MANILA, Philippines – The US Division of Homeland Safety is sending “a whole bunch” extra officers to Minnesota, Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem mentioned in remarks that aired on January 11, after tens of 1000’s of individuals marched via Minneapolis to protest the deadly capturing of 37‑12 months‑outdated Renee Good by an ICE officer.
On January 12, Minnesota and Illinois sued President Donald Trump‘s administration, searching for to dam a surge of immigration enforcement officers into their states. In the meantime, a State Division spokesperson on January 14 mentioned the administration was suspending processing for immigrant visas for candidates from 75 nations as a part of Washington’s intensifying immigration crackdown.
Within the Philippines, 5 days after the Binaliw landfill landslide on January 13, the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Cebu Metropolis authorised throughout an everyday session a decision declaring a state of calamity as a result of antagonistic results brought on by the incident. On January 15, the Philippine Nationwide Waste Staff Alliance known as out the administration of the landfill for neglecting the protection of its employees after a landslide of their facility left greater than 20 individuals useless.
Catch extra tales in these images from the week that was:
Devotees encompass the carriage carrying the picture of Jesus Nazareno as it’s returned to the Quiapo Church in Manila throughout the Traslacion, which lasted practically 31 hours, on January 10, 2026. PHOTO BY NOEL CELIS/REUTERS
Caroline Inexperienced and Michael Parsons carry out within the ice dance free dance throughout the 2026 US Determine Skating Championships at Enterprise Heart in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 10, 2026. PHOTO BY JEFF LE/ IMAGN IMAGES VIA REUTERS
Individuals gentle candles as members of the family of victims of the Pulse nightclub hearth in Kocani collect for a silent memorial for the victims of the lethal hearth on the ‘Le Constellation’ bar in Switzerland’s Crans-Montana, in Kocani, North Macedonia, on January 10, 2026. PHOTO BY OGNEN TEOFILOVSKI/REUTERS
Relations watch as search and retrieval operations proceed on the collapsed landfill in Binaliw, Cebu Metropolis, on January 11, 2026. PHOTO BY JACQUELINE HERNANDEZ/RAPPLER
Individuals experience at the back of a automobile within the Ashrafieh neighborhood, after the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces fighters left the Syrian metropolis of Aleppo following a ceasefire deal, in Aleppo, Syria, on January 11, 2026. PHOTO BY KHALIL ASHAWI/REUTERS
A participant reacts to a brick of ice touching his pores and skin throughout an ice-cold tub as individuals participate within the ceremony to purify their souls and pray for the New Yr on the Teppozu Inari shrine in Tokyo, Japan, on January 11, 2026. PHOTO BY ISSEI KATO/REUTERS
Selena Gomez poses on the pink carpet on the 83rd Annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, on January 11, 2026. PHOTO BY DANIEL COLE/REUTERS
Members of the New York State Nurses Affiliation union picket outdoors the NewYork-Presbyterian Milstein hospital, throughout their strike in New York Metropolis on January 12, 2026. PHOTO BY BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS
College students stroll previous a mural depicting late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez on the primary day of lessons after the vacation break in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 12, 2026. PHOTO BY MAXWELL BRICENO/REUTERS
Activists put messages on a cutout of Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi throughout an anti-Takaichi rally, forward of South Korean President Lee’s go to to Japan, close to the Presidential Blue Home in Seoul, South Korea, on January 12, 2026. PHOTO BY KIM HONG-JI/REUTERS
1000’s of Iranians attend a pro-government rally in Tehran, Iran, on January 12, 2026. PHOTO BY WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY VIA REUTERS
Relations of detainees wait outdoors the Nationwide Police Zone 7 Detention Centre as Venezuela’s authorities begins releasing some detainees, with the liberating of political prisoners marking a transfer lengthy demanded by human rights teams, worldwide our bodies, and opposition leaders, in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 13, 2026. PHOTO BY GABY ORAA/REUTERS
A lady reacts after being dragged away from her automobile by federal brokers who ordered her to go away the scene throughout an immigration raid, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 13, 2026. PHOTO BY RYAN MURPHY/REUTERS
Kashmiri vegetable distributors share a hookah as they work together after promoting greens at a floating market within the interiors of Dal Lake on a chilly winter morning in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir, on January 13, 2026. PHOTO BY SHARAFAT ALI/REUTERS
Individuals stroll in heavy snow, as seen via a window of a bus cease in Nuuk, Greenland, on January 14, 2026. PHOTO BY MARKO DJURICA/REUTERS
A fallow deer stands within the Phoenix Park at dawn in Dublin, Eire, on January 15, 2026. PHOTO BY CLODAGH KILCOYNE/REUTERS
Detained vlogger Vitaly Zdorovetskiy stands behind Inside Secretary Jonvic Remulla throughout a media presentation asserting his deportation to Russia on January 15, 2026. PHOTO BY JIRE CARREON/RAPPLER
A employee restores a picture of the Youngster Jesus as they put together for the January 18 Feast of the Sto. Niño and Lakbayaw competition, alongside Wagas Road in Tondo, Manila, on January 16, 2026. PHOTO BY RAPPLER
A customer locations a pebble at a memorial web site in remembrance of the lives misplaced throughout the December 14, 2025, Bondi Seaside mass capturing, in Sydney, Australia, on January 16, 2026. PHOTO BY JEREMY PIPER/REUTERS
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