El Nino-generated storm waves crash onto seaside houses at Mondos Beach, California, on January 12, 2016. Californians are experiencing a super El Nino weather pattern and with 20 per cent of the state’s residents living on a flood plain, areas are dealing with flooding and mudslides. Mark Ralston / Agence France-Presse
A smew, which is a species of migratory duck, struggles to gulp a fish at Namdae Stream in Gangneung, South Korea, on January 13, 2016. EPA
A car covered with ice remains stranded on the waterfront in Hamburg, New York, on January 12, 2016. The owner left it parked overnight outside a restaurant on Sunday and by the following day, spray from Lake Erie had encased it in ice. Lindsay DeDario / Reuters
An Afghan man assists two schoolgirls from a building close to the Pakistan consulate in Jalalabad on January 13, 2016, which was hit by a suicide bombing, followed by gunfire. Two police officers were killed, officials said. Noorullah Shirzada / Agence France-Presse
A Rafale fighter jet dumps fuel after a mission, before landing on France’s flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf on January 12, 2016. The ship joined the US-led coalition against ISIL last November, as France intensified its air strikes against extremist sites in Syria and Iraq in response to ISIL threats against French targets. Christophe Ena / Associated Press
A student is arrested by riot police on January 12, 2016, during a protest against the rise of the transport fare in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The increase was in response to a marked economic downturn and high inflation. Nelson Almeida / Agence France-Presse
A man looks at the historic Sultanahmet district in Istanbul on January 13, 2016, which was attacked by a suicide bombomer the day before. The blast killed 10 foreigners — most of them German tourists — and wounded several others in the latest in a string of attacks by Islamic extremists targeting Westerners. Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press
A Swiss Guard who fell ill is helped as Pope Francis led the weekly audience at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican on January 13, 2016. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
A Kashmiri fisherman rows his boat on Dal lake in dense fog in Srinagar, India, on January 13, 2016. Tauseef Mustafa / Agence France-Presse
A workman opens the smoke box door of a Japanese-made steam train at a depot in Changhua, Taiwan, on January 13, 2016. Olivia Harris / Reuters
People look at a sperm whale on the island of Texel, The Netherlands, on January 13, 2016. Five sperm-whales were beached on the island, and all died. Remko De Waal / EPA