Tunis
Protesters throw stones at security forces in Tunis. One person died and hundreds of people were arrested in widespread protests, some of which turned violent, across Tunisia, driven by anger over steep price rises resulting from austerity measures.
Photograph: EPA
Burghead, Scotland
The Clavie, a burning barrel packed with tar-soaked sticks fixed on the top of a pole, is surrounded by people at the Doorie Hill, in a New Year fire ceremony which dates to the 1750s, when the Julian calendar was reformed in Britain.
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Pietrosani, Romania
Villagers take part in the traditional Epiphany horse race.
Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Family members of a person killed in protests react as their relative’s coffin arrives from the morgue in Kinshasa. At least five people were killed during clashes on 31 December when police burst into churches, firing teargas and shooting bullets in the air, to break up protests in the capital and in the city of Kananga.
Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images
Florence
A technician lowers himself on ropes as he inspects the 15th century Brunelleschi’s dome of Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence.
Photograph: Claudio Giovannini/AP
Hanover, Germany
A river stingray is measured by zookeeper Teresa Heusmann during the annual inventory at the sealife centre.
Photograph: Holger Hollemann/AP