The day in pictures

January 15, 2025: French skipper Yoann Richomme, on his Imoca 60 monohull Paprec Arkea, enters the channel to finish in second place in the 10th edition of the Vendee Globe around the world monohull solo sailing race in Les Sables-d'Olonne, western France.

January 14, 2025: The Indiana Pacemates perform during an NBA game between the Indiana Pacers and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

January 14, 2025: An Aer Lingus passenger plane flies in front of the first full moon of the year known as the Wolf Moon, as it makes its landing approach to Heathrow Airport in London, Britain.

January 14, 2025: Security personnel remove a protester as Pete Hegseth, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, testifies before a Senate Committee on Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

January 13, 2025: A utility worker sifts through the ruins of a home in the Pacific Palisades to turn off the gas valve.

January 12, 2025: A man sets up chairs at the west front of the U.S. Capitol ahead of the presidential inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, in Washington.

January 12, 2025: Fishermen unload their catch from a traditional boat at Kedonganan beach, Badung regency on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia.

January 9, 2025: Airplanes assist in firefighting above Pacific Palisades. The Palisades Fire ignited earlier and devastated the coastal community in Los Angeles County.

January 11, 2025: People crowd the ocean overlook at Depoe Bay as a double rainbow appears over head during a king tide.

January 11, 2025: South African driver Saood Variawa and French co-driver Francois Cazalet compete during Stage 6 of the Dakar Rally 2025, between Hail and Al Duwadimi, Saudi Arabia.

January 10, 2025: A President-elect Donald Trump supporter holds a segment of a giant flag as Trump appears remotely before a judge for a sentencing hearing at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York City on Friday.

January 9, 2025: Sean Nguyen, 20, sifts through the remains of his familyÕs home in the Alphabet Streets of the Pacific Palisades, Calif. His father, Jack Nguyen, says his son is looking for his childhood teddy bear.

January 9, 2025: A total of 768 manatees were counted at Blue Spring State Park west of Orange City early Thursday morning. The record was set a year ago, when 932 manatees showed up to the spring on a chilly morning.

January 9, 2025: Students from Sumter County Middle School look at a remembrance card of former President Jimmy Carter as they await the arrival of Carter's funeral procession in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

January 9, 2025: The flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is carried by a joint services military honor guard from the U.S. Capitol before the national funeral service for former President Jimmy Carter. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Ga.

January 9, 2025: Jason Carter touches the casket of former President Jimmy Carter after delivering a eulogy during CarterÕs national funeral service at Washington National Cathedral. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Ga.

January 8, 2025: A home burns during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, CA.

January 7, 2025: An aerial view of a flooded caravan park, in Barrow upon Soar, central England, after heavy snow and rain across large parts of England disrupted over the weekend.

January 7, 2025: A brush fire burns near Pacific Palisades, CA homes. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned buildings and sparked evacuations Tuesday as "life threatening" winds whipped the region. Over 200 acres were burning in Pacific Palisades, an upscale spot with multi-million dollar homes in the Santa Monica Mountains, shuttering a key highway and blanketing the area with thick smoke.

January 8, 2025: People search the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike on the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip as the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continues.

January 7, 2025: People pay their respects during a memorial ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter in the Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Carter's body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda until a funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington on January 9.

January 7, 2025: Ice surrounds a stranded boat on the Lake Michigan shore in Milwaukee. The Chris-Craft Roamer named Deep Thought has been stranded by Bradford Beach since Oct. 13.

January 6, 2025: Braedyn Ruyle (left) and Cam slide down a hill together at Garfield Park in Indianapolis.

January 6, 2025: A firefighter walks passed Marblehead's annual Christmas tree bonfire at Riverhead Beach, Mass.

January 6, 2025: A woman on skis walks her dog along the National Mall as snow falls during a winter storm in Washington, DC. Dangerous wintry conditions affect a large swath of the central and eastern United States as a severe storm system continues to track eastward, prompting travel and work disruptions from Kansas City to Washington.

January 6, 2025: Greek Orthodox believers hold a wooden cross during the traditional Great Blessing of Water ceremony for the Orthodox Epiphany Day, in Piraeus, near Athens.

January 5, 2025: Firefighters with Louisville Fire Department Quint 9 shovel snow in front of their station in Louisville, KY. Local forecasts called for heavy snowfall followed by a significant freezing rain and ice accumulation.

January 5, 2025: Claudia Brown and her son, Jude Brown, visit a makeshift memorial outside the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Carter will lay in repose at the center during six days of funeral observances after he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. President Carter was the longest-living U.S. President in history.

January 5, 2024: Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs (26) celebrates in the end zone with wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) after scoring a touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth quarter at Ford Field.

January 4, 2025: Firefighters salute from an overpass as the hearse carrying the casket of former President Jimmy Carter drives on near McDonough, Ga., en route to Atlanta.

January 3, 2025: Slovenia's Timi Zajc in action during Men's Individual KO HS128 training during the Four Hills Tournament in Innsbruck, Austria.

January 3, 2025: Pro-Yoon protesters hold South Korean flags and 'STOP THE STEAL' signs during a rally near impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's official residence, after investigators were unable to execute an arrest warrant on Friday for Yeol, according to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, in Seoul, South Korea, January 3, 2025.

January 2, 2025: People visit Cristo Redentor Paisa, the largest monument in Latin America created with 3D printing, located in Comuna 13 in Medellin, Colombia.

