A Vietnamese woman collects incense sticks in the village of Quang Phu Cau on the outskirts of Hanoi on Jan. 3. In Vietnam's “incense village,” hundreds of workers dye, dry, and whittle down bamboo bark to make the fragrant sticks ahead of the busy lunar new year holiday. MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images
A Vietnamese woman collects incense sticks in the village of Quang Phu Cau on the outskirts of Hanoi on Jan. 3. In Vietnam's “incense village,” hundreds of workers dye, dry, and whittle down bamboo bark to make the fragrant sticks ahead of the busy lunar new year holiday. MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images

A Week in World Photos

Preparation for the Lunar New Year in Vietnam, the election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Epiphany celebrations around the world.

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A Vietnamese woman collects incense sticks in the village of Quang Phu Cau on the outskirts of Hanoi on Jan. 3. In Vietnam's “incense village,” hundreds of workers dye, dry, and whittle down bamboo bark to make the fragrant sticks ahead of the busy lunar new year holiday. MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images
A Vietnamese woman collects incense sticks in the village of Quang Phu Cau on the outskirts of Hanoi on Jan. 3. In Vietnam's “incense village,” hundreds of workers dye, dry, and whittle down bamboo bark to make the fragrant sticks ahead of the busy lunar new year holiday. MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images

A Vietnamese woman collects incense sticks in the village of Quang Phu Cau on the outskirts of Hanoi on Jan. 3. In Vietnam’s “incense village,” hundreds of workers dye, dry, and whittle bamboo bark to make the fragrant sticks ahead of the busy Lunar New Year holiday.

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Drivers compete during Stage 2 of the Dakar 2019 between Pisco and San Juan de Marcona, Peru, on Jan. 8. FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images
Drivers compete during Stage 2 of the Dakar 2019 between Pisco and San Juan de Marcona, Peru, on Jan. 8. FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images

Drivers compete during Stage 2 of the Dakar 2019 race, between Pisco and San Juan de Marcona, Peru, on Jan. 8.

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Palestinian women cross-stich traditional dresses known as Thobe in Idna village near the West Bank town of Hebron on Jan. 8. HAZEM BADER/AFP/Getty Images
Palestinian women cross-stich traditional dresses known as Thobe in Idna village near the West Bank town of Hebron on Jan. 8. HAZEM BADER/AFP/Getty Images

Palestinian women cross-stich traditional dresses known as thobe in Idna village near the West Bank town of Hebron on Jan. 8.

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Supporters of opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi, who was named provisional winner of Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election, celebrate with talcum powder in Kinshasa on Jan. 10. JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images
Supporters of opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi, who was named provisional winner of Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election, celebrate with talcum powder in Kinshasa on Jan. 10. JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images

Supporters of the opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi, who was named provisional winner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s presidential election, celebrate with talcum powder in Kinshasa on Jan. 10.

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An Indian Kashmiri woman walks with firewood next to a rural home on the outskirts of Srinagar on Jan. 9. TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images
An Indian Kashmiri woman walks with firewood next to a rural home on the outskirts of Srinagar on Jan. 9. TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images

An Indian Kashmiri woman walks with firewood next to a rural home on the outskirts of Srinagar on Jan. 9.

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Followers of the Nazareth Baptist Church, from the Ekuphakameni group, also known as the Shembe Church, climb the Nhlangakazi Holy Mountain north of Durban, South Africa, on Jan. 5. The devotees climb the mountain as part of their annual pilgrimage, walking up to 50 miles barefoot praying, worshipping, singing, dancing, and camping on their four weeks stay at the mountain. RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images
Followers of the Nazareth Baptist Church, from the Ekuphakameni group, also known as the Shembe Church, climb the Nhlangakazi Holy Mountain north of Durban, South Africa, on Jan. 5. The devotees climb the mountain as part of their annual pilgrimage, walking up to 50 miles barefoot praying, worshipping, singing, dancing, and camping on their four weeks stay at the mountain. RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images

Followers of the Nazareth Baptist Church, from the Ekuphakameni group, also known as the Shembe Church, climb the Nhlangakazi holy mountain north of Durban, South Africa, on Jan. 5. The devotees make the trip as part of their annual pilgrimage, walking up to 50 miles barefoot while praying, worshipping, singing, dancing, and camping on their four weeks’ stay at the mountain.

