Firefighters check the scene of the burnt restaurant “U Kojota” damaged by a fire in Most, Czech Republic, on Jan. 12, 2025. The restaurant fire killed six people and injured eight in a suspected heating accident. Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images
Revelers take part in the traditional Reinado de Nossa Senhora do Rosario e Santa Ifigenia (Reign of Our Lady of the Rosary and St Ifigenia) festival to honor Chico Rei, through the historic streets of Ouro Preto, Brazil, on Jan. 12, 2025. According to tradition, Chico was the king of a tribe in Congo brought by the Portuguese as a slave and who managed to buy his freedom and that of other slaves to become “king” in Ouro Preto and, from then on, part of Brazilian folklore. Douglas Magno/AFP via Getty Images
