Week in pictures: 28 Jan-3 Feb

From anti-immigration ban protests to the screen actors guild awards - here are the images of the past week

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SATURDAY, AUSTRALIA: The Williams sisters - Serena, left, and Venus - display their trophies after competing against each other in the women's singles final at the Australian Open. Serena won

SUNDAY, US: A demonstrator protests outside Trump Hotel International in Washington DC after the US President's executive order on immigration

SUNDAY, US: Hidden Figures stars Taraji P Henson and Octavia Spencer celebrate their best ensemble award at the annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles

SUNDAY, BULGARIA: A performer takes part in Surva, the International Festival of the Masquerade Games, which is held each year in the town of Pernik

MONDAY, UK: Demonstrators hold up cartoon drawings of Theresa May and Donald Trump during a protest at Downing Street, London

TUESDAY, SCOTLAND: Torches are thrown on to the galley of a Viking boat at the traditional Up Helly Aa festival of fire in Lerwick

WEDNESDAY, US: Judge Neil Gorsuch faces journalists at Washington DC following his nomination to the Supreme Court

WEDNESDAY, US: Dame Julie Andrews, Christine Baranski and Carol Burnett sing together at the Lincoln Center's American Songbook Gala in New York

THURSDAY, SRI LANKA: Soldiers watch rehearsals ahead of the annual Independence Day Parade in Colombo, this year celebrating the country's 69th anniversary

FRIDAY, MALTA: Theresa May arrives at the Grand Master's Palace for an informal summit to brief EU leaders on her meeting with US President Donald Trump

The Week Staff