From atmospheric scenery and stunning spectacles to quirky set-ups and pictures that make you scratch your head, here are the most eyecatching images of the week
Contortionist Oyun-erdene Sende from Cirque Du Soleil limbers up at a dress rehearsal for a new show that opened yesterday at London’s Royal Albert Hall
A woman in Paris passes by a mural depicting yellow vest (gilets jaunes) protesters inspired by a painting by famous French artist Eugene Delacroix
Iceland horses play in a paddock in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. Smaller than a traditional horse, the Icelandic horse is protected in its native country
Villagers in Burghead, Moray cele brate The Burning of the Clavie, a festival dating back to the 1750s, when the Julian calendar was reformed in Britain and the new Gregorian calendar was introduce ed. Demanding back their 11 days, the people of Burghead rioted and now mark New Year twice – on January 1 and January 11
On St Sylvester’s Day in Switzerland d, masked revellers known as New Year’s Clauses send greetings to farmers in a tradition that recalls the Julian calendar
A Elvis tribute artist boards the ‘Elvis Express’ in Sydney, Australia, for the annual five-day Parkes Elvis Festival, which marks the singer’s birthday on January 8