Today's best photos: from a cold-water dive to an anti-nuclear light display

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

Carlos Hebert Plante dives into freezing water to use his boogie board as extreme cold weather hits Montreal, Canada. It was minus 22°C as the sun rose above the St Lawrence River. Reuters

Members of a dragon dance troupe in Bogor, Indonesia, rehearse a routine called Liong in preparation for Lunar New Year. Chinese people around the world will celebrate Year of the Tiger on February 1. Getty

Men march in Kabul, Afghanistan, in a counter-demonstration to condemn a recent protest by Afghan women’s rights activists. AFP

The moon rises beyond the Power and Light skyscraper in Kansas City, Missouri. The building was bathed in red light to support the Kansas City Chiefs American football team, who will host the Buffalo Bills in an NFL play-off game on Sunday. AP

A Palestinian protester pushes a burning tyre during clashes in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters

Italian skiers Nadia Delago and Elena Curtoni stand on the starting line of the Alpine Ski FIS World Cup downhill, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. AP

The Reichstag, the building of the lower house of the German parliament, is illuminated and an inscription reading ‘ban nuclear weapons’ has been projected on to its façade by Greenpeace activists in Berlin. AFP

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