Today In Pictures, Jan 4, 2017

69th Myanmar Independence Day in Yangon and the first trading session of the year at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo. These and more from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jan 04, 2017, 01:35 PM

Jockeys compete in a race for purebred Arab horses during the Liwa 2017 Moreeb Dune Festival on Jan 3, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Skiers compete during the men's 20km Skiathlon competition of the 'Tour de Ski' FIS Cross Country World Cup on Jan 3, 2017 in Oberstdorf, southern Germany. PHOTO: AFP

Fog surrounds a small church not far from the small Bavarian village Apfeltrach near Landsberg, southern Germany. PHOTO: AFP

A woman takes photographs of accumulated broken ice covering the frozen surface of the River Tisza in Szolnok, 98 km southeast of Budapest, Hungary, on Jan 3, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

A severe thunderstorm with winds of more than 100 km an hour wreaked havoc in Montevideo on Jan 3, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

An alpinist climbs the Ostanetta peak with the Monviso mountain in the background, on Jan 3, 2017 in Ostana in the Italian Piemont. PHOTO: AFP

A man throws water on burning tires during a protest against the rising prices of gasoline enforced by the Mexican government at the side of a Pemex gas station in San Miguel Totolcingo , Mexico, on Jan 3, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

A soldier raises the Myanmar national flag during a military parade and flag-rising ceremony to mark the 69th Myanmar Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar, on Jan 4, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

A passenger uses his mobile phone while airplanes are seen parked at Beijing Capital International Airport as heavy haze covers portions of Beijing, China, on Jan 4, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

Attendees dressed in kimonos pose following a ceremony held to mark the opening of the first trading session of the year at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan 4, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

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