A chair on the ice provided a convenient place for Laurie Hawkins of Rockport to change out of his skates at Gloucester's Niles Pond.  Musa Kamara of Dorchester practiced putting at the William J. Devine Golf Course at Franklin Park in Dorchester. "It's Sunday. I just didn't want to sit inside," said Kamara.  The Boston College Eagles’ Pat Mullane defended Yale University Bulldogs’ Colin Dueck during third period action at Conte Forum.  An airplane headed for a landing at Hanscom Field under a colorful winter sunset.  Contrails from jets formed lines in the sky above the statue of George Washington on the Boston Public Garden.  Donald Hall of Cambridge ran at Harvard Stadium to get in shape for an upcoming ski trip.  Like many other mothers-to-be, S. Courtney Rice wore a lot of scarves a work when she was pregnant with her daughter, Molly Rice-Philp, in order to conceal her pregnancy.  The family of Almas, 8, front, and Abdulallah, 11, Alhazmi moved from Saudi Arabia to Quincy so the children could be treated for a rare genetic disorder, Diamond Blackfan Anemia, at Children’s Hospital in Boston.  Former state lab chemist Annie Dookhan pleaded not guilty in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn to charges of altering drug evidence and obstructing justice.  Elizabeth Warren shared a hug with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan prior to a re-enactment of her senatorial swearing-in ceremony at Roxbury Community College for the benefit of supporters who couldn't travel to Washington for the real one.  Police police officers bowed their heads in prayer during a plaque dedication ceremony at the Boston Police Department's Area B-2 station to honor Sergeant Horatio Homer, who became the first black Boston police officer in 1878.  Rescue workers from the Animal Rescue League and Waltham firefighters freed a deer trapped on a frozen pond in Waltham. The animal was in poor condition and was later euthanized.
A man prepared to skate on a frozen pond in Gloucester, a deer was rescued from the ice in Waltham, and more of the week’s best images.