Officials inspect narcotic substances, found in one of the largest drug warehouses linked to the ousted Baath Regime, as the warehouse, truckloads of narcotics, and the items used for concealment are seen in Latakia, Syria on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Izettin Kasim/Anadolu via Getty Images)




A woman takes a dip in an ice hole to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany in Leninskoye village, near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 19 January 2025. People believe that bathing in holy water on the Epiphany holiday strengthens the spirit and body. (Photo by Igor Kovalenko/EPA)




Artists perform a folk dance during a rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, on January 21, 2025. (Photo by Priyanshu Singh/Reuters)




Two man are seen on top of the destroyed statue of Syria's former president Hafez al-Assad, the father of the Bashar al-Assad, the leader of the 61-year Baath regime that collapsed in Syria, in Deir Atiye of Damascus countryside, Syria on January 19, 2025. This monumental statue, which was destroyed on December 8 after Bashar al-Assad fled the country, was the largest statue of Hafez al-Assad in the country. (Photo by Ercin Erturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)




In this long exposure photo, a helicopter surveys the scene during the Lilac fire in unincorporated San Diego County, California on January 21, 2025. Exhausted Los Angeles firefighters on January 20 braced for the return of yet more dangerously strong gusts, as California's governor slammed “hurricane-force winds of misinformation” surrounding blazes that have killed 27 people. The two largest fires, which have obliterated almost 40,000 acres (16,000 hectares) and razed entire neighborhoods of the second biggest US city, were both now more than half contained, officials announced. (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP Photo)




British military vehicles are marshalled as they arrive at a Hungarian military base at Szentes on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, during Exercise Steadfast Dart, Nato's largest planned exercise of 2025, practising a major deployment of land, sea and air forces across Europe. The exercise marks the first deployment under the bloc's new Allied Reaction Force (ARF), which replaced the Nato Response Force last year. (Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images)




Shrine parishioners throw icy cold water on themselves during the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, January 18, 2025, a traditional Japanese way of purifying soul and praying for their health in the new year. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)




A model presents a creation from the LaQuan Smith Fall/Winter 2024 collection during New York Fashion Week, in New York City, U.S., February 12, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Kelly/Reuters)




US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump dance on The Battle Hymn of the Republic during the Commander-In-Chief inaugural ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP Photo)




A worker arranges incense sticks to be dried in a courtyard ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Quang Phu Cau village, outside Hanoi, Vietnam, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)




Men participate in the traditional dance of the “Toro Huaco” during the procession of the Tope de los Santos in the municipality of Diriamba, Nicaragua, 19 January 2025. The traditional dance of the “Toro Huaco”, is an ancestral dance that represents the cunning and rebellious spirit of Nicaraguans during the colonial era. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)




A woman plunges in icy water celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya floodplain in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, January 19, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)




A performer acts onstage during the 2025 Happy Chinese New Year Chinese Opera Gala in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, on January 19, 2025. Hosted by the Canada Chinese Opera Arts Center, this annual event was held here on Sunday to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)




Migrants react during an eviction operation carried out by Mexican authorities, while the makeshift camp where they lived catches fire, in Chihuahua, Chihuahua state, Mexico on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)




Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP Photo)




A person in costume makes a purchase at a store ahead of carnival celebrations in downtown Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, January 23, 2025. (Photo by Matilde Campodonico/AP Photo)




Personnel from the Punjab Regiment of the Indian Army demonstrate their weapons skill in a full dress rehearsal parade in preparation for Republic Day celebrations on January 24, 2025 in Bengaluru, India. India celebrates its Republic Day on January 26. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)




Plush toys, candles and floral tributes are placed at the scene of the crime after two people, including a child, were killed in a knife attack earlier this week, on the day of a memorial event held by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Aschaffenburg, Germany, on January 24, 2025. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)




Newly released Israeli hostage Liri Albag, gestures a heart shape with her hands, from the window of a military helicopter as it prepares to land at the Shneider Children's Medical Centre in Petah Tikva, Israel on January 25, 2025. Four young women soldiers, abducted by Palestinian militants on October 7, 2023 while serving near the Gaza border, were released on January 25, following more than 15 months in captivity. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP Photo)