• A woman walks a dog with styled and dyed fur on a street in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. Reuters
    A woman walks a dog with styled and dyed fur on a street in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. Reuters
  • A sea of fog seen from the Moleson mountain in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. EPA
    A sea of fog seen from the Moleson mountain in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. EPA
  • An Indian window cleaner cleans a window of a hotel in Amritsar. AFP
    An Indian window cleaner cleans a window of a hotel in Amritsar. AFP
  • A murmuration of migrating starlings fly above a waste facility near the city of Rahat, southern Israel. Reuters
    A murmuration of migrating starlings fly above a waste facility near the city of Rahat, southern Israel. Reuters
  • Pope Francis juggles with a ball during weekly general audience in Paul VI hall at The Vatican. AFP
    Pope Francis juggles with a ball during weekly general audience in Paul VI hall at The Vatican. AFP
  • A man wearing a costume diving into a partly frozen lake in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province, with the temperature of minus 21 degrees Celsius. AFP
    A man wearing a costume diving into a partly frozen lake in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province, with the temperature of minus 21 degrees Celsius. AFP
  • A Syrian boy carries back collected firewood as he returns to a camp for the displaced near Dayr Ballut in the northwest of Aleppo. AFP
    A Syrian boy carries back collected firewood as he returns to a camp for the displaced near Dayr Ballut in the northwest of Aleppo. AFP
  • Emperor Akihito waves to members of the public during the New Year's appearance by the Japanese royal family at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Bloomberg
    Emperor Akihito waves to members of the public during the New Year's appearance by the Japanese royal family at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Bloomberg
  • An Indian woman washes a sari in the Narmada River at sunrise on a foggy winter morning in Jabalpur. AFP
    An Indian woman washes a sari in the Narmada River at sunrise on a foggy winter morning in Jabalpur. AFP
  • China's President Xi Jinping arrives for an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AFP
    China's President Xi Jinping arrives for an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AFP
  • Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark plays a forehand during her first round match at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand. Getty Images
    Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark plays a forehand during her first round match at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand. Getty Images

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