This Week in Photos, Jan 14-20, 2011

A man tries to ride his horse through flames during the "Luminarias" annual religious celebration on the eve of Saint Anthony's Day in the village of San Bartolome de los Pinares, about 62 miles north west of Madrid. According to tradition, people from the area ride their horses through the fire to purify the animals.

A Russian soldier takes a dip in a barrel to mark the Orthodox Epiphany at a Russian military base. Orthodox Christians celebrate the religious holiday of Epiphany according to the Gregorian calendar on January 19.

A man waits for his dog to be blessed by the father outside Madrid's San Anton church. Hundreds of pet owners bring their animals to be blessed every year on the day of San Anton, Spain's patron saint of animals.

Miss Nebraska, 17-year-old Teresa Scanlan, reacts after being announced Miss America 2011 during the Miss America Pageant at the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

Women in kangaroo costumes play music at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.

An employee walks past a piece of work entitled 'La DS,' a modified classic Citroen DS car, by Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco, at Tate Modern in London, England. The retrospective is the largest presentation of the artist's work in the UK, and is open to the public from January 19 until April 25, 2011.

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, 32 sailboats cross the start line for the fourth race of the 5-day Key West 2011 sailing regatta in Key West, FL. A total of 136 boats, in 13 classes, are competing in 10 scheduled races.

Jennifer Bailey views the skeleton of a northern bottlenose whale that swam up the river Thames to London in 2006 and has been installed in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The female whale was spotted in the Thames in central London on January 19, 2006, and died during a rescue effort to transport it out to sea on a barge.

A monkey rides on the back of a bull during a bullfighting event at the festival of the El Señor de Esquipulas in the town of Tipitapa, some 16 miles north of Managua, Nicaragua.

A vendor waits for customers in front of the Kelaniya Temple during the Perahera festival in Kelaniya near Central Colombo. Buddhist devotees participate in the annual Perahera festival to commemorate Lord Buddha's first visit to the Sri Lanka.

Swiss musher Pierre-Antoine Heritier and his dogs speed down the track during the mass start of the tenth stage of the La Grande Odyssee sled dog race in Bessans, France. The race crosses the Alps in France and Switzerland covering over 621 miles over 11 days.

A performer in costume poses while promoting travel to Israel at Madrid's International Tourism Trade Fair (FITUR) on its opening day. FITUR is a grand international tourism fair with over 100 participating countries and thousands of companies showcasing their products and services.

Two-year-old Yolanda Renee King stands at the crypt of her grandparents, slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, during a wreath-laying ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the King Holiday in Atlanta, GA.

A villager floats down a flooded street after heavy rains in Atibaia, Brazil.