Best Photos of the Day

LONDON.- Light sculptures are reflected in the lotus pool during a photocall to promote the Magical Lantern Festival at Chiswick House Gardens in west London on January 29, 2016. The festival, to celebrate Chinese New Year 2016 - the Year of the Monkey, uses more than 50 hand-sculpted lanterns and is set to run from Febuary 3 to March 6, 2016.

VENICE.- Costumed revellers pose in St Mark's square (Piazza San Marco) after the official launch of the Venice Carnival on January 31, 2016 in Venice. The 2016 edition of the Venice carnival is untitled "Creatum " and runs until February 9th.

MONACO.- People look at vintage cars prior to the start of the 19th Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique, on January 30, 2016 in Monaco. The race is open to cars which participated to the editions of Rallyes Automobiles Monte-Carlo between 1955 and 1980.

SOFIA.- A dancer, known as "Kukeri", performs on January 30, 2015 during the International Festival of the Masquerade Games in Pernik near the capital Sofia. The three-day festival, which started on January 29, has participants sporting multi-colored masks, covered with beads, ribbons and woolen tassels while the main dancer, ladened with bells to drive away sickness and evil spirits, sways like a wheat spikelet heavy with grain.

TAHITI.- 2980 Polynesian dancers perform traditional Tahiti dances to set a new world record of the largest Ori Tahiti dance gathering at the Atimaono golf course, southern Tahiti island, on January 30, 2016.

ANGOULEME.- People dressed as Star Wars characters walk in downtown Angouleme on January 30, 2016, on the sideline of the city's International Comics Festival.

DONGYING.- This picture taken on January 26, 2016 shows monkeys being led for a walk by their trainers at a monkey training school in a zoo in Dongying, eastern China's Shandong province. A dozen monkeys are being trained at the school as part of festivities for the upcoming Year of the Monkey which begins on February 8. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO

PARIS.- German designer Karl Lagerfeld and models acknowledge the audience at the end of the Chanel fashion show during the 2016 spring/summer Haute Couture collection on January 26, 2016 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK

MOSCOW.- People walk across Red Square, with St. Basil's Cathedral seen in the background, in central Moscow on January 25, 2016.

LOS ANGELES.- A Swissair plane flies past Randy's Donuts which is an iconic landmark in the city of Inglewood, as it makes its descent into Los Angeles International Airport, California on January 24, 2016. The recent announcement that the St. Louis Rams football team will relocate to a new stadium in Inglewood has started a property boom in the surrounding area. AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON