Photos of the Day: A Holy Bath and Aurora Borealis

Sulawesi, Indonesia

A crocodile that has had a motorcycle tyre around its neck for at least two years appears on a beach in Palu City, Central Sulawesi,
Photograph: Antara Foto/Reuters

Nozawaonsen, Japan

Participants rush forward with flaming sticks as they try to set fire to a wooden shrine during the Nozawaonsen Dosojin Fire Festival
Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Kathmandu, Nepal

Devotees offer prayers before taking a holy bath in the Bagmati river at the Pashupatinath temple during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival
Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters