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1/21
Freezing for Trump
Supporters of former President Donald Trump are waiting in New Hampshire for the Republican candidate to make an election campaign appearance.
Even icy temperatures don't deter them.
Photo: Elizabeth Frantz / REUTERS
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2/21
Happiness in the water
Hindu pilgrims dry their clothes in the sun after bathing in the holy Ganges River.
The water is said to free you from sins.
Photo: Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP
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3/21
Crystal Ice
In Leipzig, the sun rises behind ice crystals on a window.
Parts of Germany are currently experiencing an unusually frosty winter.
According to the German Weather Service, temperatures will rise at the weekend and at the beginning of next week.
Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa
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4/21
Wateraum
On a foggy January morning, people met to fish in a lake near the Indian metropolis of Guwahati.
The event is part of Magh Bihu, an annual festival marking the end of the harvest season.
Photo: Biju Boro / AFP
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5/21
Ice skating fun
First came the flood, then the ice: The increased groundwater had flooded the Rhine meadows near Düsseldorf-Niederkassel, and now the flooded areas are frozen due to the winter temperatures.
The residents are happy about it: take out their skates and get on the ice.
Photo: Jochen Tack / IMAGO
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6/21
Cauliflower Mountain Rescue
A seller at a market in Bengaluru, India stretches between mounds of cauliflower.
Photo: Idrees Mohammed / AFP
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7/21
Double fleece
On the fence of an allotment garden in Hesse, a cuddly horse sits enthroned between plush, overgrown tendrils.
Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa
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8/21
The beauty in the horror
While the war rages on in the Gaza Strip, everyday life continues.
For example, for the bride Afnan Jibril, who is led to the altar by her father.
The image was taken on January 12 in the southern Gaza Strip.
Photo: AFP
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9/21
On the waterfront
A woman from Hampton, New Hampshire looks at the floodwaters surrounding her home.
After a violent storm with heavy rain in the northeast of the USA, parts of the coastal city were under water on the Wednesday before last.
The situation has now calmed down.
Photo: Joseph Prezioso / AFP
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10/21
snowmen
These two figures stand face to face in Sefton Park.
The Snowman and the Man in the Snow face severe weather warnings from the Met Office, the United Kingdom's national meteorological service.
Photo: Adam Vaughan / EPA
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11/21
No escape
The Israeli army has been fighting against Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip for more than 100 days - the Palestinian civilian population is suffering from the air strikes.
Here a woman examines the rubble of a house after a bombardment.
Photo: Mohammed Salem / REUTERS
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12/21
to show the flag
On February 8th, more than 100 million Pakistanis will be called upon to elect a new parliament.
The mood is heated and the election campaign is in full swing.
Here a man sews flags for the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).
Photo: Asif Hassan / AFP
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13/21
Is it all crap?
A woman is disturbed by the leftovers that French farmers dump in front of an administration building in Toulouse.
In France, farmers are also currently protesting against taxation and shrinking incomes.
The sign on the tractor tells interested readers: We are on the edge.
Photo: Ed Jones / AFP
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14/21
Weapon on the curriculum
Taiwan and China are hostile towards each other, and the heated atmosphere is also spreading to the schools.
Here, students at a high school in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, listen to a military officer's remarks - before they go to shooting training.
Photo:
Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
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15/21
Hardly a choice
The Comoros has been ruled by former military man Azali Assoumani since 2016.
Six years ago, in a controversial move, he removed term limits.
Now he has been re-elected for the third time.
A campaign worker is waiting for voters here.
Photo: Olympia de Maismont / AFP
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16/21
Bring them home
The terrorist group Hamas is still holding Israeli hostages captive in Gaza.
The relatives continue to fight for their release.
This woman, for example, is on her way to a rally near Kibbutz Urim in southern Israel with her baby.
To draw attention to the mistreatment of the female hostages remaining in the Gaza Strip, participants tied themselves with red tape, chanted "Bring our sisters home" and marched behind a woman writhing in a cage.
Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/dpa
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17/21
In the stress of moving
Kenyan rangers pull an anesthetized black rhino from a body of water in Nairobi National Park.
Kenya's nature conservation authority has decided to relocate 21 of the particularly endangered Black Rhinos from the national park and two private reserves to a reserve in the highlands.
There the shy loners should have more space to reproduce undisturbed.
According to official information, the number of black rhinos in Kenya has roughly quadrupled since 1984 thanks to increased measures to combat poachers: from 240 to the current 977 animals.
Photo: Brian Inganga / AP
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18/21
Blessings for four paws
On the outskirts of Mexico City, a woman brings her dog to the San Berdardino de Siena Cathedral on the feast day of the patron saint of pets and has it blessed.
Photo: Raquel Cunha / REUTERS
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19/21
Try it with comfort
You can't watch tennis at the Australian Open from morning to evening.
This spectator made himself comfortable on a lounge chair during the tournament in Melbourne.
Photo: Alessandra Tarantino / AP
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20/21
Off to orbit
The clouds of smoke around the "Gravity-1" form like a gigantic heart when the world's largest solid-fuel rocket takes off for the first time: from a special ship off the coast of China.
The rocket from the Chinese startup Orienspace can carry a load of up to 6,500 kilograms into space.
On its maiden flight, it launched three satellites into orbit, according to Orienspace.
The launch is considered a great success for private Chinese space travel.
Photo: China Daily / REUTERS
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21/21
Clowns in Davos
A clown takes part in a demonstration by the Swiss young party JUSO and the organization “Strike WEF” against the World Economic Forum (WEF).
This is currently taking place in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos.
Every year, political leaders, entrepreneurs and scientists come there to discuss global challenges, this year with the motto “Rebuilding Trust”.
Photo: Laurent Gillieron / EPA