A man admiring the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, while standing on a dolmen, an 8000-year-old megalith, following a powerful sunstorm in Guilliguy, western France, on Jan 19, 2026.

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Residents walking along a street lined with the charred remains of destroyed vehicles, after a wildfire ravaged Lirquen, a town in Penco near the city of Concepcion, Chile, on Jan 20, 2026.

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Mr Scott Thao looking out his window with his son Chris as US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents idle in the street outside their home, a day after he was taken by ICE agents and later allowed to return home, in St Paul, Minnesota, on Jan 19, 2026. Mr Thao was released as he is a US citizen.

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Building tops in the cities of Burnaby and Surrey rising above a thick layer of fog at dawn as a ridge of high pressure creates a coastal temperature inversion, as seen from Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Jan 20, 2026.

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