A fragile cease-fire in Gaza, a lantern festival in China, a rare snowstorm along the American Gulf Coast, camel racing in Qatar, a comet in the sky above Uruguay, additional wildfires in California, and much more.
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Thai actors Apiwat "Porsch" Apiwatsayree (left) and Sappanyoo "Arm" Panatkool pose for pictures after registering their same-sex marriage at the Phra Nakhon district office in Bangkok, Thailand, on January 23, 2025. The high-profile gay couple were married on January 23, among the first of hundreds who joined them on the day the kingdom's landmark same-sex-marriage law went into effect. #
Ice clings to the cherub sculpture in the historic fountain at Forsyth Park after a rare snowstorm in Savannah, Georgia, on January 22, 2025. #
The iconic St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter is barely visible in heavy snow on January 21, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana. A winter storm brought rare snowfall to the city, shutting down schools and businesses and drawing out locals, many of whom had never seen snow before. #
The Hughes Fire burns near Castaic, California, north of Los Angeles, on January 22, 2025. The fire prompted mandatory evacuations just over two weeks after the Eaton and Palisades Fires. #
Emergency vehicles sit on the side of the road as flames from the Hughes Fire race up a hill in Castaic, a northwestern neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 22, 2025. #
Firefighter Joshua Cari sprays water while battling the Lilac Fire near the Bonsall community of San Diego County, California, on January 21, 2025. #
People watch as participants fly kites during the Qatar Kite Festival, in Doha, on January 18, 2025. #
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is seen in the sky at dusk near Capilla del Sauce, Florida Department, Uruguay, on January 22, 2025. The comet reached its closest point to the sun on January 13, 2025. #
Migrating cranes flock at sunrise in the Hula Lake conservation area, north of the Sea of Galilee, Israel, on January 23, 2025. #
A diver watches a woman free dive in a tank at a water sports and boat show in Düsseldorf, Germany, on January 17, 2025. #
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump and Vice President J. D. Vance and second lady Usha Vance dance at the Starlight Ball, part of the 60th presidential inauguration, on January 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. #
Presidential inauguration guests, including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Elon Musk, arrive in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. #
Vivek, son of U.S. Vice President J. D. Vance, attends the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena on the Inauguration Day of U.S. President Donald Trump's second presidential term, in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. #
Demonstrators participate in the People's March on Washington on January 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Two days before the presidential inauguration, activists rallied in opposition to the incoming Trump administration's policy objectives. #
Parachicos dancers perform in the street during the Saint Sebastian celebration on January 20, 2025, in Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico. #
Camels equipped with robot jockeys race during an event organised by the Qatar Camel Racing Organizing Committee in Al-Shahaniya, about 40 kilometers west of Doha, on January 22, 2025. #
An aerial view of runners competing on a frozen lake during the 2025 Shenyang·Kangping Wolong Lake Ice and Snow Marathon, on January 19, 2025, in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China #
The waters of Lake Michigan are frozen in Montrose Harbor in below-zero temperatures across the Great Lakes region, on January 21, 2025, in Chicago. #
Abbie Schuh and her 8-year-old daughter, Louise Delisio, get covered in snow as they sled down a hill at Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, on January 21, 2025. #
John Ridgway holds Bentley, a Yorkie, as they walk during a winter storm in Houston, Texas, on January 21, 2025. #
A man cleans a sleeping Buddha statue ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration at the Buddha Dharma and 8 Po Sat temple in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, on January 19, 2025. #
A view of a Monkey King lantern display ahead of the opening of the 2025 Greater Bay Area Lantern Festival on January 19, 2025, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China #
Audience members hold up hands and phones as JPEGMafia performs at Alcatraz in Milan, Italy, on January 22, 2024. #
Football fans are covered by snow during the fourth quarter of a game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Divisional Playoff at Lincoln Financial Field on January 19, 2025, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. #
On January 21, 2025, an aerial view of homes in Altadena, California, that burned in the Eaton Fire, alongside one home that survived intact #
Firefighters work to create a containment fire line to control the Hughes Fire in Castaic, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 23, 2025. #
A drone view shows the Sil Canyon surrounded by fog in the Ribeira Sacra region near Parada de Sil, Galicia, Spain, on January 17, 2025. #
An aerial view of displaced Palestinians returning to the war-devastated Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on January 19, 2025, shortly before a cease-fire deal in the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas was implemented. #
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