The Haut-Koenigsbourg castle in Orschwiller, eastern France, after the first snowfalls on the Vosges peaks. A worker uses his palm to cover the eye of an African elephant during a medical check. The Sindh High Court has requested an assessment of the health condition of the elephants, after Pakistan Animal Welfare Society filed a petition saying they were being treated harshly. A car is submerged following heavy rainfall and snowmelt in Zorrotza, Spain. British officers from the Metropolitan Police take part in a memorial service to celebrate the life of Sgt Matt Ratana at the Royal Military Chapel in London. Sgt Ratana was fatally shot in September last year by a handcuffed suspect who was being taken into custody in south London. Workers begin to remove a tree that fell into a house, killing a 60-year-old man, in Los Angeles. Four people were inside when the tree toppled late on Sunday, said a fire department spokesman. Three were rescued but the fourth died. Unused pushchairs at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Japan has imposed an entry ban on all foreigners for at least one month in an attempt to tackle the Omicron variant. A walk amid smoggy conditions in Lahore, Pakistan. Ethiopians living in South Africa shout slogans during a protest at the US Embassy in Pretoria against purported foreign meddling in Ethiopia. International alarm is mounting about the escalating conflict in Africa's second most populous country, with fighters from the Tigray People's Liberation Front rebel group advancing towards the capital as foreign governments urge their citizens to leave. Smoke billows from a fire at a carpet factory in Santiago, Chile. Members of Dance Centre Kenya during a dress rehearsal of 'Nutcracker' in front of about 1,000 children invited from the Kibera slum in Nairobi. Operators use a crane to install a giant star on top of the Mare de Deu tower of the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, Spain.