• Balloons float above Bagan, the ancient temple city of Myanmar, at sunrise. EPA
    Balloons float above Bagan, the ancient temple city of Myanmar, at sunrise. EPA
  • Indian men warm themselves near a fire during a cold winter morning in New Delhi. EPA
    Indian men warm themselves near a fire during a cold winter morning in New Delhi. EPA
  • A migrant from Honduras looks through fence at a dead migrant who drowned trying to swim across to the United States from Mexico. Reuters
    A migrant from Honduras looks through fence at a dead migrant who drowned trying to swim across to the United States from Mexico. Reuters
  • A worker lights a brazier on a cold winter day at an enclosure for giraffes inside a zoo in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. Reuters
    A worker lights a brazier on a cold winter day at an enclosure for giraffes inside a zoo in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. Reuters
  • Washington State defensive lineman Dallas Hobbs rolls between balloons as he he celebrates the team's 28-26 win over Iowa State in the Alamo Bowl NCAA college football in San Antonio, Texas. AP Photo
    Washington State defensive lineman Dallas Hobbs rolls between balloons as he he celebrates the team's 28-26 win over Iowa State in the Alamo Bowl NCAA college football in San Antonio, Texas. AP Photo
  • Cambodian soldiers stand during an opening ceremony of the Win-Win Monument on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. EPA
    Cambodian soldiers stand during an opening ceremony of the Win-Win Monument on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. EPA
  • Katie Boulter of Great Britain serves to Maria Sakkari of Greece in the women's singles match during day one of the 2019 Hopman Cup at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Getty Images
    Katie Boulter of Great Britain serves to Maria Sakkari of Greece in the women's singles match during day one of the 2019 Hopman Cup at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Getty Images
  • Jockeys after finishing race 4 at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
    Jockeys after finishing race 4 at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
  • Winter swimmers dive from a platform into a swimming pool in subzero temperatures in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. Reuters
    Winter swimmers dive from a platform into a swimming pool in subzero temperatures in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. Reuters
  • A boatman rows his boat through migratory birds on a foggy morning in the Yamuna River in New Delhi, India. EPA
    A boatman rows his boat through migratory birds on a foggy morning in the Yamuna River in New Delhi, India. EPA

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