Fire victims sort through donated food and clothing piles at the Santa Anita racetrack near Los Angeles on Jan. 14, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz talks with Mark Rutte, secretary general of NATO, along with the Head of the Chancellor's Office Jeanette Schwamberger (L) and German adviser on foreign and security policy Jens Plötner (3rd L) during the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit in Helsinki, Finland, on Jan. 14, 2025. Steffen Kugler/Bundesregierung via Getty Images
Members of Parliament and climate campaigners pause in their rowing boats opposite the Houses of Parliament in London on Jan. 14, 2025. Climate campaigners, MPs, and ex-Olympians are participating in a boat race along the Thames to call for ministers' support on the Climate and Nature Bill (CAN), which will be up for debate and vote in the House of Commons on January 24. Peter Nicholls/Getty Images
A robin holds a seed in its beak at the Bois de Vincennes park in eastern Paris on Jan. 14, 2025. Martin Lelievre/AFP via Getty Images
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (L) delivers a general policy statement to National Assembly members in Paris on Jan. 14, 2025. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and First Lady Rosangela Lula da Silva arrive at a ceremony for the new secretary of communication of the presidency, Sidonio Palmeira, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Jan. 14, 2025. Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images
Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Arsenio Dominguez delivers a speech at the IMO Headquarters in London on Jan. 14, 2025. Benjamin Cremel/AFP via Getty Images
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington on Jan. 14, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Bald cypress trees are seen at the Indigenous People's Park in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 14, 2025. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with Slovakia's President Peter Pellegrini upon his arrival at the Palazzo Chigi in Rome on Jan. 14, 2025. Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images
Members of a first batch of 800 graduates of Syria's General Security forces under the country's new administration train during a graduation ceremony at the police academy headquarters in Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 14, 2025. Bakr Alkasem/AFP via Getty Images
The silhouette of a bird is seen against a full moon over Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Jan. 14, 2025. Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images
An illegal miner rescued from an abandoned gold mine is assisted by rescuers and South African Police Service officers in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Jan. 14, 2025. More than two dozen illegal miners have been rescued and at least 15 bodies recovered from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, as operations continued on Jan. 14, 2025 to reach potentially dozens more people who have been underground for months. Christian Velcich/AFP via Getty Images
A protester holds photos of hostages as a bus passes by during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, calling for the return of hostages held by Hamas since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack, on Jan. 14, 2025. Amir Levy/Getty Images
(L to R) Constitutional Court Judges Chung Kye-sun, Kim Bok-hyeong, Jung Jung-mi, Lee Mi-son, acting head of the Constitutional Court Moon Hyung-bae, Kim Hyung-du, Cheong Hyung-sik, and Cho Han-chang attend the first formal hearing of the impeachment trial of suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 14, 2025. Kim Min-Hee/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Farmers plant rice seedlings at a paddy field in Japakeh near Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Jan. 14, 2025. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
Kew's Chloe Mills, senior conservator for library and archives and collection assistant Emma Harry work on paintings by Victorian artist Marianne North in London on Jan. 14, 2025. The Marianne North Gallery at Kew Gardens features more than 800 paintings by the English Victorian biologist and botanical artist Marianne North. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
People walk across the Charles Bridge silhouette against the sunrise during a cold morning in Prague on Jan. 14, 2025. Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images
Queen Mathilde and King Philippe of Belgium arrive to attend a royal reception for Permanent Representatives, Heads of Mission to the North Atlantic Council, members of the international secretariat and military representatives to NATO, as well as Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) general officers, at the Royal Castle of Laeken in Brussels on Jan. 14, 2025. Benoit Doppagne/Belga/AFP via Getty Images
A cabin of the Teleo cable car passes over the Garonne river in Toulouse, France, on Jan. 14, 2025. Teleo is the longest urban cable car ever built in France. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to 10 Downing Street in London on Jan. 14, 2025. Kin Cheung-WPA Pool/Getty Images
An Afghan girl carries a water canister along a road at Chimtal district in Balkh province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 14, 2025. Atif Aryan/AFP via Getty Images
Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo speaks during the official report of his first year as head of state at the National Congress in Guatemala City on Jan. 14, 2025. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images
Tourists visit Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2025. Japan on January 15 will announce tourist figures for the year 2024, widely expected to break the record set in 2019. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images
