Top photo of the week January 19 – 25, 2012

Malanka celebration, Krasnopilsk, Chernivtsi oblast (Phото: UNIAN)

Victims of ethnic violence waiting for food handouts, South Sudan (Phото: AP)

Winter water ritual, Teppozu Inari Shinto, Tokyo (Phото: AP)

Practicing for Republic Day parade, New Delhi (Phото: AP)

Dog purification rites at Shinto shrine, Tokyo  (Phото: AP)

Costumed skiers in Belalp-Blatten, Switzerland (Phото: AP)

An enthusiast of historical reenactment in Sevastopol  (Phото: UNIAN)

Hindus at  Magh Mela religious fair (Phото: AP)