Drone pilots on Ukraine’s front line, scenes from the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, an icy purification bath in Japan, animal blessings in Spain, a snow-covered stadium in New York, kitesurfing in South Africa, a new volcanic eruption in Iceland, and much more
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A woman holds her dog as it reacts while being blessed by a priest at the Cathedral San Bernardino de Siena during the ceremony commemorating the Feast of San Antonio Abad, the patron saint of domestic animals, in Xochimilco, on the outskirts of Mexico City, on January 17, 2024. #
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A rider goes through flames during the annual "Luminarias" celebration on the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, commemorating Spain's patron saint of animals, in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares, northwest of Madrid, Spain, on January 16, 2024. #
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A group consisting mostly of women, who call themselves "The Endorphins," gather for a sunrise swim in the chilly waters of Lake Ontario during freezing temperatures in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 17, 2024. #
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Kurt Kitayama of the United States plays a shot on the 16th hole during the third round of the Sony Open in Hawaii at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, on January 13, 2024. #
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Members of the Central Reserve Police Force women-bikers group "Yashawini" perform a stunt during a rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, on January 17, 2024. #
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Lenticular clouds are seen in La Possession as authorities on France's Reunion Island urged residents to stock up on food and water ahead of a tropical storm on on January 14, 2024. #
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Workers pose as they clear snow from bleacher seats before the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, on January 15, 2024. #
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Faroe Islands' Teis Horn Rasmussen struggles with opponents from Team Poland during a preliminary match of the EHF 2024 Men's European Handball Championship at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany, on January 15, 2024. #
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A large statue depicting rapper and actor Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, aka Kid Cudi, is installed in front of the Palais Brongniart in Paris, France, on January 12, 2024. The statue appeared, unannounced, as part of a campaign to promote the release of Kid Cudi's new album. #
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A priest blesses a flock of sheep during a traditional ceremony to bless animals, marking the day of Saint Anthony, in Muro, on the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca, on January 17, 2024. #
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A Kosovo Albanian lights a candle in front of the national theater in Pristina, Kosovo, on January 15, 2024, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Račak Massacre. The massacre, one of the bloodiest that occurred in the Kosovo crisis, led to massive international pressure on Serbia to stop its ethnically motivated killings of civilian Albanians and prompted a NATO-led air campaign that ousted Serbian security forces from Kosovo. #
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Danish King Frederik X and his wife, Queen Mary of Denmark, wave after his proclamation by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 14, 2024. King Frederik X succeeds Queen Margrethe II, who will be stepping down after reigning for 51 years. #
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Participants pray as they take an ice-cold bath during a ceremony to purify their souls and pray for the new year at the Teppozu Inari shrine in Tokyo, Japan, on January 14, 2024. #
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Netherlands' Jeffrey Hoogland competes in the fourth heat of the Men's Sprint Round of 16 race against Germany's Luca Spiegel, reflected in his helmet, during the third day of the UEC European Track Cycling Championships at the Omnisport indoor arena in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on January 12, 2024. #
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A Boston Celtics dancer performs during the second half of the game between the Boston Celtics and the San Antonio Spurs at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 2024. #
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Team Audi Sport's driver Mattias Ekstrom and his co-driver Emil Bergkvist navigate through dunes during stage 8 of the 2024 Dakar Rally, between Al Duwadimi and Hail, Saudi Arabia, on January 15, 2024. #
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Otis Vanhook smiles as he rides an inflatable unicorn down a hill in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 16, 2024. A snowstorm blanketed the area with up to eight inches of snow and frigid temperatures. #
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Ukrainian servicemen of the Rarog UAV squadron, with the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, operate a first-person-view (FPV) drone at a position near the town of Horlivka, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on January 17, 2024. #
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A donkey cart drives past a collapsed building in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on January 16, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. #
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Residents use a horse-drawn carriage to evacuate the flooded town of Dayeuhkolot in Bandung, Indonesia, on January 12, 2024, after a river overflowed because of heavy rains. #
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