The World in Photos This Week

French boots hit Malian soil; smog covers Beijing; and a nonchalant horse trots through a bonfire.

JANUARY 18, 2013

A man rides a horse through a bonfire on Jan. 16 in San Bartolomé de Pinares, Spain. One night a year, horses are ridden through bonfires in honor of San Anton, the patron saint of animals.

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