ロンドンで毎年恒例の「ズボンなし地下鉄乗車」、オバマ大統領の就任式に備えてマイクをテスト、インドネシア伝統の牛レース、ミス・アメリカに選ばれたニューヨーク代表――など。

SOLDIERS STARE: Army soldiers marched during a parade in New Delhi Sunday. India marks Republic Day on Jan. 26.

MUSLIM MEN: Muslims prayed during the Islamic Congregation on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday. The gathering, held each year since 1966, aims to revive the tenets of Islam and promote peace.

PRAYING TOGETHER: Men prayed as they bathed in ice-cold water at the Teppozu Inari Shrine in Tokyo Sunday. About 90 people participated in the ceremony to purify their souls and to wish for good health in the new year.

GRIEVING: Survivors and relatives of the victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck that killed 32 people stood on a ferry during a ceremony to mark the one-year anniversary of the disaster at Giglio harbor in Italy Sunday.

BLOOD-SPLATTERED: A Free Syrian Army fighter, covered with blood, walked along a street after what activists said was a missile attack by a Syrian air force fighter jet from forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Azaz, north of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday.

FOR SECESSION: Supporters of Yemen's separatist Southern Movement occupied a building during a rally in Aden, Yemen, Sunday. The rally was held to call for the secession of the region and to mark the anniversary of a civil war that erupted in 1986.

NO PANTS NEEDED: Commuters laughed as people participated in the annual 'No Trousers Tube Ride' on the London Underground Sunday.

TRADITIONAL ATTIRE: Men dressed in animal costumes carried torches during a festival in Batanovtsi, west of Sofia, Bulgaria, Sunday. Each winter, thousands of men in Bulgarian towns and villages participate in traditional celebrations for good health and fertility.

CRISSCROSSED: Workers fixed a light post—one of many that will illuminate the vast grounds where millions of Hindus will gather to celebrate the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage—in Allahabad, India, Sunday.

TESTING, TESTING: A technician tested microphones during a rehearsal Sunday in Washington, D.C., for the second public inauguration of President Barack Obama, which will be held Jan. 21.

RUNNING WILD: A jockey held on to the tails of cows as the animals ran 100 meters through a rice field during a traditional raced called 'Pacu Jawi' in Tanah Datar, Indonesia, Saturday.

THERE SHE IS: Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan, 23 years old, was crowned Miss America in Las Vegas Saturday. The Alabama native lives in the New York borough of Brooklyn.