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A Mexican drug lord was sensationally recaptured while whales managed to beach themselves ... not only in Tamil Nadu ... but in faraway Netherlands too. The January chills froze several cities and Oscar thrills managed to warm some hearts (we're looking at you di Caprio). As the Indian cricket team crumbles Down Under, try shifting focus instead to the Rod Laver Arena where some much needed respite in the forms of Federer and Djokovic might save the week facing us.
Soldiers stand outside a safe house, where five people were shot dead during an operation on Friday to recapture the world's top drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, at Jiquilpan Boulevard in Los Mochis, in Sinaloa state, Mexico, January 9, 2016. Mexico's government aims to fulfill a request from the United States to extradite the newly-recaptured drug lord Guzman to face drug trafficking charges, sources familiar with the situation said on Saturday. ~Photo: Edgard Garrido/Reuters
A female Hindu pilgrim dries sarees, a traditional Indian cloth used for women's clothing, after taking a dip in the waters of Ganges river on her way to an annual trip to Sagar Island, in Kolkata, India, January 11, 2016. Hindu monks and pilgrims are making the annual trip to Sagar Island for a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal on January 15 this year to mark the festival of Makara Sankaranti. ~Photo: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
Kimono-clad women, who reach the age of 20 this year, ride a roller coaster following their Coming of Age ceremony at Tokyo's Toshimaen amusement park on the Coming of Age Day national holiday in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. ~Photo: Shizuo Kambayashi/AP
An arrow-head discovered in 2006 by Archaeologists of the University of Cambridge Archaeological Unit, is displayed by one of the team uncovering Bronze Age wooden houses, preserved in silt, from a quarry near Peterborough, Britain, January 12, 2016. Archaeologists said on Tuesday they had discovered what were believed to be the best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings ever found in Britain, providing an extraordinary insight into prehistoric life from 3,000 years ago. The settlement of large circular wooden houses, built on stilts, collapsed in a fire and plunged into a river where it was preserved in silts leaving them in pristine condition, Historic England said. ~Photo: Peter Nicholls/Rueters
A car covered with ice remains stranded on the waterfront in Hamburg, New York January 12, 2016. The owner left his Mitsubushi Lancer parked overnight outside a restaurant on Sunday and by the next day, spray from Lake Erie had encased it in ice. ~Photo: Lindsay DeDario/Reuters
A dead sperm whale is seen on a beach on Texel Island, The Netherlands, January 13, 2016. The five sperm whales that beached on the Dutch lsland of Texel on Tuesday have died overnight, Dutch media reported. ~Photo: Cris Toala Olivares/Reuters
Actor John Krasinski (L) and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce the Best Picture nominees during the nominations announcements for the 88th Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 14, 2016. The Oscars will be presented in Hollywood, California February 28, 2016. ~Photo: Phil McCarten/Reuters
Mischief Reef, located 216 km (135 miles) west of the Philippine island of Palawan, is shown in this Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative January 8, 2016 satellite image released to Reuters on January 15, 2016. China will invite private investment to build infrastructure on islands it controls in the disputed South China Sea and will start regular flights to one of them this year, state media said on Friday, moves likely to anger other claimants. A U.S. research institute, meanwhile, said China appeared to have stepped up construction work on artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea and was close to finishing two more military-length airstrips on them. ~Photo: CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/Digital Globe/Handout via Reuters
Richard Espinoza-Garza performs his winning performance in the annual Gardere MLK Jr. Oratory Competition in Houston, Texas, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. The annual competition, honoring the late Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, feature 4th and 5th grade elementary school students in Houston who delivere original speeches answering the question: “What would Dr. King say in his campaign speech if he were running for president this year?” ~Photo: Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP
Switzerland's Roger Federer jumps to hit the ball with a giant tennis racket as Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki watches during Kids Tennis Day at Melbourne Park, Australia, January 16, 2016. The Australian Open tennis tournament starts January 18. ~Photo: Issei Kato/Reuters
