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A reveler dressed as Frankenstein’s monster plunges into the ocean throughout a snow storm on January 1, 2026, in Boston. The polar plunge on New 12 months’s Day dates again greater than 100 years within the metropolis, however many individuals, primarily members of the L Road Brownies, take every day swims one year a yr within the ocean.
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An artist poses for {a photograph} earlier than performing on the Veethi Virudhu Vizha pageant, showcasing conventional Indian artwork kinds, in Chennai, on January 4, 2026.
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Revelers participate within the Black and White Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, on January 6, 2026.
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Folks paddle alongside a flooded Mill Valley–Sausalito Path throughout king tide in Mill Valley, California, on January 3, 2026.
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A humanoid robotic wearing a site visitors police uniform hit the streets on January 8, 2026, in Wuhu, Anhui province, China. The robotic officer directed site visitors, detected violations, and gave well mannered voice reminders.
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Aged individuals work together with a robotic at a nursing residence on January 7, 2026, in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, China.
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An artwork set up includes a bus bursting by means of a wall, seen at Meixin Pink Wine City in Chongqing, China, on January 6, 2026.
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Members of a standard firefighting preservation group carry out ladder stunts throughout the annual New 12 months’s Hearth Brigade Evaluate on January 6, 2026, in Tokyo.
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A wildfire burns by means of a forest on Mount Pirque at El Hoyo, within the Patagonian area of Chubut province, Argentina, on January 7, 2026.
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A picture captured from video exhibits smoke rising above Fort Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest army advanced, after a collection of explosions in Caracas on January 3, 2026. The US army was behind a collection of strikes towards the Venezuelan capital, resulting in the seize of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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In New York Metropolis, law-enforcement officers transfer Maduro and his spouse, Cilia Flores, out of a helicopter, headed for the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan for an preliminary look to face U.S. federal expenses together with narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, cash laundering, and others, on January 5, 2026.
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A full moon rises over ice constructions on the annual Ice and Snow Pageant held in Harbin in China’s Heilongjiang province, on January 4, 2026.
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A racer rides on a path throughout the second stage of the Dakar Rally between Yanbu and Alula, Saudi Arabia, on January 5, 2026.
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Automobiles drive on Freeway 101, flooded by a king tide on January 3, 2026, close to Corte Madera in Marin County, California.
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Japan’s Ren Nikaido celebrates with teammates after successful the boys’s particular person ski-jumping occasion throughout the 4 Hills Event in Innsbruck, Austria, on January 4, 2026.
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A pony stands in a area in Chisseaux, close to Excursions, France, following a recent snowfall on January 7, 2026.
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Rachel Melvin, a zookeeper, poses with a home Bactrian camel throughout an occasion to advertise the annual stocktake at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, in Dunstable, England, on January 8, 2026.
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The cold-water swimmer Autumn Lea takes a freezing dip at sundown within the waters of Pickmere Lake on January 5, 2026, in Knutsford, England.
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A drone view exhibits a frozen lake close to Budapest, Hungary, on January 7, 2026.
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Skaters go away tracks within the ice as they cross the frozen flooded plain of Port Meadow, in Oxford, England, on January 7, 2026.
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A hearth eater performs throughout the conventional Cabalgata de Reyes parade in Madrid, on January 5, 2026, as a part of the festivities marking the Catholic feast of Epiphany.
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Women Drsed in Conventional Oromo Karrayyu Costamus on the naming ceremony of the brand new Karrayyu Conventional Chief Chief in Fentale, Oromia Area, Ethiopia, on January 4,
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A view of the architectural monument Alter Flecken, made up of 80 half-timbered homes within the previous city of Freudenberg, Germany, seen on a winter’s evening, January 7, 2026
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This aerial image exhibits a person and a baby utilizing cables to cross a river within the aftermath of flash floods that destroyed adjoining villages in Ketol, Indonesia’s Aceh highland province, on January 6, 2026.
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A migrant performs with a bit lady aboard the rescue ship Ocean Viking, operated by the NGO SOS Méditerranée, as they sail to a delegated port of disembarkation in Savona, Italy, on January 3, 2026. Thirty-three migrants had been rescued by crew members of the ship.
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Folks collect for a vigil after an ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good earlier within the day, January 7, 2026, in Minneapolis.
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A view of a twin heart-shaped “icefall” set up, adorned with roses, on the twenty seventh Harbin Ice and Snow World on January 2, 2026, in Heilongjiang province, China
