• Workers clad in costumes to represent the outgoing year of the dog and incoming year of the wild boar clean windows on the side of a hotel in Tokyo. AFP
    Workers clad in costumes to represent the outgoing year of the dog and incoming year of the wild boar clean windows on the side of a hotel in Tokyo. AFP
  • Visitors wearing traditional hanbok dress walk through Gyeongbokgung palace during snowfall in central Seoul, South Korea. AFP
    Visitors wearing traditional hanbok dress walk through Gyeongbokgung palace during snowfall in central Seoul, South Korea. AFP
  • The annual celebrations held at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City. AFP
    The annual celebrations held at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City. AFP
  • Atletico Paranaense's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2018 Copa Sudamericana at the Arena da Baixada stadium in Curitiba, Brazil. AFP
    Atletico Paranaense's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2018 Copa Sudamericana at the Arena da Baixada stadium in Curitiba, Brazil. AFP
  • A worker warms himself up while praying during construction works on the new road to Saint Catherine, in the Sinai Peninsula, south of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    A worker warms himself up while praying during construction works on the new road to Saint Catherine, in the Sinai Peninsula, south of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • People surround 260-year-old 'La Panera', the tallest pine in Switzerland at 48m, after it was felled, in Luven. EPA
    People surround 260-year-old 'La Panera', the tallest pine in Switzerland at 48m, after it was felled, in Luven. EPA
  • Indonesian search and rescue team members rescue two "victims" during operational drills in the waters off Banda Aceh. AFP
    Indonesian search and rescue team members rescue two "victims" during operational drills in the waters off Banda Aceh. AFP
  • Dawn silhouettes Tower Bridge and commuters crossing the River Thames in London, Britain. Reuters
    Dawn silhouettes Tower Bridge and commuters crossing the River Thames in London, Britain. Reuters
  • Villagers hold torches to represent light and vision during the Divina Pastora procession, on the eve of St Lucia's Day, in Casarabonela, southern Spain. Reuters
    Villagers hold torches to represent light and vision during the Divina Pastora procession, on the eve of St Lucia's Day, in Casarabonela, southern Spain. Reuters
  • Orin Larsen, of Manitoba, Canada, competes in the National Finals Rodeo, in Las Vegas. AP Photo
    Orin Larsen, of Manitoba, Canada, competes in the National Finals Rodeo, in Las Vegas. AP Photo
  • People attend a memorial ceremony to mark the 81st anniversary of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre on the National Memorial Day in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. Reuters
    People attend a memorial ceremony to mark the 81st anniversary of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre on the National Memorial Day in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. Reuters

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