Today in Pictures, Jan 7, 2016

Epiphany Day in Sofia, Bulgaria and the start of a three-month cleanup operation of the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, France. These and more from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jan 07, 2016, 11:29 AM

Fishermen capturing trapped fishes to be released later as the canal Saint Martin is drained for maintenance in Paris on Jan 6, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre) attending a Christmas service in the Church of the Intercession in the village of Turginovo on Jan 6, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Men jumping into the waters of a lake to grab a wooden cross for health and prosperity on Epiphany Day in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Jan 6, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

An abandoned car in floodwaters at a shopping mall after a storm in San Diego, California, on Jan 6, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrating a goal against Espanyol at Camp Nou stadium on Jan 6, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

An employee walking on top of an oil tank at a Sinopec refinery in Wuhan, Hubei province, in 2012. China is building underground caverns capable of holding up to a quarter of its expanded strategic oil reserves by 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A lone passenger using an escalator to leave a deserted platform at the start of a 48-hour rail strike at Liege's Guillemin train station, Belgium, on Jan 6, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Carol singers from the Paderborn Archdiocese walking through the snow covered grounds of Schloss Bellevue in Berlin, Germany, on Jan 6, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A visitor walking through the snow covered Holocaust memorial in Berlin, Germany, on Jan 6, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A windmill sitting on the snowy Tesi Plateau of Matra mountain range, 100km west of Budapest, Hungary, on Jan 6, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

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