Day in pictures

A decorated bull is led through fire by Indian Hindu handlers in Bangalore as part of the Makar Sankranti harvest festival which signals the end of the traditional farming season.

A giant poster of a honey bee decorates the Lithuania stand at the International Green Week (Gruene Woche) Food and Agriculture Trade Fair in Berlin. The fair opens on 16 January.

The Space Shuttle Discovery is transported to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery is due to launch on a mission to the International Space Station in February.

Slovenia’s Andrej Jerman sets off during the official practice for the men’s downhill in the FIS Ski World cup in Wengen, Switzerland.

An actor dressed as the Chinese God of Fortune walks outside a shopping mall in Hong Kong to promote the forthcoming Chinese Year of the Ox.

Street vendors prepare their bread as they wait for customers in the city of Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan.

An Israeli soldier fixes a tank on the border with Gaza as fighting continues in the Gaza Strip.

South Korean school pupils attempt to run with parachutes attached to their backs in a winter survival camp at a ranger-commando force unit in Seoul.

Flights from London's Heathrow airport were grounded as parts of Britain awoke to foggy conditions.

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