Competitors riding a traditional horn sled speed down the mountain during the 48th annual horn sled race (Hornschlittenrennen) on January 6, 2017, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The horn sleds are made of wood, are built to prescribed specifications for the race and are based on sleds once used for transporting wood in the German Alps. Race teams compete on a track 1,000 meters long and reach top speeds of up to 100km per hour. #

Emirati men walk with their camels across the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometers west of the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2017 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 6, 2017. #

Children swim in floodwaters in Malaysia's northeastern town of Rantau Panjang, which borders Thailand, on January 5, 2017. Floods in two northeast Malaysian states have now forced almost 23,000 people from their homes and extra relief centres have been opened, rescue officials said January 4. #

People watch the first sunrise on New Year's Day in Yuriage district where an area was damaged by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Natori, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. #

An aerial view shows the Beipanjiang Bridge, connecting Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, which is reported as world's highest bridge according to local media, which started operation on December 29, 2016, between Xuanwei city in Yunnan province and Shuicheng county in Guizhou province, China. #

A member of the US Army Honor Guard lies on the floor after passing out during an Armed Forces Full Honor Farewell Review for US President Barack Obama at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Arlington, Virginia, on January 4, 2017. #

Men take part in a horse race in the village of Pietrosani on January 6, 2017. After the celebration of an Epiphany religious service, where the water is blessed and becomes holy, the local priest baptizes the village horses. The baptism of the horses is followed by a race to decide the best horse and rider of Pietrosani. #

A replica of the Granma yacht passes by during a march to mark the Armed Forces Day and commemorate the landing of the Granma, which brought the Castro brothers, Ernesto "Che" Guevara and others from Mexico to Cuba to start the revolution in 1959, in Havana, Cuba, on January 2, 2017. #

Actors wrapped in blankets react at the set of the post-apocalyptic movie Zombie Era at an abandoned factory complex in Langfang, Hebei province, China, on December 16, 2016. #

Buddhist devotees participate in a special religious prayer attended by Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama during the Kalachakra event at Bodh Gaya, India, on January 5, 2017. #

People stand next to a portrait of artist Sienna Shields by her husband, artist Chuck Close at the 86th Street station on the Second Avenue subway line on January 3, 2017 in New York City. #

Kosovo Albanians march during a protest in Pristina on January 6, 2017, after Kosovo's former prime minister Ramush Haradinaj was arrested in France on January 4 in response to an international arrest warrant for war crimes filed by Serbia. A few hundred war veterans marched peacefully from the downtown to the French Embassy in Pristina to protet the arrest. Haradinaj -- who has been twice tried and acquitted -- is a former leader of paramilitaries who fought for Kosovo, a predominantly ethnic Albanian province of Serbia, to gain independence. #

Pennsylvania State Troopers and police officers from around the country line up outside the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona, Pennsylvania, following a memorial service on January 5, 2017, for Pennsylvania State Trooper Landon E. Weaver who was killed in the line of duty December 30. Weaver, 23, had been on the force for less than six months. #

People carry the coffin of Yunus Gormek, 23, one of the victims of the Reina night club attack, during his funeral ceremony on January 2, 2017 in Istanbul. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the shooting rampage inside a glamorous Istanbul nightclub on New Year's night that killed 39 people, as police hunted the attacker. #

The famous Hollywood sign reads "Hollyweed" after it was vandalized on January 1, 2017. Police said unidentified thrill-seekers had climbed up and arranged tarps over the two letter "O's" to make them look like "E's," CBS affiliate KCAL reported. Each letter is 45 feet tall, so the feat would have required not just bravado but considerable athleticism. #

A worker prepares graves for inmates who died during a prison riot, at the cemetery of Taruma in Manaus, Brazil, January 4, 2017. The riot, a conflict between rival gangs, left nearly 60 prisoners dead. #

Milan Engel of the Czech Republic and KTM rides a 450 Rally Replica KTM bike in stage three of the 2017 Dakar Rally between San Miguel de Tucuman and San Salvador de Jujuy on January 4, 2017 at an unspecified location in Argentina. #

Workers gather ducks to be culled in Latrille, France, on January 6, 2017, after France ordered a massive cull of ducks in three regions most affected by a severe outbreak of bird flu as it tries to contain the virus which has been spreading quickly over the past month. #

Six year old Bella Pelosi Kaufman stands with her grandmother, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, during the opening session of the 115th Congress where members were allowed to bring children into the House Chamber, on January 3, 2017, in Washington, DC. #