Bin".
Alexey Kolesnikov of Russia performs during the freestyle motocross games Red Bull FMX Jam at the Gateway of India monument in Mumbai, India, 2 February 2019.
US First lady Melania Trump (L) with Grace Eline and Joshua Trump, special guests of President Donald Trump, look on during the State of the Union address at the US Capitol on 5 February 2019 in Washington, DC.
A female member of the riot police for arrests and evidence preservation BFE (Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit) of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia is pictured during the official presentation of the 46-member strong specially trained police group in Bochum, western Germany, 4 February 2019.
Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders take part in a Lunar New Year night parade in Hong Kong, China 5 February 2019.
People walk past a replica of a "Bajadasaurus pronuspinax", a new long-spined dinosaur found in Patagonia, during its presentation in Buenos Aires, on 4 February 2019.
Right to left: Lokomotiv-Kuban’s Vladimir Ivlev, Skyliners’ Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann, Lokomotiv-Kuban’s Vitaly Fridzon and Lokomotiv-Kuban’s Dmitry Kulagin in a top-16 European Cup basketball game between Lokomotiv-Kuban (Krasnodar, Russia) and BC Skyliners (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
President of the Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro speaks at a rally in Caracas.
Children play traditional games on Kim Il-sung square during celebrations marking the Lunar New Year on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang 5 February 2019.
Devotees throw turmeric powder as an offering to the shepherd god Khandoba as others carry a palanquin during "Somvati Amavasya" at a temple in Jejuri, India, 4 February 2019.
A model walks the runway at the "No Sesso" Chapter 2 runaway show during New York Fashion Week on 4 February 2019 in New York City.
