Yakutsk, with a population of around 270,000, holds its own title: that of the coldest city on Earth. Here: Frost-encrusted house in the city centre. (Photo by Amos Chapple/Courtesy Images/RFE/RL)
Artists wearing Japanese traditional clown masks march during the First Konpira Festival at Kotohiragu shrine in Tokyo Wednesday, January 10, 2018. The shrine is dedicated to sailors and seafaring. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
France s first brothel featuring sеx dolls opened on January 29, 2018 in Paris, France. The brothel has several rooms where customers can purchase the services of a silicone sеx doll instead of a prostitute. Several models of dolls are available. (Photo by Christophe Bertolin/IP3/Getty Images)
A model presents a creation by Ukrainian designer Olena Golets during the Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev, Ukraine, 03 February 2018. (Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/EFE)
Members of rival teams fight with oranges during an annual carnival battle in the northern Italian town of Ivrea, Italy on February 11, 2018. Established in 1808, the Carnival of Ivrea is one of the oldest and most particular festivals in the world. (Photo by Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)
These Northern Lights “rainbows” have turned the sky greener than the Earth below. Vitaly Istomin, 26, spent several nights in freezing conditions under the stars in northern Russia’s Khibiny Mountains to capture the aurora’s “rainbows”. (Photo by Vitaly Istomin/Caters News Agency)
Elizabeth Mills jumps in front of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) sign at National Harbor, Md., February 23, 2018. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
South Korean singer CL performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, February 25, 2018, after 17 days of hard- fought competition. Olympic fire went out. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)