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Remembering Tyre Nichols, turning Paris Fashion Week upside down and more of the week’s best photos

Lawmakers grill Ticketmaster parent Live Nation over claims it uses a monopoly to dominate the ticketing and live-events industry; people attend a candlelight vigil in Memphis for Tyre Nichols, who was pulled over by police then brutally beaten by officers; a prayer takes place in Monterey Park, Calif., for those killed and injured in a shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio; a model presents a unique creation, from the Haute Couture collection, during Paris Fashion Week. See 10 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

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Jan. 24 | Arlington, Va.

A pedestrian is illuminated in the late morning light as seen from the View of DC observation deck in the county's Rosslyn neighborhood.

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Matt McClain/The Washington Post

Jan. 24 | Washington

Joe Berchtold, center left, president and chief financial officer of Ticketmaster parent Live Nation Entertainment; Jack Groetzinger, center right, CEO of SeatGeek, and others testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine promoting competition and protecting consumers in live entertainment.

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Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post

Jan. 26 | Memphis

People attend a candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols at Tobey Skate Park. Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was pulled over by police on Jan. 7 and brutally beaten, dying of his injuries three days later. Five officers were fired and charged with second-degree murder.

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Joshua Lott/The Washington Post

Jan. 22 | Monterey Park, Calif.

Hannah Koester, 26, is hugged by her friend Lor-Shing Hsu, 29, during a prayer at city hall for those killed and injured in a shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio.

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Philip Cheung for The Washington Post

Jan. 26 | Jenin, West Bank

Mourners carry the bodies of eight Palestinians during a joint funeral. Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians and wounded several others during a raid in the occupied West Bank, as fears of growing violence increased. On Friday, a Palestinian gunman killed at least seven people at a Jerusalem synagogue, Israeli officials said.

Majdi Mohammed/AP

Majdi Mohammed/AP

Jan. 22 | Washington

Cherie Sabini, a student at Catholic University, confronts antiabortion activist AJ Hurley as abortion rights and antiabortion activists clash outside the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Craig Hudson for The Washington Post

Jan. 22 | Washington

A dragon, from the Chinese Youth Club Lion Dance Troupe, performs before spectators during the Chinese Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown.

Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post

Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post

Jan. 26 | Vatican City

Pope Francis gets a hug from a child as he receives members of the Association of Italian Philanthropic Foundations and Institutions in audience.

Vatican media handout/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Vatican media handout/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Jan. 25 | Paris

A model presents a creation from the spring/summer 2023 Haute Couture collection by Dutch designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren during Paris Fashion Week.

Mohammed Badra/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Mohammed Badra/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Jan. 26 | Israel

Migrating cranes flock as fog covers the Hula Lake conservation area. More than half a billion birds of some 400 species pass through the Jordan Valley to Africa and go back to Europe during the year.

Ariel Schalit/AP

Ariel Schalit/AP

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Credits

Photo editing by Troy Witcher, Dee Swann and Stephen Cook