Today in Pictures, Jan 8, 2016

Countrywide dawn to dusk strike called by the Jamaat e-Islami, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Lux Helsinki light festival, in Helsinki, Finland. These and more from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jan 08, 2016, 02:28 PM

An aerial view of a busy street during a countrywide dawn to dusk strike called by the Jamaat e-Islami, the largest Islamic political party in Bangladesh on Jan 7, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

People examining the interactive sculpture, Cloud, by Canadian artists Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garret at the Lux Helsinki light festival, in Helsinki, Finland on Jan 6, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Brazilian Marcelo Medeiros of Yamaha team taking a tumble during the fifth stage of the Rally Dakar 2016 on Jan 7, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Snow seen on the San Gorgonio Mountains behind a windmill farm in Palm Springs, California, on Jan 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A visitor listening to music with the LG V10 at the LG booth at CES 2016 on Jan 6, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Barefoot Catholics carrying a replica of the Black Nazarene during a procession ahead of the Black Nazarene feast day celebrations in Manila, Philippines, on Jan 7, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A cyclist cutting through a square on a bicycle in Debrecen, 226km east of Budapest, Hungary, on Jan 6, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Thousands gathering on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan 5, 2016. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

People passing by leisure items frozen in a giant block of ice during a JetBlue Airways event in Madison Square Park in New York on Jan 7, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Chinese students resting during a speed skating training session at Harbin ice and snow sports school on Jan 7, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

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