Epiphany celebrations in Madrid, anti-government protests in Kazakhstan, the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, a December wildfire in Colorado, counting penguins at the London Zoo, sunflower art in China, ski jumping in Austria, ice-covered cargo in Vladivostok, and much more
This photo essay previously misidentified the artist Jaume Plensa's nationality.
Snow falls along the East Front Plaza during a storm, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2022. #
The sun rises behind the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul in the medieval fortified city of Mdina, Malta, on January 2, 2022. #
Tourists visit icefalls illuminated by colorful lights at Dadunxia Scenic Spot on January 1, 2022, in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province, China. #
A firefighter points as he stands near flames from forest fires near Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, on January 3, 2022. #
Revelers enjoy the fireworks and celebrate New Year's on Copacabana Beach on January 1, 2022, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. #
On December 29, 2021, a woman in the port of Vladivostok, Russia, takes a picture of ice-covered vehicles unloaded from the cargo ship Sun Rio, which was caught in severe weather conditions in the Sea of Japan. #
People throw snowballs during the Battle of Snomicron snowball fight along the National Mall, near the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C, on January 3, 2022. #
Slovenian ski jumper Timi Zajc is seen in action during the Four Hills Tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria, on January 5, 2022. #
Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration in Tokyo, Japan, on January 6, 2022. #
People scream at the sea to express their frustration as the Netherlands undergoes another lockdown, in The Hague, Netherlands, on January 5, 2022. #
Roman-heritage masterpieces are projected on the facade of the Palazzo Senatorio and Palazzo Pamphilj at Piazza Navona in Rome on January 3, 2022, part of a project called "Amor, Che Move." #
A man shows off his riding skills during Epiphany celebrations in the village of Pietrosani, Romania, on January 6, 2022. According to local Epiphany traditions, following a religious service, villagers have their horses blessed with holy water, then compete in a race. #
A wholesaler stands in front of rows of frozen tuna during the New Year's auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo, Japan, on January 5, 2022. #
People take pictures in a sunflower installation at the "Van Gogh Alive" digital-art experience in Dewey Center in Beijing, China, on January 3, 2022. #
People play in a ball pool in an art exhibition called "Let's Fly" in Rome's Balloon Museum, on January 5, 2022. #
Revelers celebrate New Year's Eve on January 1, 2022, in Times Square in New York City. #
Aymara indigenous people celebrate the Roscasiri, in Pomata district, Chucuito province, Peru, on January 1, 2022. This ancient Aymara event, in which people adorn themselves with bread and fruits that represent abundance for the new year, celebrates the change of command of local authorities. #
A pedestrian walks past a mural in central Athens, Greece, on January 4, 2022. #
A member of the Indoamericanto collective poses for a picture before Canto a la Tierra during the carnival of Negros y Blancos, displaying a mix of Amazonian, Andean, and Pacific cultural expressions, on January 3, 2022 in Pasto, Colombia. #
Bulgarian Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova has makeup applied to her face during her wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, on January 2, 2022. The remote mountain village has kept its traditional winter marriage ceremony alive despite decades of Communist persecution, followed by poverty that forced many men to seek work abroad. #
A woman bathes in an ice hole in a pond in St. Petersburg, Russia, on January 4, 2022. #
Hattie Sire, a keeper at the London Zoo, works alongside Humboldt penguins as the zoo does its annual stocktake, in London on January 4, 2022. #
A captive-bred eastern hoolock gibbon is seen at Dehong Wildlife Shelter and Rescue Center in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, on January 6, 2022. #
Metin Yurdanur, an artist, poses among sculptures in Ankara, Turkey, on January 4, 2022. #
A home burns after a fast-moving wildfire swept through the Centennial Heights neighborhood of Louisville, Colorado, on December 30, 2021. State officials estimated that nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed in multiple areas around Boulder County by fires fueled by winds that gusted at speeds upwards of 100 miles an hour at times. #
Charley Ferrera, 8, plays on a swing at what remains of her grandfather's house in a neighborhood decimated by the Marshall Fire on January 2, 2022, in Louisville, Colorado. #
Gck Motorsport's Guerlain Chicherit and co-driver Alex Winocq crash during stage 4 of the 2022 Dakar Rally, headed toward Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 5, 2022. #
In an aerial view, traffic creeps along Virginia Highway 1 after being diverted away from I-95, after it was closed because of a winter storm on January 4, 2022, near Fredericksburg in Stafford County, Virginia. A winter storm with record snowfall slammed into the mid-Atlantic states, stranding thousands of motorists overnight on 50 miles of the I-95 in Virginia. #
An aerial picture taken on January 3, 2022, shows a man running along a flooded Sausalito/Mill Valley bike path during a "king tide" in Mill Valley, California. King tides occur when the Earth, moon, and sun align in orbit to produce unusually high water levels and can cause local tidal flooding. #
A view shows the mayor's office building, which was torched during protests triggered by fuel-price increases in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on January 6, 2022 #
Nathaniel Bourgoin of Team USA takes a training run for the Men's Freeski Halfpipe at Mammoth Mountain in Mammoth, California, on January 5, 2022. #
A woman jumps from Blackrock diving tower before participating in a traditional New Year's Day swim, during severe wind, in Galway, Ireland, on January 1, 2022. #
A photograph taken in Normandy, France, shows the chalk cliffs in Étretat on January 4, 2022. #
People visit the sculpture titled "Dream"—which was recently featured in Netflix’s thriller "Stay Close"—on January 5, 2022, in St. Helens, England. The 20-meter-high sculpture of a young girl's face in a dreamlike state, by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, was chosen for the spot in 2009 by a group of ex-miners who had worked in the former coal mine where it stands in Sutton Manor. #
An acrobat performs during the Three Wise Men (or Three Kings) traditional parade on the eve of the Epiphany celebration, in Madrid, Spain, on January 5, 2022. #
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