US: Long Lines Form at Gas Stations in Pennsylvania Ahead of Major Winter Storm

As dangerous cold grips Pennsylvania, on Friday, January 23, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning ahead of significant snowfall expected. Residents across the region formed long lines outside supermarkets and gas stations to secure essential supplies and fuel before the arrival of the major winter storm.

Preparations for upcoming general election in Japan

Preparations for upcoming general election in Japan

A signage company in Chikuma in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, is busy making and shipping boards on Jan. 19, 2026, ahead of a snap general election. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the same day she will dissolve the House of Representatives on Jan. 23 for the election to be held on Feb. 8.

Preparations for upcoming general election in Japan

Preparations for upcoming general election in Japan

A signage company in Chikuma in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, is busy making and shipping boards on Jan. 19, 2026, ahead of a snap general election. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the same day she will dissolve the House of Representatives on Jan. 23 for the election to be held on Feb. 8.

Preparations for upcoming general election in Japan

Preparations for upcoming general election in Japan

A signage company in Chikuma in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, is busy making and shipping boards on Jan. 19, 2026, ahead of a snap general election. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the same day she will dissolve the House of Representatives on Jan. 23 for the election to be held on Feb. 8.

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Idol artists painting idols of Goddess Saraswati as preparations intensify ahead of Saraswati Puja, which will be celebrated across Bangladesh. on January 15, 2026 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Idol artists painting idols of Goddess Saraswati as preparations intensify ahead of Saraswati Puja, which will be celebrated across Bangladesh. on January 15, 2026 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Idol artists painting idols of Goddess Saraswati as preparations intensify ahead of Saraswati Puja, which will be celebrated across Bangladesh. on January 15, 2026 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Idol artists painting idols of Goddess Saraswati as preparations intensify ahead of Saraswati Puja, which will be celebrated across Bangladesh. on January 15, 2026 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Idol artists painting idols of Goddess Saraswati as preparations intensify ahead of Saraswati Puja, which will be celebrated across Bangladesh. on January 15, 2026 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Idol artists painting idols of Goddess Saraswati as preparations intensify ahead of Saraswati Puja, which will be celebrated across Bangladesh. on January 15, 2026 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Idol artists painting idols of Goddess Saraswati as preparations intensify ahead of Saraswati Puja, which will be celebrated across Bangladesh. on January 15, 2026 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Idol artists painting idols of Goddess Saraswati as preparations intensify ahead of Saraswati Puja, which will be celebrated across Bangladesh. on January 15, 2026 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Idol artists painting idols of Goddess Saraswati as preparations intensify ahead of Saraswati Puja, which will be celebrated across Bangladesh. on January 15, 2026 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Saraswati Puja Preparation in Chattogram - Bangladesh

Idol artists painting idols of Goddess Saraswati as preparations intensify ahead of Saraswati Puja, which will be celebrated across Bangladesh. on January 15, 2026 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Preparations for the celebration of the Berber New Year 2976, in a market in Blida, Algeria, on January 11, 2025, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, recognized as a national holiday in Algeria Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Preparations for the celebration of the Berber New Year 2976, in a market in Blida, Algeria, on January 11, 2025, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, recognized as a national holiday in Algeria Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Algerian Berbers celebrate the Berber New Year 2976 in Algiers, Algeria, on January 10, 2026. Yennayer, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, is recognized as a national holiday in Algeria (Photo By Billel Bensalem / APP)

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

An Algerian woman wears a Kabyle dress and prepares couscous during the celebration of the Berber New Year 2976 in Algiers, Algeria, on January 10, 2025. Yennayer, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, is recognized as a national holiday in Algeria. Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Algerian Berbers celebrate the Berber New Year 2976 in Algiers, Algeria, on January 10, 2026. Yennayer, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, is recognized as a national holiday in Algeria (Photo By Billel Bensalem / APP)

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Algerian Berbers celebrate the Berber New Year 2976 in Algiers, Algeria, on January 10, 2026. Yennayer, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, is recognized as a national holiday in Algeria (Photo By Billel Bensalem / APP)

