The most striking images of the week

A fire festival and helicopters 'performing' in the air - here are the images of the week chosen by the Paste BN picture editors.

A Law enforcement member holds a weapon as they stand guard while people protest outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, after the fatal shootings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.

Jarl Squad vikings take part in a procession during Up Helly Aa, Europe's largest fire festival marking the end of the yule season, in Lerwick, Shetland Islands.

'Helios', a seven-metre sculpture of the sun by artist Luke Jerram, which is on display at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire.

Helicopters from Spain's Air Force "Patrulla Aspa" perform over Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro.

A drone picture shows houses perched along the edge of a cliff after a landslide in Niscemi, Sicily.

Climber Alex Honnold free soloing Taipei 101 Skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan.

Hussein Liwa, a displaced Palestinian, drives his war-damaged vehicle as he transports residents in Gaza City.

A male Northern Cardinal bird perches on a branch during heavy snowfall as a major winter storm spread snow across a large part of the United States.

Hindu devotees listen to religious leader Pandit Pradeep Mishra at Satua Baba camp.

Flowers lie across the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.