A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

A man takes a picture of a bird on the South Bank of the River Thames, backdropped by Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, in central London, on January 2, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
A man uses a hook stick to break dry branches on trees, on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on January 2, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
A boy feeds seagulls on the beach of the French riviera city of Nice, on January 2, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
A man rides his donkey cart loaded with sugar canes, along a road on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on January 2, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
This photo, taken on January 1, 2019, shows fishermen setting up a net on a frozen lake in Changchun, in China's northeastern Jilin Province. (By AFP)
People play on the frozen Houhai Lake during winter in Beijing, China, on January 2, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
In this picture, taken on December 31, 2018, pigeons are seen flying over Pushkar Lake in the Indian state of Rajasthan. (By AFP)
An Indian girl undertakes a balancing act on a rope during a street show in Amritsar, India, on January 2, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Women carry metal pitchers filled with drinking water during snowfall on a cold winter morning in Pattan, north of Srinagar, Kashmir, on January 2, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
A man rides a bicycle with his wife on a foggy winter morning in New Delhi, India, on January 3, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
A Vietnamese woman smells tulips at a Tulip festival on New Year's Day, in Hanoi, Vietnam, on January 1, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
The White House is seen in the background as people bike past trash uncollected on the National Mall, due to the partial shutdown of the US government, in Washington, DC, on January 2, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
A man walks during snowfall on a cold winter morning in Pattan, north of Srinagar, Kashmir, on January 2, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
A man runs on the so-called Greenwich-Promenade along the Lake Tegel, in Berlin, Germany, on January 2, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
 Source: presstv.com