Top pics from the weekend: Alexei Navalny protests and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
APTOPIX Netherlands Speed Skating World Cup
Team Canada with Ted-Jan Bloemen, white armband, Jordan Belchos, red armband and Connor Howe, yellow armband, compete during the men's team pursuit race of the World Cup Speedskating at the Thialf ice arena in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
APTOPIX Austria Alpine Skiing World Cup
Switzerland's Beat Feuz speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill in Kitzbühel, Austria, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Brazil
Seniors sit in wheelchairs as they are organized to receive China's Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine as part of a priority COVID-19 vaccination program for the elderly at the Bezerra de Menezes Asylum in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. In the foreground is a common room filled with antiques. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Peru
Mannequin heads featuring high-flow oxygen equipment that are used to treat patients with moderate COVID-19 symptoms are displayed on a table during a media tour at the public Almenara Hospital in Lima, Peru, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
APTOPIX Biden Inauguration
A jogger runs past the Washington Monument at dusk, after most downtown streets and public spaces reopened, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Washington, two days after the inauguration of President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Colombia
Street vendors leave Bolivar Square at the start of an official continuous multi-day curfew in an effort to contain the spread of new coronavirus infections, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Colombia's capital city is reimposing lockdown measures as COVID-19 infections rise around the country. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak China Wuhan
Residents practice tai chi at a park in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. A year after it was locked down to contain the spread of coronavirus, the central Chinese city of Wuhan has largely returned to normal, even as China continues to battle outbreaks elsewhere in the country. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Hong Kong
Government workers wearing personal protective equipment walk at the closed area of Jordan district in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Thousands of Hong Kong residents were locked down Saturday in an unprecedented move to contain a worsening outbreak in the city, authorities said. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
APTOPIX Mavericks Spurs Basketball
San Antonio Spurs forward Rudy Gay (22) scores over Dallas Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Hong Kong
Government investigators wearing protective suits gather in the Yau Ma Tei area in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Thousands of Hong Kong residents were locked down Saturday in an unprecedented move to contain a worsening outbreak in the city, authorities said. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
APTOPIX Italy Biathlon World Cup
Athletes shoot during the women's 12.5km mass start race at the Biathlon World Cup in Anterselva, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Brazil Protest
A demonstrator shouts "Out Bolsonaro" while using a noisemaker during a caravan to protest the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and demand the impeachment of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
APTOPIX Russia Navalny Protests
Police clash with demonstraters during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in People gather in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Russian police are arresting protesters demanding the release of top Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at demonstrations in the country's east and larger unsanctioned rallies are expected later Saturday in Moscow and other major cities. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak France Protest
A protester dressed as Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic since the 1789 revolution walks next to riot police officers during a march for freedom in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Hundreds of demonstrators marched on France's parliament Saturday protesting layoffs related to the virus crisis and demanding the resignation of the government.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)
APTOPIX Canadiens Canucks Hockey
Montreal Canadiens' Jonathan Drouin celebrates his goal against Vancouver Canucks goalie Braden Holtby during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
APTOPIX Indonesia Volcano
In this time-lapsed photo, hot lava runs down from Mount Merapi as its activity continues since local geological authority raised the alert level to the second-highest level in November, in Kaliurang, Indonesia, early Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. Merapi is one of the most volatile among the country's more than 120 volcanoes. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Netherlands
A draw bridge and a deserted street are seen during curfew in the center of Amsterdam, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, as The Netherlands entered its toughest phase of anti-coronavirus restrictions to date, imposing a nationwide night-time curfew from 9 p.m. till 4:30 a.m. in a bid to control the COVID-19 infection rate. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
APTOPIX Russia Navalny Protests
People gather in Pushkin Square during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Russian police on Saturday arrested hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in temperatures as low as minus-50 C (minus-58 F) to demand the release of Alexei Navalny, the country's top opposition figure. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
APTOPIX Germany Weather
A subway train drives along snow covered trees in Oberursel near Frankfurt, Germany, during snow fall on early Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
APTOPIX Pegasus World Cup Horse Racing
Joel Rosario celebrates after Knicks Go won the Pegasus World Cup Invitational horse race Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
APTOPIX Britain Weather
A snowman stands outside Buckingam Palace during a snow fall in London, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. Conditions are set to become more hazardous going into the final week of January with weather warnings for snow and ice.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
APTOPIX Colorado Washington St Basketball
Washington State center Dishon Jackson (21) reacts after making a layup while being fouled, between Colorado forwards Evan Battey (21) and Jeriah Horne (41) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, in Pullman, Wash. (AP Photo/Pete Caster)
APTOPIX Brazil Protest
A demonstrator shows her red-painted hands representing the blood of the more than 200,000 deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, during a protest against the government's response in combating COVID-19 and demanding the impeachment of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
APTOPIX Spain Soccer La Liga
Barcelona's Frenkie de Jong celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Elche and Barcelona at the Manuel Martinez Valero stadium in Elche, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
APTOPIX Spain Daily Life
A couple watch the sunrise in front of the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Brazil
Despite restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19, thousands crowd Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
APTOPIX Buccaneers Packers Football
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady reacts after winning the NFC championship NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay, Wis., Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. The Buccaneers defeated the Packers 31-26 to advance to the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Japan Daily Life
People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk along pedestrian crossings Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 600 new coronavirus cases on Monday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
APTOPIX Bills Chiefs Football
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) celebrates after catching a 1-yard touchdown pass during the second half of the AFC championship NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Indonesia
A nurse gives a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine to a colleague at a hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. The world's fourth most populous country has started giving COVID-19 vaccine to health workers this month as its first stage of a plan to vaccinate two-thirds of its population of about 270 million people. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
APTOPIX India Republic Day
A worker pastes a sticker on a carpet notifying mandatory wearing of face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus at the venue of Republic Day parade celebrations in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. India celebrates Republic Day with a scaled down military and cultural parade on Jan 26. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)