People gather to watch a tow-in surfing session at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal December 30, 2017.
Photo by Rafael Marchante

French skipper Francois Gabart celebrates with safety flares as he sails the trimaran Macif into Brest harbour following his successful solo, non-stop around the world record of 42 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds, in Brest, France December 17, 2017.
Photo by Stephane Mahe

An opposition supporter stands in front of a burning barricade, during a protest over the disputed presidential election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras December 17, 2017.
Photo by Jorge Cabrera

Rohingya refugee Omar Khan (L), who says he is a former general of Myanmar army, poses for a picture as he sits at his temporary shelter at the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh December 19, 2017.
Photo by Marko Djurica

A Rohingya refugee stands next to a pond in the early morning at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh December 26, 2017.
Photo by Marko Djurica

A man exercises in the morning at Ramna Park in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 27, 2017.
Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain

A stag deer stands in the undergrowth in Richmond Park, in west London, Britain, December 27, 2017.
Photo by Hannah McKay

A firecracker explodes next to riot police officers during a protest rally against the Bolivian government’s new healthcare policies in La Paz, Bolivia December 27, 2017.
Photo by David Mercado

Fishermen cover their heads and part of their boats with blankets and straw as they wait to catch fish in the waters of the Anchar Lake on a cold winter day in Srinagar December 28, 2017.
Photo by Danish Ismail

A Palestinian demonstrator hurls stones towards Israeli troops during clashes at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the West Bank city of Nablus, December 29, 2017.
Photo by Mohamad Torokman

A Rohingya refugee gets a hair cut at Kutupalong camp, near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh January 13, 2018.
Photo by Tyrone Siu

Rodrigo Huilpang, 34, a Mapuche indigenous, poses for a photo at Santiago Linconir village, near where Pope Francis will hold a mass in Chile’s Araucania region January 15, 2018.
Photo by Edgard Garrido

A barrister walks through falling snow in Belfast, Northern Ireland, January 16, 2018.
Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne

A search and rescue dog is guided through properties after a mudslide in Montecito, California, U.S. January 12, 2018.
Photo by Kyle Grillot

A bride waits to take her wedding vows during a mass marriage ceremony in which, according to its organisers, 111 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, at a mosque in Ahmedabad, India January 11, 2018.
Photo by Amit Dave