January 2, 2025: Children play on the rubble of destroyed buildings at the Bureij camp for displaced Palestinians amid the continuing war between Israel and the militant Hamas group.

January 1, 2025: Strollers walk between pancakes snow on the frozen Lake des Rousses in Les Rousses, central-eastern France. This phenomenon forms when slushy ice in water clumps into round, pancake-like shapes due to waves or currents.

January 1, 2024: Freddie Dubose #80 of the Texas Longhorns celebrates after defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils 39-31 during the second overtime in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

January 1, 2025: Bonnie Sowden raises a toast to the New Year with friends on Pineda Beach at Patrick Space Force Base, FL as the first sunrise of 2025 appears above the horizon.

January 1, 2025: Police investigators surround a white truck that has crashed into a work lift in the French Quarter of New Orleans, LA. At least 10 people were killed and 30 injured Wednesday when a vehicle plowed overnight into a New Year's crowd in the heart of the thriving New Orleans tourist district, authorities in the southern US city said.

January 1, 2025: A farmer (centre L) tends to his rice paddy field during the first sunrise of the new year in Lambaro, Aceh province.

January 1, 2025: Revellers take part in a New Year's Day swim in Lake Geneva with its 7.3-degree Celsius waters in Geneva.

January 1, 2025: Fireworks light up the midnight sky over Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during 2025 New Year's Day celebrations in Sydney.

December 31, 2024: A DJ performs as people gather during New Year's Eve, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria.

December 31, 2024: Joggers exercise on a dark street in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after a major power outage hit the island.

December 30, 2024: White Pelicans are reflected in the waters of the Viera Wetlands in Viera, Fl.

December 30, 2024: The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., is visible as flags are lowered to half-staff at the Washington Monument following the death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024 at 100 years old and was surrounded by family in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, was known as much for his long post-presidency and continued life of service as he was for his one term in office. He played a pivotal role in negotiating the Camp David Accords and earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

December 29, 2024: Visitors look on outside The Carter Presidential Center following the death of Jimmy Carter in Atlanta, Georgia. The 39th president of the United States died today in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. He was 100.

December 29, 2024: Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, some 288 kilometers southwest of Seoul. A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead.

December 29, 2024: Madagascar ring-tailed lemurs huddle together at the Exzootic Indoor Zoo at the Avenues Mall in Kuwait city.

December 29, 2024: Firefighters carry out extinguishing operations on an aircraft which drove off runway at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Jeolla Province, South Korea.

December 29, 2024: A person walks with a dog after snowfall in a park on the Main river embankment in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.

December 28, 2024: Revelers dressed in mock military garb take part in "Els Enfarinats" flour-battle in the southeastern Spanish town of Ibi. In this 200-year-old traditional winter festival, the participants — known as Els Enfarinats (those covered in flour) — dress in military clothes and stage a mock coup d'etat as they battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers outside the town hall as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Innocents, a traditional day in Spain for pulling pranks.

December 28, 2024: Wrestlers participate in the Christmas Slaycation, a live heavy metal and high-flying wrestling show featuring masked performers, at the O2, in London, Britain.

December 27, 2024: A wedding takes place on the beach in Cape Canaveral, FL as Blue OriginÕs New Glenn rocket prepares for the first Òhot fireÓof its engines Friday, December 27, 2024 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL.

December 27, 2024: Graves are silhouetted in a foggy graveyard in Goole, United Kingdom. Dense fog has caused travel disruption across the UK.

December 27, 2024: A security worker stands guard near the site of a fire which broke out among holiday market stalls at Bryant Park in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

December 27, 2024: A red-tailed hawk bird perches on a treetop on a cold winter day above the Hudson River on Hook Mountain in Nyack, New York.

December 27, 2024: A man rows his boat across the river Ganges on a cold winter morning in Varanasi.

December 27, 2024: A torn poster of Syria's Bashar al-Assad hangs near the flag adopted by the new Syrian rulers, in Daraa, Syria.

December 27, 2024: An Iranian woman looks at her mobile phone after the ban on WhatsApp and Google Play was lifted, in Tehran, Iran.

December 27, 2024: Pedestrians cross The Millennium Bridge during foggy weather in London.

December 27, 2024: The leader of the "Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo" human rights organization, Estela de Carlotto (L), speaks during a press conference to announce the identity restitution of the 138th grandchild at the "Casa por la Identidad Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo" in Buenos Aires. The human rights organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo) announced that grandchild 138, kidnapped during the Argentine dictatorship (1976-1983), has been found.

December 26, 2024: Women touch the image of Saint Benedict as they participate in the Marujada in Braganca, Para State, Brazil. A cultural heritage of Brazil, the Marujada is a traditional nine-day religious festival that pays homage to Saint Benedict (Sao Benedito), the "black saint," and has one of its highlights on Christmas Day.

December 26, 2024: A woman walked her dog past Tibetan Buddhist Monks as they made their way down N. Hubbards Ln. in Louisville, Ky., during a mandala deconstruction ceremony on Thursday evening. The monks meticulously created a sand mandala this past week and its destruction symbolizes the impermanence of all things. The monks took sand from the madala and marched down to the Muddy Fork of Beargrass Creek to release the sand into the water.

December 26, 2024: People look at a young humpback whale that washed ashore at Rexhame Beach in Marshfield, Massachusetts.