This week five people died after a mob broke into the US Capitol building while Congress met to certify Joe Biden's win.
While in Europe, Spain recorded its coldest ever temperature ever at -35.8°C, floating waste was shown clogging a river in Bosnia, and the EU admitted a sharp rise in illegal sea crossings (with an overall drop in illegal migration).
Here's how these and other key stories from the week were captured by photographers around the world.
