Undoubtedly, the main news of the week was the dismissal of Valeriy Zaluzhnyi from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Time will give us an assessment of all the prerequisites and consequences, but, as they say, we have our own work to do. In anticipation of the planned and by no means unexpected events in the future, we recall what happened in the world over the past week. Here is a traditional selection by Pavlo Bishko, Zaborona’s bild editor.
Bogota, Colombia
A Colombian anti-drug police officer with his dog checkc packages of flowers before their export at the El Dorado International Airport in Bogota on February 7, 2024. Colombia is one the world’s largest flower exporter, and millions of all kind of flowers are shipped around the world to supply the demand for Valentine’s Day on February 14. Photo: RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images
Phatthaya, Thailand
Saruda Panyakham, reacts after winning Miss Tiffany on February 04, 2024 in Pattaya, Thailand. Thailand hosts the 25th annual Miss Tiffany’s Universe, a prestigious transgender beauty pageant. The winner of the pageant, held annually in Pattaya, Thailand, goes on to represent Thailand in the Miss International Queen pageant. Thailand is currently getting closer to legalizing same sex marriage, with a draft bill being proposed in Parliament. If the bill passes, Thailand will be the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize marriage for all. Photo: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images
Los Angeles, USA
US singer-songwriter Miley Cyrus performs on stage during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024. Photo: Valerie Macon / AFP) Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images
A customer tries his Vision Pro at the launch of the Apple Vision Pro at Apple The Grove in Los Angeles, California, on February 2, 2024. The Vision Pro, the tech giant’s $3,499 headset, is its first major release since the Apple Watch nine years ago. Photo: DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images
Hatay, Turkey
A man mourns at the grave of a loved one that was killed in last year’s earthquake at a cemetery on February 06, 2024 in Hatay, Turkey. In the early hours of February 6, 2023, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and has killed more than 50,000 people. Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Jindires, Siria
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence (also known as the White Helmets) stand in a candle-lit remembrance vigil with survivors of the February 6, 2023 earthquake that devastated northern Syria and Turkey, marking the first anniversary of the disaster by some of the destroyed buildings in the town of Jindayris in the northwest of Syria’s Aleppo province on February 3, 2024. Photo: BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images
Santiago, Chile
Members of the Chilean Air Force transport the coffin of former President of Chile Sebastián Piñera in a carriage upon arrival in Santiago on February 7, 2024 in Santiago, Chile. Piñera died on a helicopter crash on February 06 after leaving the house of a friend. The former politician was president of Chile in two non-consecutive terms from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022. Photo: Agencia Makro/Getty Images
Miami, USA
In an aerial view, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, billed as the world’s largest cruise ship, heads out to sea for its second voyage from PortMiami on February 03, 2024, in Miami, Florida. The 1,197-foot long ship cost $1.79 billion to build, has 20 decks, and can hold a maximum of 7,600 people. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Wenchuan, China
This photo taken on February 4, 2024 shows panda keepers holding panda cubs at the Shenshuping breeding base of Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan, in China’s southwestern Sichuan province, ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon on February 10. Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images
Doha, Qatar
Team Ukraine competes in the preliminary round of the team technical artistic swimming event during the 2024 World Aquatics Championships at Aspire Dome in Doha on February 5, 2024. Photo: SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images
Baghdad, Iraq
Shiite Muslim pilgrims carry a symbolic coffin as they rally at the shrine of 8th-century Imam Musa al-Kadhim during the yearly commemoration of his death in Baghdad’s Kadhimiya district on February 6, 2024. Pilgrims from various Iraqi provinces undertake a march on foot to reach the shrine in the capital to commemorate the 795 CE death of the Imam who is believed to have been poisoned by agents of the then ruler Harun al-Rashid. Photo: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images
Kyiv, Ukraine
This photograph taken in Kyiv on February 7, 2024, shows a burning building damaged as a result of missile attack, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At least three people were killed in a “massive” wave of Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine early on February 7, 2024, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images
Borodianka, Ukraine
People walk past an open air exhibition of graffiti by International and Ukrainian artists which were painted on the ruins of destroyed buildings in small town of Borodyanka, Kyiv region, on February 8, 2024 during the Russian invasion in Ukraine, and set on the central square after the buildings were dismantled. Photo: SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images
Moscow, Russia
Boris Nadezhdin (C), the Civic Initiative Party presidential hopeful, speaks to journalists following a meeting at the Central Election Commission in Moscow on February 8, 2024. Russia’s election commission on February 8, 2024 blocked pro-peace politician Boris Nadezhdin from running in next month’s presidential election, the candidate said in a post on social media. Photo: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images
Cape Canaveral, USA
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars through clouds toward orbit from the Kennedy Space Center on NASA’s PACE mission in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on February 8, 2024. Data from the PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) Earth observing science mission will help NASA understand how the ocean and atmosphere exchange carbon dioxide, measure key atmospheric variables associated with air quality and Earth’s climate, and monitor ocean health. PACE data is also expected to benefit the economy and society, especially sectors that rely on water and air quality, fisheries and food security.Photo: GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images
Tenerife, Spain
Corina Mrazek Gonzalez presents a design by Santi Castro, prior to being proclaimed new Queen of Carnival during the Election of the Queen of Carnival gala in Santa Cruz de Tenrife on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife, on February 7, 2023. The candidates for Queen of the Carnival wear costumes of more than five-meter high and over 80 kilos in weight. Considered one of the most popular and well-known carnival in the world, following Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife offers festivities that range from the election of the Carnival Queen, children and adult murgas (satirical street bands), comparsas (dance groups) to performances on the streets. Photo: DESIREE MARTIN/AFP via Getty Images
Vienna, Austria
A general view shows paricipants dancing during the opening of the annual Vienna Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria, on February 8, 2024. Photo: HELMUT FOHRINGER/APA/AFP via Getty Images
Grindavik, Iceland
Molten lava is seen overflowing the road leading to the famous tourist destination “Blue Lagoon” near Grindavik, western Iceland on February 8, 2023. A volcanic eruption started on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Thursday, the third to hit the area since December, authorities said. Photo: KRISTINN MAGNUSSON/AFP via Getty Images
Prayagraj, India
Hindu devotees cross a pontoon bridge as they arrive to take a holy dip at the ‘Sangam’ the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, on the auspicious bathing day of ‘Mauni Amavasya’ during the annual religious ‘Magh Mela’ festival in Prayagraj on February 9, 2024. Photo: SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP via Getty Images
