Photos of the Week: Icy Dip, Resting Goose, Campaign Bear

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Photos of the Week: Icy Dip, Resting Goose, Campaign Bear
An aerial view of four people wearing bright red rubber protective suits, floating in green-colored water among chunks of floating ice
Yuan Hongyan / VCG / Getty
People wearing protective gear, or "lobster suits," experience ice floating in winter at Yuehai National Wetland Park on January 11, 2026, in Yinchuan, in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China.
A child rides sled pulled by a wheeled robot on the frozen surface of a river.
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A child rides sled pulled by a wheeled robot on the frozen surface of the Songhua River in Harbin, in China’s Heilongjiang Province, on January 11, 2026.
An aerial view of a motorcycle racer riding on a sand dune.
Giuseppe Cacace / AFP / Getty
Argentinian rider Luciano Benavides competes in Stage 9 of the 48th edition of the Dakar Rally, between Wadi ad-Dawasir and Bisha in Saudi Arabia, on January 13, 2026.
Many large kites, shaped like horses, cats, and more, fly above a frozen lake.
Ma Chengjun / VCG / Getty
Kites fly during the 24th Chagan Lake Ice and Snow Fishing and Hunting Cultural Tourism Festival on January 8, 2026, in Songyuan, Jilin Province, China.
A distant view of a herd of horses galloping over snow-covered grassland.
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Horses gallop over snow-covered Ulan Butong Grassland in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, on January 12, 2026.
A person walks on apathe through a snow-covered park.
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A person walks through a snow-covered park in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 15, 2026.
Two long canal boats sit on the bottom of an emptied section of canal, near a breach in an embankment.
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In this aerial view, stranded canal boats wait to be lifted from the bed of the Llangollen Canal after a breach in the embankment in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, on January 13, 2026. Investigations are ongoing as to what caused the breach.
Two rescue workers stand beside a giant pile of debris left by a collapsed building.
Ezra Acayan / Getty
Rescuers search for survivors under the rubble of a waste facility that was buried when a landfill collapsed onto it on January 10, 2026, in Cebu, Philippines.
Many rows of tents, set up in a displaced persons camp
El Tayeb Siddig / Reuters
Tents display the logo of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in a displaced-persons camp in El Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan, on January 12, 2026.
Three workers in a small boat check solar panels installed above a lake.
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Workers check solar panels installed on a lake in Tianchang, in China's Anhui province, on January 12, 2026.
Dozens of dancers perform in unison, wearing brightly-colored scarves and dresses.
Biju Boro / AFP / Getty
Dancers perform the Bagurumba dance during a rehearsal for the upcoming Bwisagu festival, marking the Bodo New Year, at Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati, India, on January 15, 2026.
People watch a bonfire, gathered in a public square.
Mindaugas Kulbis / AP
People watch a bonfire on Independence Square on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the Day of the Defenders of Freedom in Vilnius, Lithuania, on January 12, 2026.
The light of a sunrise reflects off tall buildings in New York City.
Gary Hershorn / Getty
The sun rises along 42nd Street in New York City on January 12, 2026, pictured from Weehawken, New Jersey.
A man crosses a street, flanked by tall, dark buildings and a chaotic web of wires above.
Ghaith Alsayed / AP
A man crosses a street in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, after days of fighting between government forces and Kurdish fighters in the city, on January 13, 2026.
An artist poses inside an intricate hall of mirrors installation.
Joel Saget / AFP / Getty
Chinese artist Song Dong poses in one of his works, a hall of mirrors constructed from colored windows and doors, at Le Bon Marché in Paris on January 12, 2026.
Snowflakes, seen up close
Arda Kucukkaya / Anadolu / Getty
Snowflakes, pictured up close after a snowfall in Ankara, Turkey, on January 12, 2026
Portraits of fallen Ukrainian fighters sit in a memorial, covered by recent snowfall.
Sergei Gapon / AFP / Getty
This photograph taken on January 13, 2026, shows portraits of fallen Ukrainian and foreign fighters covered with snow at the memorial on Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine.
A drone view shows a ferry navigating a channel through a frozen lake.
Marton Monus / Reuters
A drone view shows a ferry navigating a channel through the frozen Lake Balaton near Szántód, Hungary, on January 12, 2026.
A Canada goose rests, standing on one leg, on the melting ice of a frozen lake.
Martin Lelievre / AFP / Getty
A Canada goose rests on the melting ice of the frozen Saint-Mandé Lake in Bois de Vincennes park, in eastern Paris, on January 12, 2026.
A decorated draft ox and its handler leap over burning haystacks during a festival.
Abhishek Chinnappa / Getty
A decorated draft ox and its handler leap over haystacks set on fire as part of the Kicchu Haisodu ritual on January 15, 2026, in Siddalingapura village, on the outskirts of Mysuru, India.
Protesters burn several photographs of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Carlos Jasso / AFP / Getty
Protestors in London, England, burn images of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally held in solidarity with Iran’s uprising, organized by the National Council of Resistance of Iran, on January 11, 2026, to protest against the Iranian regime’s recent crackdown on demonstrations.
A person wearing protective gear holds a small axe beside a flaming barrel, during a festival.
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The Clavie is surrounded by the Clavie Crew at Doorie Hill in Burghead, Scotland, on January 10, 2026. The “Burning of the Clavie” features a burning barrel packed with tar-soaked staves fixed to the top of a pole, carried around the town, followed by a large crowd. The tradition, with ancient roots, is celebrated annually as people from Burghead welcome in the New Year.
A person wearing VR goggles stands beside a humanoid robot, training it to clean a microwave oven.
Zhang Jingang / VCG / Getty
A humanoid robot is trained to clean a microwave oven at a robot data-training center in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, on January 12, 2026.
A woman reacts as she is dragged from a car by several masked federal agents in a residential street.
Stephen Maturen / Getty
ICE agents detain a woman after pulling her from a car on January 13, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Trump administration has deployed more than 2,400 Department of Homeland Security agents to the state in a push to apprehend undocumented immigrants.
A large flock of cranes, most standing, with a few in flight
Ariel Schalit / AP
Migrating cranes flock at sunrise in Hula Lake conservation area in northern Israel on January 15, 2026.
Two couples pose, all wearing costumes of black clothing, with tall conical black caps and black cloth over their heads.
Jack Taylor / Getty
People in costume take part in the Vevčani Carnival parade on January 13, 2026, in Vevčani, North Macedonia.
Two people on motorcycles carry large mascots as passengers, including an enormous stuffed bear, during a political campaign.
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Supporters of Uganda’s incumbent president and National Resistance Movement presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni carry mascot performers on their motorcycles as they head to rally grounds ahead of the party’s closing campaign rally in Kampala on January 13, 2026.
A group of people wearing traditional white clothing and headbands take a ritual dip in a large ice bath.
Philip FONG / AFP / Getty
Participants take a dip in cold water to purify their souls and bodies during a New Year ritual at the Teppozu Inari Shrine in Tokyo on January 11, 2026.
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