A ship burns during a parade by members of the Up Helly Aa "Jarl Squad" through the streets of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, on January 30, 2024. The Up Helly Aa festival celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian Vikings in the Shetland Islands and culminates with up to 1,000 "guizers" (men in costume) throwing flaming torches into their Viking longboat and setting it alight later in the evening. #

NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour, wrapped in protective plastic, is transported to the site of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles, California, on January 26, 2024. For its exhibition at the space center, Endeavour was placed in a launch position with its booster rockets and external tank. #

A participant dressed as a demon brandishes a stick with fireworks during the traditional Correfoc (Fire Run) festival in Palma de Mallorca on January 28, 2024. The Correfoc is a night of revelry in which participants dress up as demons and devils, and run through the streets scaring people with fire and fireworks. #

Medics evacuate a wounded soldier who stepped on a petal mine in a forest on Ukraine's Kupiansk front line. The Edelweiss Brigade, a specialized unit within the Ukrainian ground forces, has been working to fend off near-constant Russian attacks on Kupiansk. #

Alina Panina, a 27-year-old Ukrainian border-guard member and former prisoner of war, embraces her service dog, named Roksi, in the town of Novovolynsk, Volyn region, Ukraine, on January 23, 2024. #

Personnel of the Turkish Armed Forces conduct training for ranger dogs at the Dog Breeding and Training Battalion Command of the Gemlik Military Veterinary School and Training Center in Bursa, Turkey, on January 26, 2024. #

A person dressed in colorful clothes and wearing a frightening mask performs during the Napoleon-themed Coumba Freida Carnival, in Doues, near Aosta, Italy, on January 27, 2024. The typical costumes of this carnival recall the passage of the soldiers following Napoleon in May of 1800. #

A man wearing a traditional mariachi hat watches a bullfight at the Monumental Plaza de Toros Mexico in Mexico City on January 28, 2024. Bullfighting resumed on Sunday in Mexico City after the Supreme Court revoked an earlier suspension. Within days, animal-rights supporters filed a challenge to the revocation, resulting in a new temporary injunction. #

Protesting farmers, alongside their tractors, take part in a rally outside an agricultural fair in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on February 1, 2024. Greek farmers, hit by rising costs and crop damage caused by recent floods and wildfires, are threatening to block highways in order to press demands for tax relief and higher subsidy payments. Farmers across Western Europe have been staging similar protests for weeks. #

A boat makes its way through a pod of common dolphins fleeing from an orca off Point Loma, in San Diego, California, on January 29, 2024. The pod has been sighted in the waters off southern California since December 2023. Marine biologists believe that the orcas may stay in the area because of an abundance of their preferred food, common dolphins. #

Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after her victory against China's Zheng Qinwen during their women's singles final match on day 14 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 27, 2024. #

Bienne Terita of Australia fends off Heather Cowell of Great Britain during the 2024 Perth SVNS women's rugby match between Australia and Great Britain at HBF Park in Perth, Australia, on January 26, 2024. #

Piper Arnold of the U.S. practices before the final of the freestyle-skiing women's halfpipe at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games at Welli Hilli Park Ski Resort, in Hoengseong, South Korea, on January 31, 2024. #

Bulgarian "Kukeri" dancers perform in the International Festival of Masquerade Games in Pernik, near Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 27, 2024. The heavy swaying of the main mummer is meant to represent wheat heavy with grain, and the bells tied around the waist are intended to drive away evil spirits and sickness. #

An aerial photo of snow covering the landscape and buildings of Zhenyuan Ancient City, in Zhenyuan County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou province, China, on January 23, 2024. #

An abandoned kayak lies on cracked ground in the Sau reservoir, which is at only 5 percent of its capacity, in Vilanova de Sau, about 62 miles (100 kilometers) north of Barcelona, Spain, on January 26, 2024. The northeastern region of Catalonia is one of the two worst-hit regions in a two-year-plus drought affecting most of Spain. The region is close to declaring a drought emergency and introducing more water restrictions for houses, farmers, and industry. #

A woman clashes with a line of riot police during a demonstration against an "omnibus" bill outside the Congress, as it debates the bill, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 31, 2024. The bill is intended to introduce sweeping changes and deregulation to Argentina's economy. #