Photos of the Day: The Dakar Rally and Travis Etienne

Chifeng, China

Herdsmen drive horses on grassland

Photograph: Sun Guoshu/VCG/Getty Images

California, US

Travis Etienne of the Clemson Tigers celebrates after beating the Alabama Crimson Tide during the College Football Playoff National Championship at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara

Photograph: Matthew Emmons/USA Today

Pisco, Peru

The Petronas driver Gerard de Rooy and co-driver Darek Rodewald make their way across the desert during the first stage of the Dakar Rally

Photograph: Carlos Jasso/Reuters