• People take a boat to see giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica) - known as Yakare Yrupe in Guarani - which appear every three to four years in great numbers and size in the Paraguay River in Piquete Cue just north of Asuncion. Water lilies are seen every year but not in such quantities and size and locals treat them as a national treasure. Norberto Duarte / AFP
    People take a boat to see giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica) - known as Yakare Yrupe in Guarani - which appear every three to four years in great numbers and size in the Paraguay River in Piquete Cue just north of Asuncion. Water lilies are seen every year but not in such quantities and size and locals treat them as a national treasure. Norberto Duarte / AFP
  • People walk under the major snowfall in central Moscow. The temperature in Russian capital dropped down to -2 degrees Celsius but due the wind and humidity condition it felt like -6 degrees. Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
    People walk under the major snowfall in central Moscow. The temperature in Russian capital dropped down to -2 degrees Celsius but due the wind and humidity condition it felt like -6 degrees. Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
  • People watch a storm front cross Sydney Harbour at Fairlight Beach in Sydney, Australia. Heavy wind, rain and severe hailstorms are expected throughout eastern New South Wales. Cameron Spencer / Getty Images
    People watch a storm front cross Sydney Harbour at Fairlight Beach in Sydney, Australia. Heavy wind, rain and severe hailstorms are expected throughout eastern New South Wales. Cameron Spencer / Getty Images
  • Adam Gonsenica of Slovakia in action during the Wadi Adventure International Canoe Slalom Winter Training Camp at Wadi Adventure, in Al Ain, UAE. Francois Nel / Getty Images
    Adam Gonsenica of Slovakia in action during the Wadi Adventure International Canoe Slalom Winter Training Camp at Wadi Adventure, in Al Ain, UAE. Francois Nel / Getty Images
  • People brush their teeth as others read newspapers on a winter morning in Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    People brush their teeth as others read newspapers on a winter morning in Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • Atlanta Hawks forward John Collins dunks during the first half of a basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles. Mark Terrill / AFP
    Atlanta Hawks forward John Collins dunks during the first half of a basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles. Mark Terrill / AFP
  • Devotees flock as a carriage bearing an image of the Black Nazarene makes its way through the Jones bridge in Manila, Philippines. Erik De Castro / Reuters
    Devotees flock as a carriage bearing an image of the Black Nazarene makes its way through the Jones bridge in Manila, Philippines. Erik De Castro / Reuters
  • Georgia's Deandre Baker knocks the ball away from Alabama's Calvin Ridley during the second half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game in Atlanta. David Goldman / AP Photo
    Georgia's Deandre Baker knocks the ball away from Alabama's Calvin Ridley during the second half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game in Atlanta. David Goldman / AP Photo
  • Smoke rises from buildings following air strikes on the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. Amer Almohibany / AFP
    Smoke rises from buildings following air strikes on the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. Amer Almohibany / AFP

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