Photos of the day — January 18, 2017
Workers make a toffee-like sweet cake called "dodol," one of the traditional delicacies served during Chinese New Year celebrations in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia; a member of Iraqi rapid response forces fires a rocket launcher during a battle with Islamic State militants in the district of Yarimja in southern Mosul, Iraq; President Barack Obama prepares to speak at his final presidential news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington; Madame Tussauds' designers apply the final touches to the wax figure of President-elect Donald Trump, as they unveil the figure just days ahead of the American's Presidential Inauguration in Washington in London; The world's oldest giant panda "Basi" in captivity eats specially-made cake during its 37th birthday at Strait Panda World in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China; and a priest carries a picture of Christ on the cross as final preparations are made as Timkat celebrations get under way in Gondar, Ethiopia.
These are just a few of the photos of the day for January 18, 2017.
Photos: (from top) Tatan Syuflana/AP, Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters, Carolyn Kaster/AP, Frank Augstein/AP, VCG via Getty Images, Carl Court/Getty Images
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