Pictures of the Day
  • Horse and rider cross a bonfire to bless the animal with purifying smoke during the Luminarias celebration in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. EPA
    Horse and rider cross a bonfire to bless the animal with purifying smoke during the Luminarias celebration in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. EPA
    Horse and rider cross a bonfire to bless the animal with purifying smoke during the Luminarias celebration in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. EPA
    Horse and rider cross a bonfire to bless the animal with purifying smoke during the Luminarias celebration in San Bartolome de Pinares, Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain. EPA
  • People flee Humaymah village, east of Aleppo city, and a January 16 deadline set by the Syrian army to tighten control of the area after driving Kurdish forces out. AFP
    People flee Humaymah village, east of Aleppo city, and a January 16 deadline set by the Syrian army to tighten control of the area after driving Kurdish forces out. AFP
    People flee Humaymah village, east of Aleppo city, and a January 16 deadline set by the Syrian army to tighten control of the area after driving Kurdish forces out. AFP
    People flee Humaymah village, east of Aleppo city, and a January 16 deadline set by the Syrian army to tighten control of the area after driving Kurdish forces out. AFP
  • A decommissioned cold war nuclear observation post, the Tunstall ROC bunker, slides from a cliff because of coastal erosion, near Hull in north-east England. AFP
    A decommissioned cold war nuclear observation post, the Tunstall ROC bunker, slides from a cliff because of coastal erosion, near Hull in north-east England. AFP
    A decommissioned cold war nuclear observation post, the Tunstall ROC bunker, slides from a cliff because of coastal erosion, near Hull in north-east England. AFP
    A decommissioned cold war nuclear observation post, the Tunstall ROC bunker, slides from a cliff because of coastal erosion, near Hull in north-east England. AFP
  • Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, son of deposed shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, gather outside the Iranian embassy in London. Getty Images
    Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, son of deposed shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, gather outside the Iranian embassy in London. Getty Images
    Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, son of deposed shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, gather outside the Iranian embassy in London. Getty Images
    Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, son of deposed shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, gather outside the Iranian embassy in London. Getty Images
  • An worker shows coffee beans during a harvest at the Santa Victoria coffee farm factory in Panajachel, Guatemala. AFP
    An worker shows coffee beans during a harvest at the Santa Victoria coffee farm factory in Panajachel, Guatemala. AFP
    An worker shows coffee beans during a harvest at the Santa Victoria coffee farm factory in Panajachel, Guatemala. AFP
    An worker shows coffee beans during a harvest at the Santa Victoria coffee farm factory in Panajachel, Guatemala. AFP
  • People onboard a rubber boat wait for crew members of the Ocean Viking ship in the search-and-rescue zone off the international waters of Libya. Four-six were trying to reach the shores of the Italian island of Lampedusa. AFP
    People onboard a rubber boat wait for crew members of the Ocean Viking ship in the search-and-rescue zone off the international waters of Libya. Four-six were trying to reach the shores of the Italian island of Lampedusa. AFP
    People onboard a rubber boat wait for crew members of the Ocean Viking ship in the search-and-rescue zone off the international waters of Libya. Four-six were trying to reach the shores of the Italian island of Lampedusa. AFP
    People onboard a rubber boat wait for crew members of the Ocean Viking ship in the search-and-rescue zone off the international waters of Libya. Four-six were trying to reach the shores of the Italian
  • Casa Pia's Portuguese defender Jose Fonte goes to ground during the Portuguese League football match between Sporting Lisbon and Casa Pia at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon. AFP
    Casa Pia's Portuguese defender Jose Fonte goes to ground during the Portuguese League football match between Sporting Lisbon and Casa Pia at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon. AFP
    Casa Pia's Portuguese defender Jose Fonte goes to ground during the Portuguese League football match between Sporting Lisbon and Casa Pia at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon. AFP
    Casa Pia's Portuguese defender Jose Fonte goes to ground during the Portuguese League football match between Sporting Lisbon and Casa Pia at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon. AFP
  • Participants in the annual cold water endurance ceremony attempt to purify their souls and wish for good fortune in the new year at the Kanda Myojin shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters
    Participants in the annual cold water endurance ceremony attempt to purify their souls and wish for good fortune in the new year at the Kanda Myojin shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters
    Participants in the annual cold water endurance ceremony attempt to purify their souls and wish for good fortune in the new year at the Kanda Myojin shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters
    Participants in the annual cold water endurance ceremony attempt to purify their souls and wish for good fortune in the new year at the Kanda Myojin shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters
  • Flowers are laid during a rally and a vigil to honour those killed during the nationwide protests in Iran, outside the White House in Washington. Reuters
    Flowers are laid during a rally and a vigil to honour those killed during the nationwide protests in Iran, outside the White House in Washington. Reuters
    Flowers are laid during a rally and a vigil to honour those killed during the nationwide protests in Iran, outside the White House in Washington. Reuters
    Flowers are laid during a rally and a vigil to honour those killed during the nationwide protests in Iran, outside the White House in Washington. Reuters