Pictures of the day: January 3, 2017

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world


Multimedia Desk January 03, 2017
Australia's David Warner celebrates after reaching his century. PHOTO: REUTERS

Indian military personnel prepare to march as they rehearse for the forthcoming Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delh. PHOTO: AFP Indian military personnel prepare to march as they rehearse for the forthcoming Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi. PHOTO: AFP

Chief Justice Park Han-chul (C) presides over the first hearing arguments for South Korean President Park Geun-hye's impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea. PHOTO: REUTERS Chief Justice Park Han-chul (C) presides over the first hearing arguments for South Korean President Park Geun-hye's impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea. PHOTO: REUTERS

Toyota's pilot Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar and his co-pilot Mathieu Baumel of France compete during the 2017 Dakar Rally Stage 1 between Asuncion and Resistencia, in Argentina. PHOTO: AFP Toyota's pilot Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar and his co-pilot Mathieu Baumel of France compete during the 2017 Dakar Rally Stage 1 between Asuncion and Resistencia, in Argentina. PHOTO: AFP

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family lights candles in Bnei Brak, Israel. PHOTO: REUTERS An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family lights candles in Bnei Brak, Israel. PHOTO: REUTERS

Fans wearing fancy dress are searched as they arrive ahead of the PDC World Championship darts final between Netherlands' Michael van Gerwen and Scotland's Gary Anderson at Alexandra Palace in north London. PHOTO: AFP Fans wearing fancy dress are searched as they arrive ahead of the PDC World Championship darts final between Netherlands' Michael van Gerwen and Scotland's Gary Anderson at Alexandra Palace in north London. PHOTO: AFP

People exercise among heavy smog in Hefei, Anhui province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS People exercise among heavy smog in Hefei, Anhui province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

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 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. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man walks with his camel across the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2017 Moreeb Dune Festival. PHOTO: AFP A man walks with his camel across the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2017 Moreeb Dune Festival. PHOTO: AFP

A building appears through a thick layer of fog in Yangzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. PHOTO: AFP A building appears through a thick layer of fog in Yangzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. PHOTO: AFP

People look at a burned vehicle at the site of car bomb attack in a busy square at Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City district, in Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS People look at a burned vehicle at the site of car bomb attack in a busy square at Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City district, in Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

12_ZKN_10_3 Jan People skate on the frozen Doubs river at the Swiss - French border in Les Brenets, Switzerland. PHOTO: REUTERS

Samah, 11, and her brother, Ibrahim, transport their salvaged belongings from their damaged house in Doudyan village in northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria. PHOTO: REUTERS Samah, 11, and her brother, Ibrahim, transport their salvaged belongings from their damaged house in Doudyan village in northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria. PHOTO: REUTERS

Migrants are seen at the stern of the former fishing trawler Golfo Azzurro, a day after they were rescued along with other migrants, including children and pregnant women, by the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms after the raft they were on drifted out of control in the central Mediterranean Sea. PHOTO: REUTERS Migrants are seen at the stern of the former fishing trawler Golfo Azzurro, a day after they were rescued along with other migrants, including children and pregnant women, by the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms after the raft they were on drifted out of control in the central Mediterranean Sea. PHOTO: REUTERS

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