The aurora borealis, Chinese New Year preparations and more

The aurora borealis lights up the sky above the Nuuk cathedral in Nuuk, Greenland, on 23 January 2026.

Light installations decorate the Zigong International Lantern Festival ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Zigong, Sichuan province, China, on 23 January 2026.

A male Northern Cardinal bird perches on a branch during heavy snowfall as a major winter storm spread snow across a large swath of the United States, in Nyack, New York, on 25 January 2026.

Indian soldiers march during the country's 77th Republic Day parade at Kartavya Path in New Delhi on 26 January 2026.

A boatman steers a shikara during a spell of fresh snowfall at the Dal lake in Srinagar on 27 January 2026.

A large gathering of Hindu devotees is seen on Basant Panchami, the day which marks the advent of spring, at the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna during the annual fair of Magh Mela in Prayagraj, India, on 23 January 2026.

Snow-covered mountains along the coastline with the Labrador Sea, a part of the North Atlantic Ocean near Nuuk, western Greenland, on 25 January 2026.

A man stretches at a lookout point next to the U Bein bridge, which spans the Taungthaman Lake, as the sun rises in Mandalay on 26 January 2026.

A Palestinian boy searches for recyclable material at a landfill against the backdrop of destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 25 January 2026.

Iranian women walk past an anti-US billboard installed on a building at the Enqelab Square in Tehran on 26 January 2026.