Week in pictures: 14-20 January
From Obama's tribute to Martin Luther King Jr to the Ethiopian Timkat festival - these are the images of the last seven days


SUNDAY, PHILIPPINES: A priest sprinkles a baby with holy water as thousands of pilgrims carrying religious icons celebrate the Santo Nino feast in Manila

MONDAY, UK: Crowds celebrate the unveiling of a statue in memory of Cilla Black at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where she was once a cloakroom attendant

MONDAY, US: Outgoing US President Barack Obama helps paint a mural depicting Martin Luther King Jr at a family shelter in Washington DC

TUESDAY, GERMANY: Models kiss on the runway at the Riani catwalk show for Berlin Fashion Week autumn/winter 2017

TUESDAY, AUSTRALIA: Serena Williams signs autographs for fans after winning her first-round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne

WEDNESDAY, ETHIOPIA: Orthodox priests wait to enter the tower at Fasilides Bath during the annual Timkat epiphany celebration in Gondar

THURSDAY, FRANCE: Employees place a waxwork head of US President Donald Trump on its body ahead of its unveiling at the Grevin museum in Paris

THURSDAY, INDONESIA: Firefighters battle a blaze at one of the biggest shopping centres in Jakarta

FRIDAY, FRANCE: Alex Thomson celebrates on board his Imoca monohull after coming second in the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world sailing race
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