5 Janar, 2015

A Hindu holy man, or Sadhu, sits near the fire to keep himself warm on the first day of the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. During the month-long festival, devotees recite one chapter of a Hindu tale daily from the 31-chapter sacred Swasthani Brata Katha book that is dedicated to God Madhavnarayan and Goddess Swasthani, alongside various other gods and goddess and the miraculous feats performed by them.

The yacht MY 98 is carried by a truck to the fairground in Düesseldorf, Germany. The boat of the British Princess shipyard with a length of 30 meters (90ft) weighs 100 tons, worth around 7 million euro ($8.3 million), and will be on display at the international boat fair in Düesseldorf from Jan. 17 until Jan. 25, 2015.

The mother of Maria Francesca, who died of sudden infant death syndrome, cries in front of the coffin of her baby during the funeral in Wissous, outside Paris, France. Wissous offered a gravesite for the baby after the mayor of Champlan, where the child and mother lived, reportedly refused a burial plot.

A swimmer reacts after finishing his competition in a pool carved into thick ice covering the Songhua River during the Harbin Ice Swimming Competition in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China.

Indian Sikh devotees perform Gatka - traditional Sikh martial arts - during Nagar Kirtan religious procession held to mark the birth anniversary of the tenth Sikh Master Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu.

Kiyoshi Kimura, the owner of Japanese sushi restaurant chain Sushi Zanmai, prepares to cut the 180-kilogram (400-pound) bluefin tuna that he bought at the first auction of the year, at his restaurant near Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan.

Two six-month-old Philippine crocodiles, two of six who were the first of their kind to hatch in the UK, during the annual stock taking at London Zoo.

Locals dressed as carol singers ride on horses in Dienten, Austrian province of Salzburg.

A Japanese girl participates in a calligraphy contest to celebrate the New Year in Tokyo, Japan.

A man walks near the April 25th bridge by the Tagus riverbank in Lisbon, Portugal, on a foggy morning.