A police officer in Kyiv, Ukraine, carries a pet from the scene of a missile attack by Russian forces, in a residential area, on January 2, 2024. The attack was part of a barrage of Russian air strikes that hit Kyiv and Kharkiv, which reportedly killed five people and injured at least 135. #

Zookeeper Jessica Fryer looks at Humboldt penguins swimming in their pool during the annual stocktaking at ZSL London Zoo in central London, England, on January 3, 2024. #

Workers prepare a temporary tent ahead of the annual religious Magh Mela festival at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, in Prayagraj, India, on January 2, 2024. #

French tightrope walker Nathan Paulin crosses Alameda Avenue on a 270-meter-long taut rope, 50 meters above the ground, on the opening day of the Teatro a Mil festival, in front of La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago, Chile, on January 3, 2024. #

A Japanese macaque, or snow monkey, as they are more commonly known, is seen in a hot spring at the base of Joshinetsu Kogen National Park, warming itself among other monkeys, on January 4, 2024, in Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano, Japan. #

Revelers take part in the "Enfarinats" battle—a flour, egg, and pyrotechnics fight to celebrate the Els Enfarinats festival on December 28, 2023, in Alicante, Spain. As part of events related to the Day of the Innocents, "Els Enfarinats" comes from the Valencian word for breading, and roughly translates to "the breaded ones" or "the floured ones." #

Musicians play as bathers run into (and out of) the chilly waters of English Bay while celebrating New Year's Day with a Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on January 1, 2024. #

A Pacific Ocean wave crashes against a jetty as other waves roll toward shore on December 30, 2023, in Ventura, California. Dangerous surf churned up by storms in the Pacific affected much of California’s coastline. #

A South Korean army K1A2 tank takes part in a joint combat firing drill between South Korean and U.S. troops near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Pocheon, South Korea, on January 2, 2024. #

Icicles hang from lampposts as a woman makes her way through a snowstorm in Kristiansand, Norway, on January 3, 2024. Public transport was canceled, schools were closed, and employees were encouraged to work from home because of a winter storm. #

Snow sculptures featuring soldiers are seen ahead of commemoration events for the 109th anniversary of the Battle of Sarikamish, in Kars, Turkey, on January 4, 2024. #

An elephant plays with a Christmas tree in its enclosure at the Zoologischer Garten Zoo in Berlin, Germany, on January 4, 2024. Traditionally, in January, some animals at the zoo are offered leftover trees that were not sold before the Christmas holidays. #

A Japan Airlines plane burns on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024. The Airbus A350-900, operated by Japan Airlines, collided with a smaller Japan Coast Guard aircraft as the larger plane landed. All 367 passengers and 12 crew members safely escaped the JAL aircraft, but five of the six crew members on the Japan Coast Guard plane were killed. #

A crushed car is seen under part of a collapsed building in Anamizu, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, on January 4, 2024, after a major 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region on New Year's Day. Japanese rescuers are still struggling with heavy rain, blocked roads, and aftershocks after the earthquake killed at least 78 people and left tens of thousands without power or running water. #

People gather beside hundreds of candles in front of the headquarters of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, on January 4, 2024. A candlelight procession marched from the Karolinum to Jan Palach Square, where 14 people were killed and 25 others were injured two weeks ago during a mass shooting at the university. #

An aerial image shows fabric known locally as "beach fabric," used to make Muslim women's garments, drying on a riverbank in Surakarta, Central Java, on January 4, 2024. #