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Pictures of the week: January 31 - February 6
  • Alice Goodridge, from Newtonmore gestures after her swim in the frozen waters of the River Calder in the Cairngorms National Park, Avienore, Scotland, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
  • Farmer Robert Tomlinson (R) grades and packs forced rhubarb, which was harvested by candlelight, on his farm in Pudsey, near Leeds in northern England on February 5, 2021. - Tomlinson's Farm falls within the 'Rhubarb Triangle', the area defined between the three cities of Leeds, Wakefield and Bradford, which is synonymous with the commercial growing of forced rhubarb since the 1870s. The rhubarb is grown in dark, heated sheds and harvested by candlelight to prevent the plant from producing chlorophyll, which preserves its colour and make the rhubarb sweeter and more tender. (Photo by OLI SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
  • A general view as runners leave the stalls in The Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Novice Median Auction Stakes at Lingfield Racecourse. Picture date: Friday February 5, 2021.
  • EMBARGOED TO 1200 FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5 Bristol-based artist Luke Jerram looks at his glass sculpture of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, made to mark the ten millionth vaccination in the UK. The artwork measures 34cm across and is one million times larger than the actual nanoparticle. It has been created using borosilicate glass and the same materials and techniques used in the manufacture of medical scientific glassware for test tubes and distilleries. Picture date: Friday February 5, 2021.
  • General view of stacked benches outside the closed Brighton Music Hall on Brighton seafront, as the UK continues in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Picture date: Friday February 5, 2021.
  • A man smokes a cigarette while sitting on a bench on a foggy Worthing seafront, as the UK continues in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Picture date: Friday February 5, 2021.
  • KILMARNOCK, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 4: General view of Kilmarnock town centre with police at the scene on February 4, 2021 in Kilmarnock, Scotland. Crosshouse Hospital near Kilmarnock is under lockdown as Police Scotland attend a serious incident. They are also in attendance to another incident in the town centre. (Photo by Robert Perry/Getty Images)
  • A view of Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, which is currently being used by the government to house people seeking asylum in the UK. Friday. Picture date: Thursday February 4, 2021.
  • A patient is wheeled on a trolley after arriving in an ambulance outside the Royal London Hospital in east London, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. The U.K. is under an indefinite national lockdown to curb the spread of the new variant, with nonessential shops, gyms and hairdressers closed, most people working from home and schools largely offering remote learning. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
  • KILMARNOCK, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 5: General view of Crosshouse Hospital with police at the scene on February 5, 2021 in Kilmarnock, Scotland. Crosshouse Hospital near Kilmarnock is under lockdown as Police Scotland attend a serious incident. They are also in attendance to another incident in the town centre. (Photo by Robert Perry/Getty Images)
  • LONDON, ENGLAND FEBRUARY 5: A man hits a drum in support of protesters in the tunnel late at night on February 5, 2021 in London, England. Earlier this week a High Court Judge told HS2's national eviction team to reassess its strategy for evicting the HS2 Rebellion as they risked burying the protestors in their self-constructed tunnels. The Judge also ordered the protestors to stop tunneling. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images)
  • A beautiful sunset seen over the London skyline with a view of the BT Tower. (Photo by Brett Cove / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
  • A woman walking past a bus stop with a covid-19 electronic billboard in central London. (Photo by Thomas Krych / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
  • A woman shovels snow on a lane in West Yorkshire. Heavy snow fell overnight in West Yorkshire, causing dangerous driving conditions. (Photo by Adam Vaughan / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
  • A woman wears a face mask as she walks in a deserted Carnaby Street, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Wednesday a new study suggesting that a single dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine may reduce transmission of COVID-19 categorically supports the government's strategy of taking more time between injections. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
  • Floral tributes are laid in memory of Captain Tom Moore on the village green in Marston Moretaine, England, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts for health care workers, died Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
  • Sheffield United's Oliver McBurnie, rear, hugs teammate Billy Sharp who scored his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion at Bramall Lane stadium in Sheffield, England, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, Pool)
  • Health Secretary Matt Hancock takes a coronavirus test at a new Covid-19 testing facility in the Houses of Parliament in London watched by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle. The voluntary walk-in test centre has been set up for MPs and parliament staff who have to travel into their offices in Westminster. Picture date: Tuesday February 2, 2021.
  • Beekeeper Patrick Murfet checks the bees in some of his hives in an orchard near Canterbury in Kent, as he is told the 15 million bees he wants to bring into the UK for next spring may be seized and destroyed if he does. Picture date: Monday February 1, 2021.
  • Workers wheel sandbags past a temporary barrier in Weybridge, Surrey, after Storm Christoph caused widespread flooding across the UK. Picture date: Monday February 1, 2021.
  • Pedestrian walks past a COVID-19 sign encouraging people to stay alert and save lives. Department of Health and Social Care recorded a total of 3,817,176 infections, 106,158 death and 1,673,936 recovered since the beginning of the outbreak. (Photo by May James / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
  • Pedestrians wearing masks against coronavirus walk past an NHS advertisement about COVID-19 in London, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. British health authorities plan to test tens of thousands of people in a handful of areas of England in an attempt to stop a new variant of the coronavirus first identified in South Africa spreading in the community. The Department of Health says a small number of people in England who had not travelled abroad have tested positive for the strain. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
  • A man takes his own COVID-19 swab test at a newly set-up testing facility in a car park in West Ealing, London, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. British health authorities plan to test tens of thousands of people in a handful of areas of England in an attempt to stop a new variant of the coronavirus first identified in South Africa spreading in the community. The Department of Health says a small number of people in England who had not travelled abroad have tested positive for the strain. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
  • A partly submerged sign in Weybridge, Surrey, after Storm Christoph caused widespread flooding across the UK. Picture date: Monday February 1, 2021.
  • Two people view 'Remembering a Brave New World' by Chila Kumari Singh Burman, outside Tate Britain in London during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. Picture date: Monday February 1, 2021. (Photo by Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • NEWQUAY, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 01: Surfers ride waves at the Cribbar, also known as the 'Widow Maker' the Met Office has predicted that waves could reach 30ft in parts of Cornwall on February 01, 2021 in Newquay, England. (Photo by Cameron Smith/Getty Images)
  • Members of the Vaccination Team working at the coronavirus mass vaccine centre at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture date: Monday February 1, 2021. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to members of staff as he visits a COVID-19 vaccination centre in Batley, West Yorkshire, England, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super, pool)
  • Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a bottle of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine as he visits a COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Indian Muslim Welfare Society (IMWS) Al-Hikmah-Centre in Batley, West Yorkshire, England, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super, pool)
  • Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks to Christopher Nicholls who suffered from Covid at the same time as Johnson during a visit at a COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Indian Muslim Welfare Society (IMWS) Al-Hikmah-Centre in Batley, West Yorkshire, England, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super, pool)

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