A pictorial week-in-review posted every Sunday.

1) A U.S. flag tied to a fallen tree in front of a destroyed residence in Mayfield, Kentucky, December 13, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Adrees Latif

2) Kimberly Rios, 48, walks with her daughter Elyana Rios, 3, amongst the rubble of what was once their home in Mayfield, Kentucky, December 14.  Photo: REUTERS/Cheney Orr

3) Braelyn Todd, 8, holds her dog Abner, a Yorkshire Terrier, as her parents help a family member clear debris from their destroyed home in the aftermath of a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky December 12. Photo: REUTERS/Adrees Latif

4) Roger Stone, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign adviser, gestures as he leaves the O’Neill House Office Building, following his deposition before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington. Photo: Reuters

5) A man talks on the phone while walking in an empty street in the financial district, known as The City, in London. Many people will re-start working from home as the British government warns the rapid spread of omicron “adds additional and rapidly increasing risk to the public and health care services.” Photo: AP

6) A boy receives a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 5-11, in Rome. Photo: AP

7) Jabuben Bharwad, 30, receives a dose of Covishield vaccine against COVID-19, that’s manufactured by Serum Institute of India, while working in a field during a door-to-door vaccination drive at Mahijada village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India. Photo: Reuters

8) Acrobats dressed as superheroes come down from the roofs to make a surprise greeting at the windows of the rooms of the little patients in pediatrics and of all the patients, at the San Paolo hospital in Milan, Italy. Photo: AP. MORE from Reuters

9) A woman walks near the “Vaia Dragon”, a sculpture made by Italian artist Marco Martalar in Lavarone near Trento, Alps Region, Northeastern Italy, Dec. 13, 2021. Photo: Agence France-Presse

10) Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu poses after being declared winner of the Miss Universe pageant in the Red Sea resort of Eilat, Israel. Photo: Reuters

11) The freezing entrance to the cave of Chyskhaan – the Yakut ‘Lord of the Cold’ – tourist attraction in the Russian far east. Photograph: Vadim Skryabin/TASS

12) In Weymouth, UK, dogs play on the beach during an annual 5km race where hundreds of runners chase ‘Mr and Mrs Pudding’ to raise money for the Will Mackaness Trust. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

13) A canine contestant at the Pawlidays celebration at Sofitel hotel, Los Angeles, California. Photograph: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images

14) A man walks past large numbers for the upcoming year 2022, as part of Christmas and New Year decorations at Vorobyovy Hills observation point in Moscow. Photo: AFP

15) A woman walks past a light arch set up for the upcoming New Year and Christmas holidays in front of snow covered trees after heavy snowfall in Moscow outskirts, Russia. Photo: Agence France-Presse

16) Wisconsin players hoist the trophy after defeating Nebraska Saturday in Columbus for the NCAA women’s volleyball championship. Photo: AP

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