Today in Pictures, Jan 17, 2023
A hairdresser replaces the hair on the wax figure of French actress and comedian Mimie Mathy in the facilities dedicated to the restoration of statues at the Grevin Museum in Paris, France, The lumpy legs of the Dong Tao chicken named after the commune where they’re bred in northern Vietnam are considered a delicacy and are a particularly popular dish among the wealthy during Vietnamese new year and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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A hairdresser replaces the hair on the wax figure of French actress and comedian Mimie Mathy in the facilities dedicated to the restoration of statues at the Grevin Museum in Paris, France. The wax museum was founded in 1882 by the journalist Arthur Meyer, the sculptor Alfred Grevin and the economist Gabriel Thomas and houses wax statues of various French and foreign personalities. Six months are necessary to create each wax figure.
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A poultry farmer Le Van Hien looking at a Dong Tao chicken at his farm in Hung Yen province. The lumpy legs of the Dong Tao chicken -- named after the commune where they're bred in northern Vietnam are considered a delicacy and are a particularly popular dish among the wealthy during Vietnamese new year, known as Tet.
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A Vietnamese supporter smiles ahead of the second leg of the AFF Cup final football match between Vietnam and Thailand at Thammasat Stadium in Bangkok on January 16, 2023.
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A visitor poses for a photograph with light sculptures and decorations to celebrate the Lunar New Year at Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 January 2023. The Chinese Lunar New Year, also called the Spring Festival, falls on 22 January 2023, marking the start of the Year of the Rabbit.
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Tourists enjoy near a frozen waterfall in the Drang area of Tangmarg, north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 16 January 2023. Tourist Station and waterfall at Drang area of Tangmarg is frozen due to a fall in temperature. Ski resort Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 12.0°C and was the coldest night so far recorded in the region.
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Turkish-American media artist Refik Anadol is pictured next to his artwork 'Artificial Realities: Coral' during the 52nd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland. The meeting brings together entrepreneurs, scientists, corporate and political leaders in Davos under the topic 'Cooperation in a Fragmented World' from 16 to 20 January 2023.
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People pose at the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial statue, 'The Embrace,' on Martin Luther King Jr Day, on the Boston Common in Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 16 January 2023. The 22 foot (6.71 m) high bronze sculpture that sits on a circular granite plaza shows the intertwined arms of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King and was inspired by a photo of the couple smiling together moments after King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
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Josh Taylor (L) and Jordan Stimpson, members of the Tower Ballroom team, clean one of the 14 crystal Edwardian chandeliers that illuminate Blackpool Tower Ballroom, during its annual clean in Blackpool, northern England on January 16, 2023. The Ballroom in Blackpool Tower is undergoing its annual spring clean which includes lowering the ornate chandeliers for one week to be cleaned ahead of the coming season of ballroom dancing.
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Judges wearing wigs attend a ceremony to mark the beginning of the new legal year in Hong Kong, China January 16, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
This handout image released by TRUMPF on January 16, 2023, shows a 'divert lightning' in action on Santis Mountain in Switzerland. A powerful laser aimed at the sky can create a virtual lightning rod and divert the path of lightning strikes, a paper published in Nature Photonics demonstrates. The findings may pave the way for better lightning protection methods for critical infrastructure, such as power stations, airports and launchpads.
PHOTO: AFP
