Today's best photos: from disguised guinea pigs to an ice climbing festival

'The National' selects the most striking pictures from around the world

Women hold disguised cuys, or guinea pigs, at the Cuy Festival in La Laguna municipality, Narino, Colombia. The creatures are a popular source of meat in the country’s south. AFP

Workers prepare the Olembe stadium in Yaounde two days before the start of The African Cup of Nations (CAN). AFP

A child chases pigeons past Sidney Poitier’s handprints and footprints in cement outside the TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles. Reuters

People dressed in traditional costumes sing Christmas carols as they gather to celebrate Orthodox Christmas at a compound of the National Architecture museum in Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters

Times Square, Manhattan, during the first snowstorm of the season. AFP

A woman waits for her turn to have a Covid-19 swab test at a bus station in central Brasilia, Brazil. AFP

Bull rider Eduardo Aparecido from Brazil is thrown by Patillo Ridge during the first round of the PBR Unleash The Beast Monster Energy Buckoff at Madison Square Garden in New York. AFP

Elvis tribute artists Chris Vegas, Steve Brooks, Emilio Santoro and Steve Knight prepare to perform during the European Elvis Championships at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Birmingham, England. The three-day competition will crown one impersonator the king of Europe’s Elvis tribute artists. Getty

Lava is seen after the eruption of volcano Wolf on Isabela Island on the Galapagos, Ecuador. Reuters

Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich catches snowflakes on his tongue during a warm-up for the football team’s home game against Borussia Moenchengladbach at Allianz Arena, on Friday. Reuters

A chameleon tries to stay out of the water during floods caused by heavy rain in Imperatriz, Maranhao state, north-eastern Brazil. Reuters

Wanda Cooper-Jones, the mother of murder victim Ahmaud Arbery, walks out of Glynn County Courthouse surrounded by supporters after a judge sentenced Greg McMichael, his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbour, William Bryan, to life in prison in Brunswick, Georgia, for his murder. The three white men armed themselves, then chased and killed Arbery, who was black. AP

Susan Hill climbs on a rock wall covered with ice during Sandstone Ice Climbing festival at Robinson Ice Park in Sandstone, Minnesota on January 7, 2022. (Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP)

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