Pictures of the week from around the world

Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia.

The body of former Pope Benedict lies in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

A local resident carries a dog as a wildfire burns parts of rural areas around Santa Juana, Chile.

Confetti flies around the countdown clock during the first public New Year's event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at Times Square, in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

Brazil's President elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Rosangela "Janja" da Silva, wave to supporters from a Rolls Royce on the day of his swearing-in ceremony, in Brasilia, Brazil.

A soldier from the Carpathian Sich international battalion fires an RPG while conducting maneuvers near the front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near Kreminna, Ukraine.

The Buffalo Bills gather as an ambulance parks on the field while CPR is administered to Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) after a play in the first quarter of the NFL Week 17 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Buffalo Bills at Paycor Stadium in Downtown Cincinnati. The game was suspended in the first quarter after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) was taken away in an ambulance following a play.

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordaan (R-OH) listens to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) during a fourth round of voting for a new Speaker of the House on the second day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S.

The body of former Pope Benedict lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican.

Bahrain Raid Xtreme's Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Fabian Lurquin in action during stage 5.