Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by The Canadian Press editors.
A holocaust survivor, centre, receives assistance and comfort as she places a candle during the Commemoration Ceremony of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, following Israel's decision to allow thousands of them to go back for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas. (AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
The Jarl Squad take part in the torch procession in the Junior Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles, Scotland, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
A pilot steps into the new Black Hawk helicopter acquired by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to be used to patrol the Canada-USA border in St-Antoine-Abbe, Que. on Thursday, Jan.30, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Israeli captive Arbel Yehoud, 29, who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, is escorted by Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters as she is handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday Jan. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 performs at Scotiabank Arena during their final show of the Tour of the Setting Sum in Toronto, on Thursday, Jan 30, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj
In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington. (Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles, U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 31, 2025.