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Janus Vankasteren of the Netherlands drives his IVECO Powerstar during Stage 10 of the 2024 Rally Dakar, in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, 17 January 2024. EPA-EFE/Gerard Laurenssen
Christof Innerhofer of Italy in action during a training session for the Men’s Downhill race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Kitzbuehel, Austria, 17 January 2024. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNAJesper Svensson of Sweden in action during a practice session ahead of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic 2024 Golf tournament in Gulf emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates , 17 January 2024.A woman poses for a photo with a donkey that will be blessed outside a church in Valencia, eastern Spain, 17 January 2024. Pets owners take their animals to the church to be blessed on St. Anton Day, patron saint of animals. EPA-EFE/Biel AlinoExtractors take part in a demonstration of the customs’ working methods after the presentation of the annual figures by the Public Prosecution Service about The Hit and Run Cargo team (HARC) team, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 17 January 2024. The HARC team is involved in the investigation and prosecution of major subversion investigations in and around the port of Rotterdam. According to the Public Prosecution Service, more than 45,000 kilos of cocaine, with a value of about 3.5 billion euros, were intercepted in 2023 in the port of Rotterdam. EPA-EFE/ROBIN UTRECHTA Kurdish man walks past debris following a missile strike launched by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the Kurdistan regionís capital of Arbil, on January 17, 2024. – The IRGC have launched missile attacks on multiple “terrorist” targets in Syria and in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, Iranian state media reported on January 16. (Photo by Safin HAMID / AFP)Reusable cups a stacked at coffee bar in Aarhus, Denmark, 17 January 2024. Aarhus Municipality is introducing a new deposit cup for coffee, which can help to increase the recycling of materials and thus create a circular economy in the long term. The municipality is the first in the country to try a recycling cup, in a three-year trial period. Some 44 Aarhus cafes and coffee bars have ordered the new pledge cups and thus support the trial. The cup costs five kroner and can be handed in at deposit machines in several places in the city. EPA-EFE/Bo Amstrup Copies of the ‘Kongeord’ (Word of a King), a book published by Politikens Forlag on King Frederik X, by Jens Andersen, are on display in the Politiken Book Shop in Copenhagen, Denmark, 17 January 2024. King Frederik Xs Kongeord contains the King’s personal visions for the monarchy. In the book, Denmark’s new king tells his own thoughts and deliberations behind the succession speech. About his relationship to the royal line, Danish history, Christianity, and the Kingdom of Denmark. About the family, marriage, and the journey through life – from a young, reluctant crown prince to a mature man, family father, and monarch. EPA-EFE/NILS MEILVANG Hindu people touch the Bull Ox statue as they pray inside the Pilakat Hindu temple during the Jallikattu bull taming festival in Kyauktan township, outskirt of Yangon, Myanmar, 17 January 2024. This annual traditional rural sport is a part of the south Indian during the mid-January harvest festival Pongal, said to date back to 400 BC. EPA-EFE/NYEIN CHAN NAINGA woman does cross-country skiing in Soendermarken park in Frederiksberg, near Copenhagen, Denmark, 17 January 2024. EPA-EFE/Nils Meilvang A model presents a creation from the Fall/Winter 2024/2025 collection by Egonlab fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 17 January 2024. The presentation of the Men’s collections runs from 16 to 21 January 2024. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSONCardinal Giovanni Batista Re celebrates the Holy Mass during the funeral of late cardinal Sergio Sebastiani at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican City, 17 January 2024. Pope Francis will preside over the Ultima Commendatio (last recommendation) and the Valedictio (farewell) during the funeral ceremony. EPA-EFE/MAURIZIO BRAMBATTIIsraeli soldiers gesture on a tank while on patrol near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, 17 January 2024. More than 24,400 Palestinians and at least 1,300 Israelis have been killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTANA Tunisian craftsman carves designs into a copper disk in the souk (open-air market) of the old city in Tunis, Tunisia, 17 January 2024. The centuries-old practice of engraving on metals such as gold, silver and copper, was inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List in December 2023. Ten countries including Egypt, Iraq, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen, have collaborated in the nomination process. EPA-EFE/MOHAMED MESSARAIsraeli soldiers on a tank after coming out of the Gaza Strip at the Israeli border, in southern Israel, 17 January 2024. More than 24,400 Palestinians and at least 1,300 Israelis have been killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
