Today in Pictures, Jan 17, 2019

A veterinarian examines a Sumatran Orangutan rescued in South Aceh, Indonesia, a Sehuencas water frog rediscovered in the wild in Bolivia, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jan 17, 2019, 03:30 PM

A veterinarian examines a Sumatran Orangutan rescued from a plantation in South Aceh, Indonesia, Jan 14, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

A horseman jumps over a bonfire in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares in the province of Avila in central Spain, during the opening of the traditional religious festival "Luminarias" in honour of San Antonio Abad (Saint Anthony), patron saint of animals, on Jan 16, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Handout picture released by the Global Wildlife Conservation taken on Dec 13, 2018 showing Julliet, a Sehuencas water frog rediscovered in the wild in Bolivia, seen here during her quarantine as she acclimates to her new environment at the Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d’Orbigny in Cochabamba, Bolivia. On a recent expedition to a Bolivian cloud forest, Global Wildlife Conservation and the Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d’Orbigny rediscovered the Sehuencas water frog in the wild, including Juliet, who will play a critical role in saving her species from extinction. Juliet will be introduced to Romeo, previously the last-known Sehuencas Water Frog, who has lived at the museum for the last 10 years. No frogs of this species have been seen in the wild during that time, until now. PHOTO: AFP

A model presents a creation by designer Walter Van Beirendonck as part of his Fall/Winter 2019-2020 collection show during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, Jan 16, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki against Sweden's Johanna Larsson during the second round of tennis at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia on Jan 16, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Indian participants try to control a bull at the annual bull taming event 'Jallikattu' in Palamedu village on the outskirts of Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on Jan 16, 2019. Dozens of young men were injured on the first day of a traditional bull-wrestling festival in southern India that has attracted the ire of animal activists, officials said. PHOTO: AFP

An onlooker watches a large, circular ice floe in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine, U.S., Jan 16, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Anti-government protesters hold up their phones and candles and hold a banner in Cyrillic writing that reads 'Still there is more of us' as they arrive at the end of their silent march in memory of Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic in Belgrade on Jan 16, 2019. A year after Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic was slain in a drive-by shooting in Kosovo, his unsolved murder continues to haunt this tense and crime-ridden corner of Europe, where the main suspect is still on the run. The 64-year-old was struck down by six bullets in January 2018 outside his party headquarters in the Kosovo city of Mitrovica. PHOTO: AFP

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