A man rides a horse through a bonfire in the small Spanish village of San Bartolome de Pinares in homage to San Anton, the patron saint of animalsPhotograph: Jasper Juinen/GettyTwo Baby Pied Tamarins - Padme, left, and Chewie - are being hand-reared by zookeepers at Paignton Zoo in Devon after being abandoned by their mother. The pair of Pied Tamarins, one of the rarest species in the world, were born on New Year's EvePhotograph: Andy Styles/PAThe traditional Chinese dragon dance performed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to mark the start of the lunar new year and the year of the ratPhotograph: Sebastiao Moreira/EPA
Salvage crews in Glasgow work on raising the Flying Phantom tugboat which sank on the Clyde on December 19, claiming the lives of three crewmen. It is thought the boat could be salvaged this weekPhotograph: Jeff J Mitchell/GettyIndian men try to tame a bull during the Jallikkattu bull fighting event in Palamedu, India. The Indian supreme court has conditionally reversed a ban on this traditional sport held every year during the festival of Pongal Photograph: EPASerbs stand by a picture of Vladimir Putin at an election rally for presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic in Mitrovica. Electors vote on Sunday between candidates pushign for furtehr European integration or stronger ties with RussiaPhotograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFPActivists protest in the Chilean capital, Santiago, over the death of Matias Catrileo, a young Mapuche Indian allegedly shot by police in a land dispute on January 3Photograph: Roberto Candia/APA tobacco drier goes up in flames in Stotzheim, eastern FrancePhotograph: Olivier Morin/AFPA model sports an Alexandre Herchcovitch dress during Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil Photograph: Sebastiao Moreira/EPAA torchlight procession launches the 15th annual Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, Scotland. The festival is one of the biggest in Europe and runs for 19 days. Top acts include KD Lang and Steve EarlPhotograph: Jeff J Mitchell/GettyAustralian dancers perform a dance-video-laser composition known as the Mortal Engine at the Sydney Opera House, all part of the Sydney FestivalPhotograph: Anoek De Groot/AFPSteam locomotives of the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) at Wernigerode, in Germany. The steam railway is a popular tourist attraction, running through the picturesque Harz mountain regionPhotograph: Matthias Bein/EPAA banner depicting the South American independence hero Simon Bolivar, top, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, left, and Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez, as listen to Ortega and Chávez in the Nicaraguan capital, ManaguaPhotograph: Esteban Felix/APThe wife (centre) of Amer al-Yaziji cries during the funeral of her son, her husband and her brother-in-law; all killed while driving their car in Gaza City during an Israeli air attack. The army said it had been targeting militants but had killed civilians "in error"Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP
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