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Week in pictures 11 February 2023

KAHRAMANMARAS: Rescue workers carry Vacit Amuri, a 3-year-old girl who was found alive in the rubble of a collapsed building, in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, on Tuesday, February 7 (Emin Ozmen/The New York Times/Redux)

ISKENDERUN: Smoke billows from a port in Iskenderun, Turkey, as emergency workers continue rescue efforts in the city on Tuesday, February 7. A fire broke out at the port in the aftermath of Monday’s massive earthquake (Burak Kara/Getty Images)

SOUTH CAROLINA: The remnants of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean after US fighter jets shot the ballon just off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, February 4. The spy balloon was first spotted in the sky over Montana last week. It traveled across the middle of the country before it exited the continental United States on Saturday (Chad Fish/AP)

LOS ANGELES: LeBron James shoots a fadeaway jumper to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer on Tuesday, February 7. James broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record of 38,387 points (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images)

LONDON: Britain's King Charles III, left, welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to London's Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, February 8. Zelensky made a surprise visit to UK and gave a speech to the joint houses of Parliament. In his speech, he made a direct plea for more heavy weaponry, including fighter jets, as his country continues to fight off Russian invaders (Aaron Chown/Pool/AFP/Getty Images)

DONGES: Protesters set a fire in Donges, France, blocking a road in front of the Total Energies refinery on Wednesday, February 8. Many of France's largest unions have been protesting radical reforms to the country’s pension system that, if implemented, would require most people in France to work two years longer before retirement (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)

VENICE: A masked reveler takes part in the Venice carnival in Venice, Italy, on Sunday, February 5 (Remo Casilli/Reuters)

AIGLE: The full moon sets behind mountains, including the twin peaks of Les Jumelles, near Aigle, Switzerland, on Monday, February 6 (Anthony Anex/Keystone/AP)

EAST PALESTINE: A plume of smoke rises from a Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, on Friday, February 3. The train was carrying hazardous materials, including the toxic chemical vinyl chloride, and the wreckage burned for days (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

MALACCA: A yellow-vented bulbul eats a worm off a plant near Malacca, Malaysia, on Tuesday, February 7 (Vincent Thian/AP)

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