This is a selection of photos taken today from around the world, especially to satisfy your needs. Picturing different situations, including Orthodox Christians plunging in icy ponds in Russia, these photos are meant to give you some information about what happened today.

From a reveller who enjoys Waterlicht by Daan Roosegaarde at the Lumiere festival to women who make a toast during a folk fair to celebrate traditional New Year festival of the Dong ethnic group, all these photos will give you thrills.

Check them out for more information and start to see our world through photos!

Moscow, Russia

An Orthodox Christian plunges into the icy waters of a pond during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday
Photograph: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images

London, UK

A reveller enjoys Waterlicht by Daan Roosegaarde at the Lumiere festival. The light festival takes place over four evenings and showcases the capital’s architecture and streets
Photograph: Guy Bell/REX/Shutterstock

Saint Paul, US

Maxwell Dunne and Cameron Naasz, of the United States, and Scott Croxall and Kyle Croxall, of Canada, perform during a training session at the first stage of the ATSX Ice Cross Downhill World Championship
Photograph: JOEG MITTER / LIMEXIMAGES / HANDOUT/EPA

London, UK

Deer stags walk in the early morning light in Richmond Park
Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Gaza City

Waves break on the sea port during a storm
Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Tokyo, Japan

A girl eats an ice cream as she walks along Nakamise-dori, a shopping street near the Sensō-ji buddhist temple, which dates back to 628. It is believed to be the most visited spiritual site in the world with more than 30 million visitors each year
Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Cincinnati, US

Fiona, a baby Nile hippopotamus, has her gums rubbed by a zookeeper in her enclosure at the city zoo and botanical garden
Photograph: John Minchillo/AP

Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

Robotic jockeys control camels during a race at Al Sawan race track
Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images

Iceland, Aurora Borealis

Northern lights, shine over the plane wreck of a US navy airplane – a Douglas Super DC-3 – on Black Beach in Sólheimasandur
Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Brasilia, Brazil

People, known as ‘catadores de lixo’ – recyclable material collectors – work at Lixão da Estrutural, the biggest rubbish dump in Latin America
Photograph: Andre Coelho/EPA

Melbourne, Australia

The court is reflected in the sunglasses of a spectator as she watches the match between Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia and Kyle Edmund of Great Britain at the Australian Open
Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters

Rongjiang, China

Women make a toast during a folk fair to celebrate traditional New Year festival of the Dong ethnic group
Photograph: Xinhua/Barcroft Images