Today in Pictures, Jan 13, 2025

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Flowers and a car are covered by fire retardant as the Palisades Fire, one of simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, burns at the Mandeville Canyon, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — Flowers and a car are covered in fire retardant as the Palisades fire burned through Mandeville Canyon, a neighbourhood in Los Angeles, California, on Jan 11, 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 12, 2025
Germany's Alexander Zverev in action during his first round match against France's Lucas Pouille REUTERS/Edgar Su — Germany's Alexander Zverev in action during his first-round match against France's Lucas Pouille at the Australian Open, in Melbourne Park, on Jan 12, 2025.
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epa11819433 Participants bathe in ice-cold water during a ceremony at Teppozu Inari Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, 12 January 2025. 80 men and women took part in the ice water endurance ceremony to purify their souls and pray for good health in the new year. EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON — Participants bathing in ice-cold water during a purification ceremony at Teppozu Inari Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan 12, 2025. Open to both men and women, the endurance ritual is for devotees to pray for good health in the new year.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE

TOPSHOT - This aerial photograph shows demonstrators and students as they gather in front of Serbia's Constitutional Court building during a protest to demand accountability for the Novi Sad railway station tragedy, in Belgrade, on January 12, 2025. Thousands of Serbians protested in the capital Belgrade on January 12, 2025, against corruption and demanding justice for those killed in a train station roof collapse. The demonstrations have been ongoing for two months since a roof in a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad, which had recently undergone restoration work, collapsed on November 1, 2024, and killed 15 people. (Photo by TADIJA ANASTASIJEVIC / AFP) — Demonstrators gathering in front of Serbia's Constitutional Court in Belgrade, on Jan 12, 2025, in a protest demanding accountability for the Novi Sad railway station tragedy. A roof collapse at the station on Nov 1, 2024, killed 14 people and injured three.
PHOTO: AFP

TOPSHOT - Hindu pilgrims carrying their belongings walk over floating pontoon bridges to go to Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, on a foggy winter evening to take part in the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 12, 2025. The millennia-old Kumbh Mela, a sacred show of religious piety and ritual bathing that opens January 13, is held at the site where the holy Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers meet. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP) — Hindu pilgrims carrying their belongings across floating pontoon bridges on a foggy winter evening to reach Sangam – the sacred confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers – to participate in the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on Jan 12, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP

Fishermen unload their catch from a traditional boat at Kedonganan beach, Badung regency on the resort island of Bali on January 12, 2025. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP) — Fishermen unloading their catch from a traditional boat at Kedonganan beach, in Badung regency on the resort island of Bali, on Jan 12, 2025.
PHOTO: AFP

Sadhus or Hindu holy men walk on the bank of the river Ganga as they arrive to attend the "Maha Kumbh Mela", or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, January 12, 2025. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, walking along the banks of Ganga River to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, in Prayagraj, India, on Jan 12, 2025. Also known as the Pitcher Festival, the gigantic pilgrimage event is expected to draw over 400 million devotees.
PHOTO: REUTERS

A fire fighting helicopter drops water as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood and Encino, California, on January 11, 2025. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the Los Angeles fires, spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods January 11, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control. Across the city, at least 11 people have died as multiple fires have ripped through residential areas since January 7, razing thousands of homes in destruction that US President Joe Biden likened to a "war scene." (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) — A firefighting helicopter dropping water as the Palisades fire spread near Mandeville Canyon and Encino, California, on Jan 11, 2025, forcing evacuations and raising concerns over containment.
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