Best photos of January 18: Cold water endurance in Japan to China National Acrobatic Troupe in Monaco

Participants attend the annual cold water endurance ceremony to purify their souls and wish for good fortune in the new year, at the Kanda Myojin shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters
The USA SailGP team helmed by Taylor Canfield leads the fleet on Race Day 1 of the Rolex SailGP Championship ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix in Auckland, New Zealand. AP
A boy with a Palestinian flag atop a mound of rubble at a camp for displayed people in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. AFP
A light show is projected on the castle of Sleeping Beauty as fireworks explode in Disneyland, in Marne-la-Vallee, east of Paris. AP Photo
Members of the Navajo Scouts firefighter crew clear debris from a landslide as they battle the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California. AP
Britain's Emma Raducanu in action against Poland's Iga Swiatek at the Australian Open. Reuters
The Maha Kumbh Mela along the banks of Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj. AFP
Comedian Steve Harvey celebrates his 68th birthday at the UAE Warriors 57 MMA event in Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
The China National Acrobatic Troupe performs during the opening of the 47th Monte Carlo International Circus Festival in Monaco. AFP

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January 18, 2025

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