A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

Jockeys compete in a race for purebred Arab horses during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival in the Liwa Desert, some 250 kilometers west of the Gulf Emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival, on January 1, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
An aerial view shows men waiting near holes drilled into the frozen sea as they ice-fish on the Gulf of Bothnia, near Vaasa, Western Finland, where winter daylight lasts for some four hours, on December 28, 2018. (Photo by AFP)
Flower shops display replicas of a boat made of flowers, the voting symbol of the winning party Bangladesh Awami League, to sell after the general elections, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 31, 2018. (Photo by Reuters)
Members of the RNLI take part in the annual New Year's Day "Loony Dook" swim, in the Firth of Forth, in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland, on January 1, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
A Bangladeshi man walks over a boat hold in Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 31, 2018. (Photo by AFP)
A flock of birds fly during the last sunset of 2018 in Karachi, Pakistan, on December 31, 2018. (Photo by Reuters)
A boy burns steel wool to make sparks during New Year celebrations in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 1, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Bangladeshi commuters use boats to cross the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 31, 2018. (Photo by AFP)
Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbor during New Year celebrations in Hong Kong, China, on January 1, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Indian workers prepare strings coated with powdered glass used for flying kites ahead of 'Uttarayan' festival, in Ahmedabad, India, on December 30, 2018. (Photo by AFP)
 Source: presstv.com