Adm. Kevin Lunday is sworn in by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during his Assumption of Command Ceremony at the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington on Jan. 15, 2026. As his wife, Lynda Lee, looked on, Lunday was sworn in as the 28th Commandant, replacing outgoing Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
A decorated draft ox and its handler leap over haystacks set on fire as part of the Kicchu Haisodu ritual in Siddalingapura village, on the outskirts of Mysuru, India, on Jan. 15, 2026. The ritual is practiced in rural areas of the southern state of Karnataka as part of celebrations marking Makara Sankranti, the mid-winter harvest festival. Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks about 2026 priorities to the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City on Jan. 15, 2026. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
The Kimom, the first of four modern French-made defense and intervention frigates, part of Greece's major military modernization program, sails next to a replica of an ancient Greek warship Olympia upon its arrival in the Saronic Gulf, near Athens, on Jan. 15, 2026. Greece formally took delivery of the frigate, part of a multibillion-euro defense upgrade underway since 2021 over tensions with rivals Turkey. Thanassis Stavrakis/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
A gray crane flies over Agamon Lake in the Hula Valley Nature Reserve as the sun rises in northern Israel, on Jan. 15, 2026. The Hula Valley is home to a unique migration sanctuary for hundreds of millions of birds migrating from Europe and Asia to Africa and back during the spring and autumn seasons. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is seen ahead of a meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The Swiss Air Force puts on an aerial demonstration before the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Downhill Training in Wengen, Switzerland, on Jan. 15, 2026. Julian Finney/Getty Images
A polling assistant from Uganda's Electoral Commission counts votes after the closing of the polls at a public ground used as a polling station in Kampala, on Jan. 15, 2026, during Uganda's 2026 general elections. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images
An Airbus A400M transport aircraft of the German Air Force taxis over the grounds at Wunstorf Air Base in the Hanover region, Germany, on Jan. 15, 2026, as troops from NATO countries, including France and Germany, arrive in Greenland to boost security. Moritz Frankenberg/dpa via AP
Spectators watch as bulls fight during the Maghe Sankranti festival at Taraka village in Nuwakot district, around 50 miles from Kathmandu, Nepal, on Jan. 15, 2026. Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images
Members of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension search for evidence on Jan. 15, 2026, at a home on N. 24th Ave. in Minneapolis, near the site where a shooting occurred the previous night. According to reports, a federal agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan man who was resisting arrest. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
Cars drive along the Independence Square as a big screen on a building displays a temperature of -2 degrees Fahrenheit in Kyiv, on Jan. 15, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 14 a “state of emergency” will be declared in the energy sector, after relentless Russian strikes on heat and electricity supplies during freezing winter temperatures. Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images
Anglers are seen during the opening ceremony of the salmon fishing season in Meikleour, Scotland, on Jan. 15, 2026. Opening day on the River Tay is traditionally held on Jan. 15, marked by a ceremony at Meikleour Estate. Peter Summers/Getty Images
Recovery workers stand at the site of a construction accident on a highway in Samut Sakhon on the outskirts of Bangkok on Jan. 15, 2026. A crane at a highway construction site collapsed, killing two people, a local police chief told AFP, one day after a crane fell on a train in Thailand, killing 32. Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP via Getty Images
A pedestrian shelters from the rain beneath an umbrella while walking near the Big Ben clock face and the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in London on Jan. 15, 2026. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his New Year's address to the armed forces at the Istres military air force base, France, on Jan. 15, 2026. Philippe Magoni/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
An underground cold war nuclear observation post clings to a cliff face in Tunstall, England, on Jan. 15, 2026. The decommissioned bunker, known as Tunstall ROC (Royal Observer Corps), is believed to have been built in 1959 as a nuclear monitoring post during the Cold War. Rapid erosion along the East Yorkshire coastline has left it exposed and vulnerable to collapse. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A man stands by the wreckage of a scorched bus bearing a banner (not shown) that reads “This was one of Tehran's new buses that was paid for with the money of the people's taxes,” in Tehran's Sadeghieh Square, on Jan. 15, 2026. A protest movement across Iran, initially sparked by economic grievances, has turned into one of the biggest challenges yet to the clerical leadership since it took power in 1979. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd enters the hearing room during a Senate Armed Services Committee Confirmation Hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 15, 2026. The committee met to confirm Rudd as a general and director of the National Security Agency, chief of the Central Security Service, and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command. Marine Corps. Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan was confirmed as commander of the U.S. Southern Command. Tom Brenner/Getty Images
Israeli soldiers patrol on snow along Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights bordering Lebanon and Syria on Jan. 15, 2026. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images
A stranded narrowboat is winched from a collapsed canal, in Whitchurch, England, on Jan. 15, 2026. On Dec. 22, 2025, Llangollen Canal collapsed, blamed on “embankment failure” by engineers, leaving narrowboat owners without their homes over Christmas. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
Firefighters work to extinguish a large fire at a residential house in Visscherssteeg, Utrecht, Netherlands, on Jan. 15, 2026. Jeroen Jumelet/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
Toyota Gazoo Racing W2RC's South African driver Henk Lategan (R) and South African co-pilot Brett Cummings stand near their car after a technical problem during Stage 11 of the 48th edition of the Dakar Rally 2026 between Bisha and al-Henakiyah in Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 15, 2026. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images
People travel through the Delhi Gate amid dense fog in Lahore, Pakistan, on Jan. 15, 2026. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi prepare for a workout at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., on Jan. 15, 2026. The two leaders spent their morning working out with members of the U.S. Army in a friendly competition. Heather Diehl/Getty Images
A man practices wing foiling in the cove of the old chapel, Anse de la vieille Chapelle, in front of the Chateau d'If in Marseille, France, on Jan. 15, 2026. Thibaud Moritz/AFP via Getty Images
A woman feeds two blue tits in a snow-covered park in Kyiv, on Jan. 15, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images
