Stockholm announces British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel "The Remains of the Day" , has won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize. The 69-year-old author reacts to the news in London.

A traditional Afro-Brazilian festival parades through the streets of Brazil’s Ouro Preto, with participants singing and playing instruments. The festival honors Our Lady of the Rosary, Saint Ifigenia, Saint Benedict, and Chico Rei, a Congolese king enslaved by the Portuguese who later bought his freedom and became a symbol of resistance in Brazilian folklore.

Seventy-five Hindu couples from across the country get married at a mass wedding ceremony in Pakistan’s city of Karachi, organised by the Pakistan Hindu Council, which helps couples from low-income families. The Council has been organising the event annually since 2008.

Stars including Timothee Chalamet, Rose Byrne, and Stephen Graham, pose with their winnings at the Golden Globe awards in Beverly Hills. "Hamnet" sprung a surprise by taking best drama film, while Jessie Buckley, who plays Shakespeare's grief-stricken wife Agnes, won best drama actress honors. Wagner Moura took Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for Brazilian thriller "The Secret Agent".

Thousands of farmers across the EU take to the streets to protest against the European Union's trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur. Pointing to concerns about unfair competition and health concerns due to looser food regulation in South America, Francie Gorman, Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) president, says, "I cannot see why the European Commissioner is continuing to push ahead with this deal in its current form." In Poland, farmer Janusz Sampolski predicts it would mean "the slaughter of our agriculture in Poland."

Thousands of people gather atop a frozen river in South Korea’s Hwacheon for the annual Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, hoping to catch a Sancheoneo [mountain trout]. “It brings back those old memories, and spending time together with my son is what really matters, so we’re having a great time,” says Kim Choon-tae, a businessman attending the festivities.