A man is attacked with talcum in “Plaza de Nariño” during “Día de Negritos” on January 5, 2024 in Pasto, Colombia. This UNESCO-recognized carnival takes place every January in the Southern Andean city of Pasto. The Carnival of “Blancos y Negros” has its origins in a mix of Amazonian, Andean and Pacific cultural expressions. Every Year the carnival brings people from all Colombia and thousands of tourists from abroad the country. (Photo by Diego Cuevas/Getty Images)





People walk past armed soldiers, as they guard a commercial area, in the aftermath of a wave a violence that saw the storming of a TV station on-air and explosions around the nation, in Quito, Ecuador on January 11, 2024. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





Internally displaced Palestinians move past Israeli tanks after the Israeli army told residents of Khan Yunis camp to leave their homes and head towards Rafah camps near the Egyptian border, southern Gaza Strip, 27 January 2024. Since 07 October 2023, up to 1.9 million people, or more than 85 percent of the population, have been displaced throughout the Gaza Strip, some more than once, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which added that most civilians in Gaza are in “desperate need of humanitarian assistance and protection”. (Photo by Mohammed Saber/EPA/EFE)





Models present Manila shawls by Juan Foronda during the International Flamenco Fashion Week – SIMOF in Sevilla on January 18, 2024. (Photo by Cristina Quicler/AFP Photo)





A woman blows cigarette smoke at another woman in the belief that this will help alleviate the effects of tear gas fired by police officers, during a protest to demand fair treatment of their loved ones, outside the Litoral prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Vicente Gaibor del Pino/Reuters)





Roses are ready to be shipped to the U.S. ahead of Valentine's Day, the biggest holiday of the year for fresh-cut flower sales, at the Mongibello flower company in Chia, north of Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, January 31, 2024. (Photo by Fernando Vergara/AP Photo)





French farmers use their tractors during a go-slow operation near Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Compans, near Paris, France on January 27, 2024. (Photo by Benoit Tessier/Reuters)





Man dressed in colorful clothes and wearing scary wooden masks decorated with mirrors during the Napoleon-themed Coumba Freida Carnival on January 27, 2024 in Doues near Aosta, Italy. The typical costumes of this carnival recall the passage of the soldiers following Napoleon in May 1800. (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)





American singer Jennifer Lopez arrives at Schiaparelli's Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2024 collection in Paris, Monday, January 22, 2024. (Photo by Christophe Ena/AP Photo)





A giant seagull puppet at a media call for Sydney festival’s summer line-up, at Barangaroo in Sydney, Australia on January 4, 2024. (Photo by Richard Milnes/Alamy Live News)





Dancers of the Saint Balthazar Kamba Kua traditional group perform in honour of Saint Balthazar, one of the Three Wise Men, during the Afro-Paraguay festival of Kamba Kua, in Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay, on January 6, 2024. The annual festival is a tradition that keeps Paraguay's Afro-descendants connected with their African roots through ancestral dance, drumming and customs. (Photo by Norberto Duarte/AFP Photo)





Bob Mitchell is bucked off during the third round during the PBR Unleash the Beast bull riding event at Madison Square Garden on January 07, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)





A large statue depicting US rap singer and actor Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, aka Kid Cudi, is installed in front of the Palais Brongniart in Paris, on January 12, 2024. (Photo by Alain Jocard/AFP Photo)





A person wears a red light mask from Light Tree Ventures during Pepcom's Digital Experience at the The Mirage resort during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 8, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP Photo)





An amazing photo shows a rare meteor shower captured from Glastonbury Tor, UK. Astrophotographer Josh Dury took the photo when the skies cleared for 30 minutes in the early hours of the morning on January 4, 2024. Josh said the Quadrantids meteor shower is an active shower where up to 100 meteors can be seen per hour, although it only peaks for a few hours during January. He said that meteor showers are produced by debris left over from comets – but what produces the meteors during the Quadrantids meteor shower is unknown. (Photo by Josh Dury/South West News Service)





Security personnel inspect kimono-clad Japanese young women before a Coming of Age Day ceremony at Yokohama Arena, in Yokohama, Japan, 08 January 2024. Some 35,000 participants attended the ceremony of the Coming of Age Day in Yokohama, the day celebrating all those who reached 20 years of age, which is considered adulthood in Japan. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA/EFE)





Gravesend's Light Festival brightens up the dark days of winter in Gravesend, Kent, UK on January 26, 2024. Throughout the town there are art installations and performers engaging with the town's residents and visitors. Image shows the LED Drummers a spectacular percussion group of robotic performers that change colour following the beat of their drums. (Photo by Fraser Gray/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Visitors cheer as they bare-hand fish in a frozen river during the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival at Hwacheon-gun in Gangwon province, South Korea, 06 January 2024. The festival runs under the slogan “Unfrozen Hearts, Unforgettable Memories” from 06 to 28 January 2024. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA/EFE)





American model Gigi Hadid walks the runway during the “Les Sculptures” Jacquemus' Fashion Show at Fondation Maeght on January 29, 2024 in Saint-Paul-De-Vence, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)