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Preparations for the celebration of the Berber New Year 2976, in a market in Blida, Algeria, on January 11, 2025, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, recognized as a national holiday in Algeria Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Algerian Berbers celebrate the Berber New Year 2976 in Algiers, Algeria, on January 10, 2026. Yennayer, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, is recognized as a national holiday in Algeria (Photo By Billel Bensalem / APP)

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Preparations for the celebration of the Berber New Year 2976, in a market in Blida, Algeria, on January 11, 2025, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, recognized as a national holiday in Algeria Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Algerian Berbers celebrate the Berber New Year 2976 in Algiers, Algeria, on January 10, 2026. Yennayer, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, is recognized as a national holiday in Algeria (Photo By Billel Bensalem / APP)

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Preparations for the celebration of the Berber New Year 2976, in a market in Blida, Algeria, on January 11, 2025, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, recognized as a national holiday in Algeria Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Algerian Berbers celebrate the Berber New Year 2976 in Algiers, Algeria, on January 10, 2026. Yennayer, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, is recognized as a national holiday in Algeria (Photo By Billel Bensalem / APP)

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Algerian Berbers celebrate the Berber New Year 2976 in Algiers, Algeria, on January 10, 2026. Yennayer, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, is recognized as a national holiday in Algeria (Photo By Billel Bensalem / APP)

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Algerian Berbers celebrate the Berber New Year 2976 in Algiers, Algeria, on January 10, 2026. Yennayer, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, is recognized as a national holiday in Algeria (Photo By Billel Bensalem / APP)

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Preparations for the celebration of the Berber New Year 2976, in a market in Blida, Algeria, on January 11, 2025, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, recognized as a national holiday in Algeria Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Preparations for the celebration of the Berber New Year 2976, in a market in Blida, Algeria, on January 11, 2025, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, recognized as a national holiday in Algeria Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

An Algerian woman wears a Kabyle dress and prepares couscous during the celebration of the Berber New Year 2976 in Algiers, Algeria, on January 10, 2025. Yennayer, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, is recognized as a national holiday in Algeria. Photo by Billel Bensalem/APP/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

New Year Celebration Preparations in Blida - Algeria

Algerian Berbers celebrate the Berber New Year 2976 in Algiers, Algeria, on January 10, 2026. Yennayer, the first month of the Berber year and the Amazigh calendar, is recognized as a national holiday in Algeria (Photo By Billel Bensalem / APP)

Preparing a vessel to be raised from underwater

Preparing a vessel to be raised from underwater

07.01.2026, Tallinn. Preparations for rescuing a sunken vessel. The former training vessel Juku went down in the Seaplane Harbour following the storm. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Preparing a vessel to be raised from underwater

Preparing a vessel to be raised from underwater

07.01.2026, Tallinn. Preparations for rescuing a sunken vessel. The former training vessel Juku went down in the Seaplane Harbour following the storm. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Preparing a vessel to be raised from underwater

Preparing a vessel to be raised from underwater

07.01.2026, Tallinn. Preparations for rescuing a sunken vessel. The former training vessel Juku went down in the Seaplane Harbour following the storm. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Preparing a vessel to be raised from underwater

Preparing a vessel to be raised from underwater

07.01.2026, Tallinn. Preparations for rescuing a sunken vessel. The former training vessel Juku went down in the Seaplane Harbour following the storm. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Preparing a vessel to be raised from underwater

Preparing a vessel to be raised from underwater

07.01.2026, Tallinn. Preparations for rescuing a sunken vessel. The former training vessel Juku went down in the Seaplane Harbour following the storm. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

Preparations for 2026 Year of Horse

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - A giant "ema" votive plaque bearing an illustration of a horse is put up at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of the start of the Year of the Horse in 2026. (Kyodo)

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Steve Witkoff at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026, prior to the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Donald Tusk at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026, prior to the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Donald Tusk at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026, prior to the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Mark Carney at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026, prior to the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Mark Carney at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026, prior to the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Steve Witkoff at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026, prior to the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Giorgia Meloni at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026, prior to the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Giorgia Meloni at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026, prior to the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Jared Kushner and Charles Kushner at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026, prior to the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Jared Kushner at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026, prior to the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Jared Kushner and Charles Kushner at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026, prior to the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Coalition of the Willing Summit Preparations - Paris

Steve Witkoff at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026, prior to the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM