January 12, 2023

Police officers keep guard as activists demonstrate during a sit-in protest against the expansion of the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine of Germany's utility RWE, in Luetzerath, Germany.

A Ukrainian tank fires at Russian positions near Kreminna, Lugansk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

This image shows flooding from the Sacramento and American Rivers, near downtown Sacramento, California, Jan. 11, 2023.

A students performs a Karagattam folk dance during celebrations for 'Pongal', the Tamil harvest festival, at a college in Chennai, India.

General view of the Stage 11 Dakar Rally between Shaybah and Empty Quarter Marathon in Saudi Arabia.

Afghan boys enjoy their time playing on a snowy day on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 11, 2023. 

A Buddhist devotee cleans a giant Buddha statue ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations at the Bumi Suci Maitreya Temple in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, Jan. 11, 2023.

A surfboard flies over the head of a surfer on the Mediterranean sea, near Ashkelon, Israel.