Wednesday January 10, Our World in Pictures

January 10, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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JAPAN —Dressing Up: Artists wearing Japanese traditional clown masks march during the First Konpira Festival at the Kotohiragu shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday. The shrine is dedicated to sailors and seafaring.

GREECE — Residents Protest New Bill: A woman protests outside a court against foreclosures in Athens on Wednesday. Lawmakers began debating the 1,326-page bill that includes further benefit cuts, stricter rules on strikes and plans to start online auctions of properties in mortgage default.

CALIFORNIA — Helicopter Rescues Encampment: A women is hoisted out of the Santa Ana River with the help of a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s helicopter on Tuesday. Three people and a dog were rescued by a helicopter after large amounts of rain fell, trapping the group at a homeless encampment in the river.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Poses with Police: Pope Francis poses for a photo with Italian Finance Police Cadets and officers during his the weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday.

SOUTH KOREA — President Vows to Resolve Nuclear Tensions: A man takes pictures next to TV screens showing the live broadcast of South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s New Year’s speech at the Yongsan Electronic store in Seoul on Wednesday. Moon said he’ll push for more talks and cooperation with North Korea to resolve the nuclear standoff, a day after the two Koreas held high-level talks for the first time in two years and agreed to cooperate in next month’s Winter Olympics in South Korea.

PERU — Biker Quits Race: In this Tuesday photo, Sam Sunderland of the United Kingdom sits on his KTM motorbike before the start of the 4th stage of the 2018 Dakar Rally in San Juan de Marcona. Sunderland quit the race after an accident.

NEW JERSEY — Christie Delivers Final State Address: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, center, makes his way out of Senate chambers after delivering his final State of the State address at the Statehouse in Trenton on Tuesday. He will be turning over state government control to Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, who takes office on Jan. 16.

GERMANY — Athletes Compete: Martin Fourcade of France competes to win the men’s 20 km individual competition at the biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding on Wednesday.

LAS VEGAS – Nano Cell Displays: Soyoung Han looks at a display representing LG super UHD TV Nano Cell displays during CES International, Tuesday, in Las Vegas.

TUNISIA – Anti-Government Protests: Riot police patrol in the streets of Tebourba, south of the Tunisian capital, Tunis, during anti-government protests, Tuesday. Tunisia’s prime minister promised Tuesday to crack down on rioters after violent protests over price hikes left one person dead and raised fears of broader unrest in the country that was the birthplace of the Arab Spring.

SWITZERLAND – Snowfall in the Alps: A general view of the heavy snowfall in Saas Fee village, near Zermatt in the Swiss Alps, Tuesday. Unusually heavy snowfall and a high risk of Alpine avalanches stranded some 13,000 tourists Tuesday in the Swiss resort of Zermatt at the base of the famed Matterhorn mountain. With nearby roads, trains, cable cars, ski slopes and hiking trails into the town closed, Swiss authorities deployed helicopters to ferry some tourists to a nearby village to escape the snow-bound Alpine valley.

CALIFORNIA – Heavy Rain in California: Carpinteria resident Jeff Gallup carries his bike through mud on Foothill Road in Carpinteria, Calif., Tuesday. Homes were swept from their foundations as heavy rain sent mud and boulders sliding down hills stripped of vegetation by Southern California’s recent wildfires.