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Photos of the Day: A Giant Red Lantern and Climate Activists

From a climate activist on her way to stage a protest at the World Economic Forum event to a worker who makes a giant traditional red lantern outside a factory in Hebei province, these highlights will give you the information you need in order to keep you abreast with everything important that happened around the world.

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

Davos, Switzerland

Climate activist Greta Thunberg on her way to stage a protest at the World Economic Forum event. The poster reads: ‘School strike for the climate’

Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

 

Amritsar, India

Police officers block unemployed Indian teachers, as they march towards the residence of Om Parkash Soni , the Punjabi education minister, during a protest against the state government demanding jobs

Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images

 

Minsk, Belarus

Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis of Finland perform during the ice dance rhythm program of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships

Photograph: Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA

Mosul, Iraq

The new Chaldean Catholic archbishop, Najib Michaeel Moussa, takes a selfie with a woman at Saint Paul Cathedral in the eastern part of the city. The priest once saved a trove of religious manuscripts from Islamic State

Photograph: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP/Getty Images

 

South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Residents sit outside their property after floods in Makassar

Photograph: Sahrul Manda Tikupadang/Antara Foto/Reuters

 

Panama City

People hold their phones aloft as Pope Francis rides his popemobile

Photograph: Arnulfo Franco/AP

Caracas, Venezuela

A woman peeps through the vandalised shutters of a shop that was looted during protests the previous night. UN chief António Guterres appealed for dialogue to stop Venezuela’s political crisis spiraling out of control, after the opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, declared himself interim president

Photograph: Yuri Cortéz/AFP/Getty Images

 

Adelaide, Australia

People jump off a jetty at Glenelg beach. Adelaide could exceed its highest recorded temperature of 46.1C (115F), toppling an 80-year-old record, as South Australia experiences extreme heat

Photograph: Kelly Barnes/AAP

 

Tuntou, China

A worker makes a giant traditional red lantern outside a factory in Hebei province. Tuntou proclaims itself the lantern capital of China, producing millions of the holiday decorations. In Chinese culture, the color red is meant to bring luck and happiness, and the fabric of each lantern is adorned with characters wishing for health, peace, and prosperity

Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

 

 

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