Bolivar, Colombia: a group of riders goad a bull during the Corralejas festivity, in which the animals are teased by hundreds of people but are usually not harmedPhotograph: Ricardo Maldonado Rozo/EPANew Delhi, India: protesters sit on a pavement with placards during a demonstration following the death of a young woman who had been gang raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi. The young woman was cremated on Sunday amid an outpouring of anger and grief by millions across the country demanding greater protection for women from sexual violencePhotograph: Altaf Qadri/APPort-au-Prince, Haiti: a woman covers her mouth and nose as she walks past charred stalls at the smoke-filled Port Market. Dozens of stalls at the popular marketplace were burned to the ground in a massive firePhotograph: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP
Shah Alam, Malaysia: a four-man raft hurtles down the 46.6m (153ft) Tornado water slide at the Waterworld@I-City theme park Photograph: Ahmad Yusni/EPARio de Janeiro, Brazil: followers of the Umbanda religion pay tribute to Iemanja, goddess of the sea, at Copacabana beach. Worshippers present gifts to the sea goddess to give thanks for the past year and ask for blessings for the new yearPhotograph: Ricardo Moraes/ReutersAleppo, Syria: Free Syrian Army fighters stop for prayers at the frontlinePhotograph: Ahmed Jadallah/ReutersAntwerp, Belgium: a flamingo cleans its plumage in Antwerp's zooPhotograph: Thierry Roge/EPABrighton, UK: members of the Brighton swimming club, unable to go for their daily swim due to rough sea conditions, take a groyne shower insteadPhotograph: Andrew Hasson/Rex FeaturesNew York, US: mourning bands on different fire department badges worn to honour West Webster firefighters Michael Chiapperini and Tomasz Kaczowka, who were killed by William Spengler, 62, who also wounded two others in an ambush in upstate New York on Christmas EvePhotograph: Carlo Allegri/ReutersSaada, Yemen: two boys sit next to a soldier. Saada province has been the scene of a brutal, six-year conflict between Yemeni government forces and Shia al-Houthi rebels that has resulted in thousands of casualties and extensive material damagePhotograph: Yahya Arhab/EPAKathmandu, Nepal: Gurung community men perform a traditional dance during the Tamu Loshar new year festivalPhotograph: Niranjan Shrestha/APJammu, India: people walk across railway tracks in the fog. Northern India continues to face extreme weather conditions, with dense fog affecting flights and trainsPhotograph: Channi Anand/AP
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