Photos of the Day: A Baby Orangutan and Firefighters
Tokyo, Japan
Business people pray for prosperity in the new year at the Kandamyojin shrine. 4 January is the first business day of the year in Japan
Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA
Washington, US
Nancy Pelosi (left), newly elected speaker of the House, greets Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a mock swearing-in event at the Capitol. Ocasio-Cortez, 29, in November became the youngest woman to serve in Congress
Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters
Sydney, Australia
Supporters known as the Richies, after the former Australian cricketer Richie Benaud, on the second day of the fourth test against India
Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP