The Fantastic Five: Best photos of the week

A member of Tintin and his Bullfighter Dwarfs dances with a cow during a show in the town of Choachi, near Bogota, Jan. 11, 2010. (Fredy Builes/Reuters)

BOSTON — From GlobalPost's editors, a selection of the best pictures of the week.

A member of Tintin and his Bullfighter Dwarfs dances with a cow during a show in the town of Choachi, near Bogota, Jan. 11, 2010. Also popular in Colombia, though less glamorous than bullfighting: cockfighting. (Fredy Builes/Reuters)

A laborer works on the reconstruction of the roofs of shops which were destroyed after a fire in Karachi, Jan. 12, 2010. At first glance Karachi can appear a sprawl of squat markets and utilitarian high-rises, but there's more to the city than that. The art scene is run almost entirely by single women and its trucks are the most visible definition of popular art and design in the country. (Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)

The tradition of retrieving a cross in freezing January waters is part of the three-day festival of Epiphany. After emerging from the water, swimmers bunch together for a group photo. They are the youngest and strongest of Istanbul’s dwindling 1,500-strong Greek Orthodox community known as the Rum. (Iason Athanasiadis/GlobalPost)

A child wakes up in a shelter in Port-au-Prince, Jan. 15, 2010. In neighborhood after neighborhood across the shattered capital, the same horrific signs of death can be seen, a relentless reminder of the scale of the tragedy and the struggles of the relief efforts to alleviate it. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

A fisherman fastens a boat trapped in the frozen sea at Xikou village of Yantai, Shandong province, Jan. 13, 2010. China's Ministry of Transport called for efforts to reduce accidents caused by sea ice following recent cold waves to ensure safe and smooth navigation on the sea and operation at ports, Xinhua News Agency reported. (China Daily/Reuters)

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