
World of photos, January 3, 2025
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Angela McClements joins fellow New Year’s Day celebrants as they dive into Carnlough harbour in Carnlough, Northern Ireland. The annual dive and swim is in aid of charity. Credit:Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
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Women talk on a street surrounded by buildings that were destroyed during the civil war at the district of Khalidiya in Homs, Syria.Credit:Leo Correa/AP Photo
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The northern lights appear over homes in Anchorage, Alaska.Credit:Mark Thiessen/AP Photo
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Performers take part in the London New Year’s Day Parade in London, England. Credit:Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images
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An athlete in action during the first round of the FIS World Cup Ski Jumping Four Hills Tournament Men Individual HS142 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Credit:Daniel Kopatsch/Getty Images
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Crows sit on a branch of a tree as the sun rises on a winter morning in Chennai, India.Credit:Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo
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Revelers in a costume enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day in New York. Credit:Andres Kudacki/AP Photo
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish yeshiva students dance after lighting candles to mark the holiday of Hanukkah in Jerusalem.Credit:Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo
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Sikh devotees pray while standing in the pond surrounding the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, on New Year’s Day in Amritsar, India.Credit:Prabhjot Gill/AP Photo
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A swimmer ready to take part in the New Year’s Day Swim in Saundersfoot, Wales. People use the opportunity to swim in fancy dress and raise money for charities. Credit:Rebecca Naden/Getty Images