A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

A seagull flies north of Kuwait City, Kuwait, on January 5, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island ferry transports passengers on January 5, 2019, in New York, as the US government shutdown enters its third week. (Photo by AFP)
Visitors look at ice sculptures on the opening day of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin in China's northeast Heilongjiang province on January 5, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Participants of the 50th horn sled competition race down the mountain in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on January 6, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
Italy's biker Nicolas Dutto poses after a technical check-up in Lima, Peru, on January 5, 2019, ahead of the Dakar Rally. (Photo by AFP)
Rock climbers stand on top of a formation at Joshua Tree National Park on January 4, 2019 in Joshua Tree National Park, California, US. (Photo by AFP)
The sun rises over an apple tree in a field in Conde-sur-Risle, northwestern France, on January 04, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
This aerial picture taken on January 6, 2019, shows a car as it moves on a snow-covered forest road near the village of Meshcherskoye outside Moscow, Russia. (Photo by AFP)
Iced voltage power lines and electricity pylons are seen in Warngau, near Munich, Germany, on January 6, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
An Indian farmer returns home with his livestock during sun set in Devli Village of Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh on January 5, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
A general view shows the Vosges mountains, near Belmont, eastern France, during sunrise on January 4, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
 Source: presstv.com