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Bulgarian Orthodox faithful swim into the icy water of a lake in Sofia to catch a wooden crucifix during the Epiphany Day celebrations on Jan. 6. It is believed that the swimmer who retrieves the wooden crucifix will be healthy through the new year. NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP/Getty Images
Bulgarian Orthodox faithful swim into the icy water of a lake in Sofia to catch a wooden crucifix during the Epiphany Day celebrations on Jan. 6. It is believed that the swimmer who retrieves the wooden crucifix will be healthy through the new year. NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP/Getty Images

Bulgarian Orthodox faithful swim into the icy water of a lake in Sofia to catch a wooden crucifix during the Epiphany Day celebrations on Jan. 6. It is believed that the swimmer who retrieves the wooden crucifix will be healthy through the new year.

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A pedestrian walks through a snow-covered park in Munich, southern Germany, on Jan. 10. CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images
A pedestrian walks through a snow-covered park in Munich, southern Germany, on Jan. 10. CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images

A pedestrian walks through a snow-covered park in Munich on Jan. 10.

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A tugboat brings two overboard containers from the ship MSC Zoe into harbor in Lauwersoog, The Netherlands, on Jan. 8 after the container ship MSC Zoe lost 281 containers in the North Sea on New Year's Eve. REMKO DE WAAL/AFP/Getty Images
A tugboat brings two overboard containers from the ship MSC Zoe into harbor in Lauwersoog, The Netherlands, on Jan. 8 after the container ship MSC Zoe lost 281 containers in the North Sea on New Year's Eve. REMKO DE WAAL/AFP/Getty Images

A tugboat brings two overboard containers from the ship MSC Zoe into harbor in Lauwersoog, the Netherlands, on Jan. 8, after the container ship lost 281 containers in the North Sea on New Year’s Eve.

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Revelers await the "Cuadrillas" parade during the Devils Carnival, in Riosucio, Colombia, on Jan. 6. JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP/Getty Images
Revelers await the "Cuadrillas" parade during the Devils Carnival, in Riosucio, Colombia, on Jan. 6. JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP/Getty Images

Revelers await the Cuadrillas parade during the Devil’s Carnival in Riosucio, Colombia, on Jan. 6.

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People in costumes take part in the "La Vijanera" carnival in Silio in the northern Spanish province of Cantabria on Jan. 6. The winter masquerade, one of the year's first carnivals in Europe, is a colorful celebration involving approximately 60 characters that perform in different acts to bid farewell to the previous year and pave the way to the next. CESAR MANSO/AFP/Getty Images
People in costumes take part in the "La Vijanera" carnival in Silio in the northern Spanish province of Cantabria on Jan. 6. The winter masquerade, one of the year's first carnivals in Europe, is a colorful celebration involving approximately 60 characters that perform in different acts to bid farewell to the previous year and pave the way to the next. CESAR MANSO/AFP/Getty Images

People in costumes take part in the La Vijanera carnival in Silió in the northern Spanish province of Cantabria on Jan. 6. The winter masquerade, one of the year’s first carnivals in Europe, is a colorful celebration involving approximately 60 characters who perform in different acts to bid farewell to the previous year and pave the way to the next.

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Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims rest at one of pilgrim camp sites in Lalibela, Ethiopia, on Jan. 5, 2019. EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP/Getty Images
Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims rest at one of pilgrim camp sites in Lalibela, Ethiopia, on Jan. 5, 2019. EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP/Getty Images

Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims rest at one of pilgrim camp sites in Lalibela, Ethiopia, on Jan. 5.

