Editor's pick Jan. 14-20
Each weekday, our photo editors will select one compelling image for prominent play in the newspaper. Readers can learn more about why the image was chosen and tips about shooting similar pictures by clicking on the links underneath the gallery.
A man is seen beneath an umbrella as he walks past vehicles amid snowfall in Changsha, Hunan province on Jan. 19, 2011. A new cold front bringing snow and rain will hit most parts of southern China this week, which could cause travel problems ahead of the annual rush home for the lunar new year holiday next month.CHINA DAILY
TOPSHOTS A Romanian border police oficer inspects a train car comming from Moldova at the Ungheni train border with Moldova on January 18, 2011. Romanian border police is tightening controls at the border with Moldova in order to fulfill requirements to enter the border-free Schengen zone in March 2011, but France and Germany have publicly opposed such a move. Bucharest insists that formerly Schengen enlargements were made only on the basis of technical criteria like the implementation of a secure border control system and warns against an "unfair change of the rules". AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCU (Photo credit should read DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP / Getty Images
A Hindu pilgrim worships the sun god Surya after taking a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal at Sagar Island, south of Kolkata, January 14, 2011. Hindu monks and pilgrims are making an annual trip to Sagar Island for the one-day festival of "Makar Sankranti".RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI
The sun comes up through the fog in the early morning hours over Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany.MICHAELA REHLE
Christine Lyons sent us this shot in response to our call-out on the theme of new beginnings. She writes, “Canada symbolizes a new beginning for many foreign workers. This permit was obtained late on Friday Jan. 7, just in time to start work the following Monday.”Christine Lyons