• Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association balance on top of bamboo ladders during a presentation at the New Year fire review of the Tokyo Fire Department in Tokyo. Some 2,800 firefighters took part in the annual New Year fire exercises. Toru Yamanaka / AFP
    Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association balance on top of bamboo ladders during a presentation at the New Year fire review of the Tokyo Fire Department in Tokyo. Some 2,800 firefighters took part in the annual New Year fire exercises. Toru Yamanaka / AFP
  • Charlotte Hornets guard Treveon Graham, left, and Los Angeles Lakers guard Josh Hart reach for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. Mark Terrill / AP Photo
    Charlotte Hornets guard Treveon Graham, left, and Los Angeles Lakers guard Josh Hart reach for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. Mark Terrill / AP Photo
  • Alexander Gassner of Germany in action during the first run of the men's Skeleton World Cup race in Altenberg, Germany. Filip Simger / EPA
    Alexander Gassner of Germany in action during the first run of the men's Skeleton World Cup race in Altenberg, Germany. Filip Simger / EPA
  • Anze Semenic of Slovenia in action during the fourth stage of the 66th Four Hills Tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria. Lisi Niesner / EPA
    Anze Semenic of Slovenia in action during the fourth stage of the 66th Four Hills Tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria. Lisi Niesner / EPA
  • Visitors walk and slide on icy paths on the opening day of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, in China's northeast Heilongjiang province. The festival, featuring dozens of huge ice sculptures lit up by coloured lights, attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. Greg Baker / AFP
    Visitors walk and slide on icy paths on the opening day of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, in China's northeast Heilongjiang province. The festival, featuring dozens of huge ice sculptures lit up by coloured lights, attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. Greg Baker / AFP
  • Australia's captain Steve Smith avoids a short delivery from England's Stuart Broad during the third day of the fifth Ashes cricket test match. David Gray / Reuters
    Australia's captain Steve Smith avoids a short delivery from England's Stuart Broad during the third day of the fifth Ashes cricket test match. David Gray / Reuters
  • Mirai Nagasu performs during the women's free skate event at the US Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, California. Tony Avelar / AP Photo
    Mirai Nagasu performs during the women's free skate event at the US Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, California. Tony Avelar / AP Photo
  • Anglers cast lines through holes drilled in the surface of a frozen river during a trout catching contest in Hwacheon, South Korea. The contest is part of an annual ice festival which draws over 1,000,000 visitors every year. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
    Anglers cast lines through holes drilled in the surface of a frozen river during a trout catching contest in Hwacheon, South Korea. The contest is part of an annual ice festival which draws over 1,000,000 visitors every year. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
  • A boy shouts after catching a trout during a trout catching contest in Hwacheon, South Korea. The contest is part of an annual ice festival which draws over 1,000,000 visitors every year. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
    A boy shouts after catching a trout during a trout catching contest in Hwacheon, South Korea. The contest is part of an annual ice festival which draws over 1,000,000 visitors every year. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
  • Indian men pedal bicycles through heavy fog in Lucknow, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    Indian men pedal bicycles through heavy fog in Lucknow, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo

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