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Best photos of the week: January 30, 2015

RCMP officers attend the funeral procession for slain RCMP Constable David Wynn, in St. Albert, Alta., on Monday, January 26, 2015. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press

TORONTO – From a snowstorm of epic proportions hitting the U.S. east coast, to the Australian Open; from saying goodbye to a fallen RCMP officer to the Ukraine crisis, here’s a look at some of the best photos of the week.

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Peruvian bullfighter Andres Roca Rey is hit by a bull at La Macarena bullring on January 24, 2015 in Medellin, Colombia. Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images

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A man walks between empty seats ahead the shareholders meeting of the German engineering giant Siemens in the Olympic hall in Munich, southern Germany, on January 27, 2015. Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images

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New Bedford firefighter tries to dig out an ambulance carrying a patient en route to St. Lukes Hospital in New Bedford, Mass., on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, as the region digs itself out of the snowstorm that covered the area. AP Photo/The Standard-Times/Peter Pereira

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A Kurdish fighter walks with his child in the centre of the Syrian border town of Kobane, on January 28, 2015. Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

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Black-headed ibis fly over Moe Yun Gyi Wetland, in Bago Division, about 70 miles north of Yangon on January 28, 2015. Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images

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A Ukrainian serviceman rides a swing after a clean-up operation in a village in the Lysychansk district of the Lugansk region, on January 28, 2015. Anatolii Boiko/AFP/Getty Images

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Tara Ferraro (C) pulls Chunk, an English Bulldog, on a plastic sled through Central Park after a snowstorm hit New York January 27, 2015. Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

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Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard serves during her women’s singles match against Russia’s Maria Sharapova on Day 9 of the 2015 Australian Open in Melbourne on January 27, 2015. William West/AFP/Getty Images

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A girl plays with a curtain of water at Madureira park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 25, 2014. YasuyoshI Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

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Riot police take cover during clashes with protesters in Pristina on January 24, 2015. Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images

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St. Louis Blues left wing Jaden Schwartz threads the puck between two defenders and past Nashville Predators goaltender Carter Hutton to score during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in St. Louis. AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Chris Lee

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Dexter Newcomb begins cleanup at his house in Scituate, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, the day after a winter storm left his neighbourhood coated in frozen sea spray and sand. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

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People hold candles while crossing the railway leading to the Birkenau Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. About 300 survivors gathered with leaders from around the world to remember the 1.1 million people killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau and the millions of others killed in the Holocaust. AP Photo/Alik Keplicz

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Pope Francis poses with Argentinean soldiers of the United Nations during his weekly general audience at the Paul VI hall on January 28, 2015 at the Vatican. Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images

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RCMP officers attend the funeral procession for slain RCMP Constable David Wynn, in St. Albert, Alta., on Monday, January 26, 2015. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press

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