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.

A view of flooding from the rainstorm-swollen 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 in a snowy day on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 11, 2023.

A Buddhist devotee cleans a giant Buddha statue ahead of the Chinese 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 shore of Ashkelon, Israel.