Today’s top pics: Interstate shutdown and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
A teacher working at a government school gives an online class inside an empty class room in Dharavi, Asia's largest slum in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in Mumbai, including the Omicron variant, the civic body on Monday decided to shut schools of all mediums for classes 1 to 9 and 11 till January 31, a civic official said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A health worker collects a swab sample from a traveler at a railway station to test for COVID-19, before he is allowed entry into the city, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade)
Squirrel Monkeys eat treats given to them by keeper Sam Story at London Zoo, as the zoo does its annual stocktake in London, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Caring for more than 400 different species, the Zoological Society of London, London Zoo's keepers face the challenging task of tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile and invertebrate at the Zoo – counting everything from a colony of inquisitive Humboldt penguins to Critically Endangered Asiatic lions. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
A person wears a blue mask while gathering with others in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 for a protest ralley against the Olympic games in Bejing 2022. A coalition of human rights organizations is calling on German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to diplomatically boycott the Winter Olympics in and around Beijing. The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV), the Tibet Initiative Germany (TID), the Ilham Tohti Initiative and the Association of Hongkongers in Germany e.V. cordially invited for a protest march from the Brandenburg Gate to the Foreign Office. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Women bathe in an ice hole in a pond in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. The temperature in St. Petersburg is -7C (19F). (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
The sun shines over Casco Bay, but does little to warm the frigid air for a walker on the Eastern Promenade, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in Portland, Maine. Early morning temperatures were in the single digits Fahrenheit. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Participants recover at the finish line during the Women's Mass Start Free 10km event at the Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Trento, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
Snow rests on the ground outside the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, the day after a winter storm blew into the Mid-Atlantic area. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
A youth gets a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination center in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. The center is using Sinopharm, Sputnik and AstraZeneca. (AP Photo/Freddy Barragan)
Drivers wait for the traffic to be cleared as cars and trucks are stranded on sections of Interstate 95 Tuesday Jan. 4, 2022, in Carmel Church, Va. Close to 48 miles of the Interstate was closed due to ice and snow. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
LSU forward Darius Days (4) drives past Kentucky guard Kellan Grady (31) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Baton Rouge, La.., Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Derick Hingle)
New York Knicks' Julius Randle (30) passes away from Indiana Pacers' Myles Turner (33) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak celebrates with fans after his goal against the New Jersey Devils, which broke a 3-3 tie, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Kansas State wide receiver Malik Knowles (4) gets the ball into the end zone to score past LSU defensive back Damarius McGhee (26) during the first half of the Texas Bowl NCAA college football game Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury makes a pad save on a shot by Colorado Avalanche's Tyson Jost during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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