Pictures of the day: January 17, 2019

Eleven photos from around the world


AFP / Reuters January 17, 2019
A Naga Sadhu or Hindu holy man waits for devotees inside his camp during "Kumbh Mela" or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India January 17, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

11 photos from around the world

In this picture taken on January 16, 2019, Pakistani workers inspect used car engines displayed at a second hand vehicle parts market in Peshawar. PHOTO: AFP In this picture taken on January 16, 2019, Pakistani workers inspect used car engines displayed at a second hand vehicle parts market in Peshawar. PHOTO: AFP

This photo taken on January 16, 2019 shows a man catching fish in a net in the frozen Laoyuegou Reservoir in Cangyao Town, Jilin City, in China's northeast Jilin province. - The fish, which have been fattening up in the reservoir after being put there as fingerlings, were transferred to a new pond before being sold fresh to customers. PHOTO: AFP This photo taken on January 16, 2019 shows a man catching fish in a net in the frozen Laoyuegou Reservoir in Cangyao Town, Jilin City, in China's northeast Jilin province. - The fish, which have been fattening up in the reservoir after being put there as fingerlings, were transferred to a new pond before being sold fresh to customers. PHOTO: AFP

Anti-government protesters hold up their phones and candles and hold a banner in Cyrillic writing that reads 'Still there is more of us' as they arrive at the end of their silent march in memory of Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic in Belgrade on January 16, 2019. - A year after Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic was slain in a drive-by shooting in Kosovo, his unsolved murder continues to haunt this tense and crime-ridden corner of Europe, where the main suspect is still on the run. The 64-year-old was struck down by six bullets in January 2018 outside his party headquarters in the Kosovo city of Mitrovica, where the Ibar river draws a line between a mainly ethnic Albanian community in the south and Serbs in the north. PHOTO: AFP Anti-government protesters hold up their phones and candles and hold a banner in Cyrillic writing that reads 'Still there is more of us' as they arrive at the end of their silent march in memory of Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic in Belgrade on January 16, 2019. - A year after Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic was slain in a drive-by shooting in Kosovo, his unsolved murder continues to haunt this tense and crime-ridden corner of Europe, where the main suspect is still on the run. The 64-year-old was struck down by six bullets in January 2018 outside his party headquarters in the Kosovo city of Mitrovica, where the Ibar river draws a line between a mainly ethnic Albanian community in the south and Serbs in the north. PHOTO: AFP

 

A family of Central American migrants look through the US-Mexico border fence, as seen from Playas de Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico, on January 16, 2019. - Hundreds of Hondurans have set out on a trek to the United States, forming another caravan, which US President Donald Trump cited Tuesday to justify building a wall on the border with Mexico. PHOTO: AFP A family of Central American migrants look through the US-Mexico border fence, as seen from Playas de Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico, on January 16, 2019. - Hundreds of Hondurans have set out on a trek to the United States, forming another caravan, which US President Donald Trump cited Tuesday to justify building a wall on the border with Mexico. PHOTO: AFP

Sri Lanka Police Special Task Force (STF) soldiers stand during a passing out parade at Katukurunda, some 40 kms south of Colombo, on January 16, 2019. PHOTO: AFP Sri Lanka Police Special Task Force (STF) soldiers stand during a passing out parade at Katukurunda, some 40 kms south of Colombo, on January 16, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

French biker Michael Metge (L) and Bolivia's Daniel Nosiglia Jager compete during Stage 9 of the Dakar 2019 in and around Pisco, Peru, on January 16, 2019. - French biker Michael Metge won the stage. PHOTO: AFP French biker Michael Metge (L) and Bolivia's Daniel Nosiglia Jager compete during Stage 9 of the Dakar 2019 in and around Pisco, Peru, on January 16, 2019. - French biker Michael Metge won the stage. PHOTO: AFP

Surfer Kalani Chapman competes in Da Hui Backdoor shootout final day at the Pipeline on Oahu's North Shore on January 16, 2019. PHOTO: AFP Surfer Kalani Chapman competes in Da Hui Backdoor shootout final day at the Pipeline on Oahu's North Shore on January 16, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A man stays on a tree during the burial ceremony of Abdalla Mohamed Dahir and Feisal Ahmed who were killed the previous day in an attack during his burial ceremony in Nairobi, on January 16, 2018. - 21 were killed in an Islamist attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Somali group Al-Shabaab on an upmarket hotel complex in Nairobi on January 15, which ended after an almost 20-hour siege in which hundreds of civilians were rescued, and the five attackers killed. PHOTO: AFP A man stays on a tree during the burial ceremony of Abdalla Mohamed Dahir and Feisal Ahmed who were killed the previous day in an attack during his burial ceremony in Nairobi, on January 16, 2018. - 21 were killed in an Islamist attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Somali group Al-Shabaab on an upmarket hotel complex in Nairobi on January 15, which ended after an almost 20-hour siege in which hundreds of civilians were rescued, and the five attackers killed. PHOTO: AFP

A large, circular ice floe spins slowly in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine, US, January 16, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS A large, circular ice floe spins slowly in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine, US, January 16, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man points a phone to himself riding a horse through flames during the annual A man points a phone to himself riding a horse through flames during the annual "Luminarias" celebration on the eve of Saint Anthony's day, Spain's patron saint of animals, in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares, northwest of Madrid, Spain, January 16, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

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