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Ethiopian Orthodox priests attend the Christmas celebration at Saint Mary's Church, in Lalibela, Ethiopia, on Jan. 7. EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP/Getty Images
Ethiopian Orthodox priests attend the Christmas celebration at Saint Mary's Church, in Lalibela, Ethiopia, on Jan. 7. EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP/Getty Images

Ethiopian Orthodox priests attend the Christmas celebration at St. Mary’s Church in Lalibela, Ethiopia, on Jan. 7.

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Police disperse some 500 supporters of the Malagasy presidential candidate Marc Ravalomanana gathered without authorization around the 13 MAI Square in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on Jan. 5. RIJASOLO/AFP/Getty Images
Police disperse some 500 supporters of the Malagasy presidential candidate Marc Ravalomanana gathered without authorization around the 13 MAI Square in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on Jan. 5. RIJASOLO/AFP/Getty Images

Police disperse some 500 supporters of the Malagasy presidential candidate Marc Ravalomanana gathered without authorization around the 13  Mai Square in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on Jan. 5.

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Children gather outside their makeshift shelters following torrential rain that affected a camp for displaced people near the town of Atme close to the Turkish border in Syria's mostly rebel-held northern Idlib province on Jan. 10. AAREF WATAD/AFP/Getty Images
Children gather outside their makeshift shelters following torrential rain that affected a camp for displaced people near the town of Atme close to the Turkish border in Syria's mostly rebel-held northern Idlib province on Jan. 10. AAREF WATAD/AFP/Getty Images

Children gather outside their makeshift shelters following torrential rain that affected a camp for displaced people near the town of Atme close to the Turkish border in Syria’s mostly rebel-held northern Idlib province on Jan. 10.

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Lyon archbishop, cardinal Philippe Barbarin, gestures as he arrives in Lyon court to attend his trial on Jan. 7, charged with failing to report a priest who abused Boy Scouts in the 1980s and 90s. Barbarin is the highest-profile Catholic cleric to be caught up in a pedophile scandal in France. JEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images
Lyon archbishop, cardinal Philippe Barbarin, gestures as he arrives in Lyon court to attend his trial on Jan. 7, charged with failing to report a priest who abused Boy Scouts in the 1980s and 90s. Barbarin is the highest-profile Catholic cleric to be caught up in a pedophile scandal in France. JEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images

Lyon’s archbishop, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, sits and waits in court before his trial on Jan. 7 on charges that he failed to report a priest who abused Boy Scouts in the 1980s and ’90s. Barbarin is the highest-profile Catholic cleric to be caught up in a pedophile scandal in France.

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The faithful greet Pope Francis and take photos of him upon his arrival for the weekly general audience at Paul-VI hall in the Vatican on Jan. 9. ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images
The faithful greet Pope Francis and take photos of him upon his arrival for the weekly general audience at Paul-VI hall in the Vatican on Jan. 9. ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images

The faithful greet Pope Francis and take photos of him upon his arrival for the weekly general audience at Paul VI hall in the Vatican on Jan. 9.

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Devotees carry the statue of the Black Nazarene to the carriage at the start of the annual religious procession in Manila on Jan. 9. Throngs of believers flung themselves at a historic statue of Jesus Christ as it inched through Manila for an annual procession that is one of the world's biggest shows of Catholic zeal. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images
Devotees carry the statue of the Black Nazarene to the carriage at the start of the annual religious procession in Manila on Jan. 9. Throngs of believers flung themselves at a historic statue of Jesus Christ as it inched through Manila for an annual procession that is one of the world's biggest shows of Catholic zeal. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images

Devotees carry the statue of the Black Nazarene to the carriage at the start of the annual religious procession in Manila, the Philippines, on Jan. 9. Throngs of believers flung themselves at a historic statue of Jesus Christ as it inched through Manila for an annual procession that is one of the world’s biggest shows of Catholic zeal.

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Bangladeshi garment workers shout slogans as they block a road during a demonstration to demand higher wages in Dhaka on Jan. 9. MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images
Bangladeshi garment workers shout slogans as they block a road during a demonstration to demand higher wages in Dhaka on Jan. 9. MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images

Bangladeshi garment workers shout slogans as they block a road during a demonstration to demand higher wages inDhaka on Jan. 9.

