Pictures of the day: January 16, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world

A participant of a horse-drawn sleigh race drives his sleigh through the snow in Rinchnach, southern Germany. PHOTO: AFP

A general view shows the congress centre of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. PHOTO: REUTERS

Facebook's campus is seen in this aerial photo on the edge of the San Francisco Bay in Menlo Park, California, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

Rescue teams are seen at the crash site of a Turkish cargo jet near Kyrgyzstan's Manas airport outside Bishkek. PHOTO: REUTERS

A commuter jumps between trains upon arrival at a station, to attend Akheri Munajat, the final supplication during Biswa Ijtema in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka. PHOTO: REUTERS

A devotee carries his child to be blessed by the lay minister with holy water during the annual feast of Sto. Nino (Holy Child Jesus) in Manila, Philippines. PHOTO: REUTERS

Displaced people, who fled Islamic State militants, cross the bridge in Al-Muthanna neighbourhood of Mosul, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

Ethnic Wa performers dressed as United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers perform a traditional dance at Mongmao, Wa territory in north east Myanmar. PHOTO: REUTERS

SpaceX Falcon rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

Kai Henry of Hawaii rides the wave during the 2017 Backdoor Shootout surfing contest at Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii. PHOTO: AFP

Hindu devotees dry their saris after taking a holy bath and performing rituals at the Gangasagar Island, around 150 kms south of Kolkata. PHOTO: AFP

This picture shows an aerial view of overflowing rivers and canals in Thailand's southern province of Surat Thani. PHOTO: AFP

Migrants look out from a window at a makeshift shelter at an abandoned warehouse in Belgrade on with temperatures just 2. Migrants look out from a window at a makeshift shelter at an abandoned warehouse in Belgrade on with temperatures just bellow zero Celsius overnight. PHOTO: AFP zero Celsius overnight. PHOTO: AFP