Quiz of The Week: 7 January - 13 January

The week began with shocking scenes in Brazil as supporters of exiled former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace.

Current leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, promised to punish the “vandals” who ransacked the heart of the Brazilian state in attacks that have been compared to the US Capitol invasion two years ago.

Bolsonaro also condemned the criminal damage, on Twitter, but critics claim the right-wing populist still bears ultimate responsibility for the mob takeover. The accusation piles pressure on Joe Biden to expel Bolsonaro, who has been living in Florida since quitting Brazil shortly before his term ended on 1 January.

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The row threatens to overshadow Lula’s quest to undo the damage to the Amazon rainforest that took place under Bolsonaro’s administration, but this week has brought positive climate news too.

According to a UN-backed report, the Earth’s protective ozone layer is on track to fully heal from human-made damage, following the near total phasing out of ozone-depleting substances.

To find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest developments in the news and other global events, put your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week

Need a reminder of some of the other headlines over the past seven days?

• The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were forced to flee their Californian home as the US state was hit by deadly floods
• Cardinal George Pell, the controversial Catholic cleric convicted and then acquitted of child abuse, died at the age 81
• Councillors in Bristol prepared to lobby the government for permission to introduce rent controls across the city
• The UK celebrated Step in a Puddle and Splash your Friends Day, as another 12 months of weird and wonderful “days of the year” gets under way.