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Demonstrators clash with riot police in Paris during an anti-government demonstration called by the yellow vest "Gilets Jaunes" movement on Jan. 5. ABDUL ABEISSA/AFP/Getty Images
Demonstrators clash with riot police in Paris during an anti-government demonstration called by the yellow vest "Gilets Jaunes" movement on Jan. 5. ABDUL ABEISSA/AFP/Getty Images

Demonstrators clash with riot police in Paris during an anti-government demonstration called by the Yellow Vest movement on Jan. 5.

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Asylum seekers from eastern African countries—mainly Sudan—warm themselves up as they have a meal offered by volunteers of the Solidarite migrants Wilson association in Saint-Denis outside Paris where they live in a makeshift tent camp on Jan. 10. CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images
Asylum seekers from eastern African countries—mainly Sudan—warm themselves up as they have a meal offered by volunteers of the Solidarite migrants Wilson association in Saint-Denis outside Paris where they live in a makeshift tent camp on Jan. 10. CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images

Asylum-seekers from eastern African countries—mainly Sudan—warm themselves up as they have a meal offered by volunteers of the Solidarité Migrants Wilson organization in Saint-Denis outside Paris, where they live in a makeshift tent camp, on Jan. 10.

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French gendarmes patrol while a police helicopter flies over the beach of Oye-Plage, near Calais, northern France, on Jan. 9 as they try to intercept migrants attempting to cross the Channel. The number of migrants attempting to cross the Channel, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, rose to 504 last year, up from 13 in 2017. PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images
French gendarmes patrol while a police helicopter flies over the beach of Oye-Plage, near Calais, northern France, on Jan. 9 as they try to intercept migrants attempting to cross the Channel. The number of migrants attempting to cross the Channel, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, rose to 504 last year, up from 13 in 2017. PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images

French gendarmes patrol while a police helicopter flies over the beach of Oye-Plage, near Calais, northern France, on Jan. 9 as they try to intercept migrants attempting to cross the English Channel. The number of migrants attempting to cross the channel, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, rose to 504 last year, up from 13 in 2017.

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A migrant waits on the deck aboard a Dutch-flagged rescue vessel sailing off Malta's coast on Jan. 8. FEDERICO SCOPPA/AFP/Getty Images
A migrant waits on the deck aboard a Dutch-flagged rescue vessel sailing off Malta's coast on Jan. 8. FEDERICO SCOPPA/AFP/Getty Images

A migrant waits on the deck aboard a Dutch-flagged rescue vessel sailing off Malta’s coast on Jan. 8.

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A migrant keeps warm with a Red Cross blanket upon arrival at the harbor of Malaga on Jan. 6 after an inflatable boat carrying 185 migrants was rescued by the Spanish coast guard off the Spanish coast. JORGE GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images
A migrant keeps warm with a Red Cross blanket upon arrival at the harbor of Malaga on Jan. 6 after an inflatable boat carrying 185 migrants was rescued by the Spanish coast guard off the Spanish coast. JORGE GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images

A migrant keeps warm with a Red Cross blanket upon arrival at the harbor of Málaga, Spain, on Jan. 6, after an inflatable boat carrying 185 migrants was rescued by the Spanish coast guard.

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A migrant is rescued after he dived into the Mediterranean off Malta's coast from the Dutch-flagged Sea-Watch 3 rescue vessel in a attempt to reach the shore on Jan. 4. FEDERICO SCOPPA/AFP/Getty Images
A migrant is rescued after he dived into the Mediterranean off Malta's coast from the Dutch-flagged Sea-Watch 3 rescue vessel in a attempt to reach the shore on Jan. 4. FEDERICO SCOPPA/AFP/Getty Images

A migrant is rescued after he dived into the Mediterranean off Malta’s coast from the Dutch-flagged Sea-Watch 3 rescue vessel in a attempt to reach the shore by swimming on Jan. 4.

