• Katie Uhlaender of the US competes during the second run of the women's skeleton competition of the IBSF Skeleton World Championship in Altenberg. AFP
    Katie Uhlaender of the US competes during the second run of the women's skeleton competition of the IBSF Skeleton World Championship in Altenberg. AFP
  • An aerial photograph shows a snow drawing made entirely of footprints on a golf course outside the Finnish capital Helsinki, in Espoo. The artwork is the brainchild of IT consultant Janne Pyykkö. AFP
    An aerial photograph shows a snow drawing made entirely of footprints on a golf course outside the Finnish capital Helsinki, in Espoo. The artwork is the brainchild of IT consultant Janne Pyykkö. AFP
  • Katerine waits for breakfast cooked by her family under a bridge on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The nine-year-old has lived under this bridge with her family since they lost their home to last year's hurricanes Eta and Iota in November. AP Photo
    Katerine waits for breakfast cooked by her family under a bridge on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The nine-year-old has lived under this bridge with her family since they lost their home to last year's hurricanes Eta and Iota in November. AP Photo
  • A person uses cross-country skis during heavy snowfall alongside the river Spree through the government district in Berlin, Germany. AP Photo
    A person uses cross-country skis during heavy snowfall alongside the river Spree through the government district in Berlin, Germany. AP Photo
  • Serena Williams hits a return against Russia's Anastasia Potapova during their women's singles match on day five of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. AFP
    Serena Williams hits a return against Russia's Anastasia Potapova during their women's singles match on day five of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. AFP
  • British skipper Pip Hare celebrates with flares aboard her Imoca 60 monohull "Medallia" after crossing the finish line, placed 19th, of the Vendee Globe round-the-world solo sailing race off the coast of Les Sables-d'Olonne, western France. AFP
    British skipper Pip Hare celebrates with flares aboard her Imoca 60 monohull "Medallia" after crossing the finish line, placed 19th, of the Vendee Globe round-the-world solo sailing race off the coast of Les Sables-d'Olonne, western France. AFP
  • Cambodian devotees offer incense sticks at a temple to mark the start of the Lunar New Year in Ta Khmao, Kandal province. AFP
    Cambodian devotees offer incense sticks at a temple to mark the start of the Lunar New Year in Ta Khmao, Kandal province. AFP
  • Hindu devotees arrive to take a holy bath at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, on the auspicious bathing day of 'Mauni Amavasya' during the annual fair of Magh Mela festival in Allahabad. AFP
    Hindu devotees arrive to take a holy bath at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, on the auspicious bathing day of 'Mauni Amavasya' during the annual fair of Magh Mela festival in Allahabad. AFP
  • People watch the sunset from a bridge in Istanbul's Golden Horn. AP Photo
    People watch the sunset from a bridge in Istanbul's Golden Horn. AP Photo
  • People look at a giant ox lantern in a park in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province, as the Lunar New Year ushers in the Year of the Ox. AFP
    People look at a giant ox lantern in a park in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province, as the Lunar New Year ushers in the Year of the Ox. AFP

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Year of the Ox to skeleton sledding – today's best pictures

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February 12, 2021

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