A Thai woman was caught trying to sneak into the US from Mexico curled up inside a suitcase in a at a border crossing in Nogales, ArizonaReutersConfiscated cocaine in Berlin. Some140 kilos of cocaine, worth €6m, were discovered packed in banana boxes in discount supermarkets.ReutersA man is framed by icicles as he walks along a beach in Chicago, Illinois, as the Polar Vortex goes onReutersJennifer Berry watches the sunset from a lifeguard chair on a snow-covered beach on Lake Calhoun in MinneapolisReutersIce forms on the shore of the East River in New YorkReutersThe promenade is strewn with shingle after storms in Brighton, southern EnglandReutersStorm damage to the promenade at Aberystwyth, mid WalesReutersThe Matterhorn rises above the ski resort of Zermatt in SwitzerlandReutersGerman chancellor Angela Merkel stands with the aid of crutches as she sings with carol singers during a reception at the Chancellery in Berlin. Merkel fractured her pelvis in a cross-country skiing accident in Switzerland over the Christmas holidaysReutersA miniature version of Chinese painter Xu Beihong's painting of eight running horses, made by Chinese artist Li Qici, is displayed on his finger, to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year. Li, 68, spent several months in crafting the miniature on a 6mm x 3mm ivory plate. The year of the horse kicks off on 31 January.ReutersParticipants arrange sushi in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for largest sushi mosaic in Hong KongReutersProtesters wearing masks depicting former US basketball star Dennis Rodman and a pig signifying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un rally in Seoul to denounce the basketball star's visit to North Korea on Kim's birthdayReutersMen help a wounded boy who survived what activists say was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of DamascusReutersAnti-government protesters in body paint participate in a rally in BangkokReuters