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A construction worker works on repairs of a section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence as seen from Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico, on Jan. 9. GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP/Getty Images
A construction worker works on repairs of a section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence as seen from Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico, on Jan. 9. GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP/Getty Images

A construction worker repairs an existing section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence as seen from Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico, on Jan. 9.

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Members of the group Nativistas demonstrate in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Jan. 6 against Mexico's policies on migration ahead of the visit of Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to the city. GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP/Getty Images
Members of the group Nativistas demonstrate in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Jan. 6 against Mexico's policies on migration ahead of the visit of Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to the city. GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP/Getty Images

Members of the group Nativistas demonstrate against Mexico’s policies on migration in Tijuana, Mexico, on Jan. 6, ahead of the visit of Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to the city.

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A pilot stretches a hot air balloon as it inflates during the inauguration ceremony of the Tamil Nadu International Air Balloon Festival in Chennai on Jan. 4. ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images
A pilot stretches a hot air balloon as it inflates during the inauguration ceremony of the Tamil Nadu International Air Balloon Festival in Chennai on Jan. 4. ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images

A pilot stretches a hot air balloon as it inflates during the inauguration ceremony of the Tamil Nadu International Air Balloon Festival in Chennai, India, on Jan. 4.

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An Elvis fan uses the train window as a mirror at Central station before boarding a train to The Parkes Elvis Festival in Sydney on Jan. 10. The annual event celebrates the music and life of Elvis Presley in the New South Wales town of Parkes. PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images
An Elvis fan uses the train window as a mirror at Central station before boarding a train to The Parkes Elvis Festival in Sydney on Jan. 10. The annual event celebrates the music and life of Elvis Presley in the New South Wales town of Parkes. PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images

An Elvis fan uses a train window as a mirror at Central Station before boarding a train to the Parkes Elvis Festival from Sydney on Jan. 10. The annual event celebrates the music and life of Elvis Presley in the New South Wales town of Parkes.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May inspect a military Guard of Honour at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London ahead of talks between the two countries at Downing Street on Jan. 10. DAN KITWOOD/AFP/Getty Images
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May inspect a military Guard of Honour at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London ahead of talks between the two countries at Downing Street on Jan. 10. DAN KITWOOD/AFP/Getty Images

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May inspect a military guard at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London ahead of talks between the two countries at Downing Street on Jan. 10.

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An Indian school boy dressed as Swami Vivekananda takes part in a rally in Bangalore on Jan. 5. Vivekananda is considered a major force in the revival of Hinduism in modern India. MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP/Getty Images
An Indian school boy dressed as Swami Vivekananda takes part in a rally in Bangalore on Jan. 5. Vivekananda is considered a major force in the revival of Hinduism in modern India. MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP/Getty Images

An Indian schoolboy dressed as Swami Vivekananda takes part in a rally in Bangalore on Jan. 5. Vivekananda is considered a major force in the revival of Hinduism in modern India.

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Men dressed as the three kings ride camels across the Charles Bridges in Prague as they take a part in a procession Jan. 6 marking the kings’ journey to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images
Men dressed as the three kings ride camels across the Charles Bridges in Prague as they take a part in a procession Jan. 6 marking the kings’ journey to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images

Men dressed as the three kings ride camels across the Charles Bridges in Prague as they take part in a procession on Jan. 6 marking the kings’ journey to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.

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Indian people take a ride on a boat to feed seagulls near the banks of the Yamuna River during a foggy morning in New Delhi on Jan. 4. Hundreds of migratory birds from Siberia, southeast Asia, and other parts of India congregate in the Indian capital during the winter months. MONEY SHARMA/AFP/Getty Images
Indian people take a ride on a boat to feed seagulls near the banks of the Yamuna River during a foggy morning in New Delhi on Jan. 4. Hundreds of migratory birds from Siberia, southeast Asia, and other parts of India congregate in the Indian capital during the winter months. MONEY SHARMA/AFP/Getty Images

People feed seagulls near the banks of the Yamuna River during a foggy morning in New Delhi on Jan. 4. Hundreds of migratory birds from Siberia, southeast Asia, and other parts of India congregate in the Indian capital during the winter months.

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