Best photos from January 12: Dubai Marathon to the Palisades fires
Ethiopia's Dera Dida receives medical attention after finishing second at the Dubai Marathon. Reuters
Participants bathe in ice-cold water during a Shinto ritual at Teppozu Inari Shrine in Tokyo. Getty Images
People take part in the Burning of the Clavie fire festival in Burghead, Moray. The town in Scotland welcomes the New Year twice each year, on both January 11th and the more traditional January 1st. PA
A couple in a cave at Ice Castles, in North Woodstock, New Hampshire. AP
Kouat Noi of the Sydney Kings during the round 16 NBL match against Cairns Taipans in Sydney. Getty Images
Devotees take a dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers ahead of the 'Maha Kumbh Mela', or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India. Reuters
A sculpture of US president-elect Donald Trump in a pose evoking the Buddha at artist Hong Jinshi's workshop in Xiamen, in south-east China. AFP
A helicopter flies over a smouldering hillside as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighbourhood and Encino, California. AFP