A selection of some of the top AP photos taken over the past 24 hours.
A young Nepalese devotee collects water to offer a prayer at the banks of the Hanumante river during Madhav Narayan Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. During the festival devotees recite holy scriptures dedicated to the Hindu goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva. Unmarried women pray to find a good husband while those married pray for the longevity of their husbands by observing a month-long fast. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A Hindu holy man offers prayers after taking ritualistic dips at "Sangam," the meeting point of Indian holy rivers the Ganges and the Yamuna, on the auspicious day of "Paush Purnima" during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus are expected to take holy dips at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as Magh Mela. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Elephant 'Anchali' lifts a Christmas tree at its enclosure at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Every year discarded Christmas trees are offered to the elephants as a snack. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
In this photo provided by the government news agency Andina, an injured man is transported over water from a bus that fell off a cliff after it was hit by a tractor-trailer rig, in Pasamayo, Peru, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. A Peruvian police official says at least 25 people died, and that there were more than 50 people on the bus. (Vidal Tarky, Andina News Agency via AP)
Tony Sampson, who received a blanket from Star of Hope's Love in Action van, tries to warm up by a fire under the Eastex Freeway as temperatures hover in the 30s Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, in Houston. Plunging overnight temperatures in Texas brought rare snow flurries as far south as Austin, and accidents racked up on icy roads across the state. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)
A man walks past a broken window of a bus during a protest by Dalit groups in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Protests erupted in several parts of Mumbai on Tuesday, a day after a 28-year-old Dalit died in Pune district following an altercation between two groups during celebrations to mark the bicentenary of a British-Peshwa war. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Firefighters are covered with ice from water sprayed from their hoses as they work to contain a fire in the Bronx section of New York, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. The Fire Department of New York said over a dozen, including a firefighter, are hurt following the blaze. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Water flows over the American Falls as ice forms in this view from the Canadian side in Niagara Falls, Ont., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Almost every year frigid temperatures transform the falls into an icy winter wonderland when the mist is blown back, freezing on the landscape. (Aaron Lynett/The Canadian Press via AP)
A rainbow arches over the Sugar Loaf mountain as a man runs in Botafogo beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Nora Belverud plays along a low tide beach as she holds a balloon on her fifth birthday Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, in San Diego. As bitterly cold temperatures gripped much of the nation on Tuesday, balmy temperatures and sunny skies in Southern California made for ideal weather to enjoy afternoon low tides along area beaches. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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