A Japan Airlines plane in flames on the runway at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan
Former lifeguard Marco Fois dives off of the Ponte Cavour in Italy
A Northern white-cheeked gibbon eats a carrot in London
A boat is seen on Dal Lake during sunset in Srinagar, India
Fireworks explode over the London Eye and The Elizabeth Tower during New Year's celebrations in London
Members of the indigenous Gurung community wear traditional clothing during the Tamu Lhosar festival in Kathmandu
Reindeer photographed beneath the northern lights in Norway
A firefighter works to extinguish a fire started by a Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine
Bystanders look at a damaged road after a series of earthquakes in Japan
An elephant eats a leftover Christmas tree in Berlin, Germany
A clown sits on the beach during the annual Polar Bear Plunge in New York
People watch a bullfight in China
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