The week in photos: February 5-11, 2022

Alex Mead

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Democratic star and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has sparked outrage after tweeting a photo of herself posing indoors with masked-up students, without wearing a mask herself. At at Glennwood Elementary School in Atlanta. Feb. 6, 2022. Stacey Abrams/Twitter

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A man was caught on Post video allegedly brazenly swiping about a dozen steaks from a Manhattan Trader Joe’s. Two helpless Trader Joe’s staffers had followed the man up an escalator leading to the store’s exit but only stopped him from taking a shopping basket outside, not the meat, the video shows. Feb. 8, 2022. Steven Hirsch

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USA’s Nina O’Brien falls and fractures her left leg in the second run of the women’s giant slalom at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing. Feb. 7, 2022. AFP via Getty Images

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French President Emmanuel Macron (R) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) in Moscow, for talks in an effort to find common ground on Ukraine and NATO, at the start of a week of intense diplomacy over fears Russia is preparing an invasion of its pro-Western neighbour. Feb. 7, 2022. SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

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Ski Jumping – Beijing 2022 Olympic Games

Five female ski jumpers representing Austria, Japan, Norway (twice) and Germany were disqualified from the competition for wearing loose-fitting suits. It was determined that the clothing could give athletes an advantage while in the air. Pictured; Katharina Althaus of Germany in action during the Normal Hill Mixed Teams Competition. Feb. 7, 2022. EPA

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Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old Russian skating sensation, failed a drug test taken before the team competition. The news came after Valieva led the Russian team to gold, when she twice landed a historic quad jump. The teen figure skater became the first woman to land a quad jump at the Olympics. Feb. 7, 2022. AP

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Sarah Palin arrived at a Manhattan federal courthouse Wednesday holding hands with her “buddy,” ex-Rangers player Ron Duguay, ahead of proceedings in her defamation trial against the New York Times. Feb. 9, 2022. Alec Tabak

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Demontrators against Covid-19 vaccine mandates block the roadway at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Feb. 9, 2022. AFP via Getty Images

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Adele accused of transphobia for declaring at a woke gender-neutral awards show that she loves “being a woman.” The remark was made at the Brit Awards as she collected the prize for Artist of the Year, a newly created category merging the old Best Male and Best Female Artist awards. Feb. 8, 2022. WireImage

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Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, is whisked out of an event at a high school by a Secret Service agent following an apparent security concern, in Washington. Feb. 8, 2022. AP

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Five police officers were shot and four others were injured by shrapnel and bullet fragments during an hours-long standoff at a Phoenix home, which ended with the suspect dead and his ex-girlfriend fighting for her life. Feb. 11, 2022. Onscene.tv

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Snowboard – Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Day 7

Shaun White shows emotion after finishing fourth during the Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe Final on day 7 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Feb. 8, 2022. Shaun White announced this would be his last Olympic games. Getty Images

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