World in Pictures, January 9, 2013: Family flees Australian wildfires, storms in Palestine and a big chill in South Korea

9 Jan 2013

Tammy Holmes and her grandchildren take refuge under a jetty as a wildfire rages near-by in the Tasmanian town of Dunalley, Australia
Palestinians cross a road flooded and swept away by heavy rains in the northern West Bank village of Kabatyeh. The fiercest storm to hit the area in a decade claimed the lives of two women
Japanese macaques sit together in a warm sunshine at a zoo of the Everland amusement park in Yongin, south of Seoul, South Korea. The National Weather Service issued a cold watch as the temperature reached minus 11 degrees
Lava from the Puu Oo cone of Kilauea Volcano reaches the Pacific Ocean on the southeastern coast of Hawaii Island, Hawaii. Puu Oo has been erupting for 30 years. This eruption, on the volcano's east rift, began in 1983
A fan snaps a photo of Elvis Presley's birthday cake during festivities at Graceland in Memphis, on what would have been the Kings 78th birthday
Ethnic Chinese pay a visit to a temple, decorated with Chinese traditional lanterns in preparation of the upcoming Chinese New Year, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Indians prepare to fly giant kites in Ahmadabad, India. Makar Sankranti, the festival of kites that marks the transition of winter to spring, will be celebrated on January 14
A model at the Sibling catwalk show at the Hospital Club, London
Ross Davey is supervised by a ray as he cleans the ray pool at the during Sea Life London Aquariums annual Deep Clean

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