See 10 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

Epiphany has come and gone. But this year, it struck me for the first time that the feast we celebrate is actually composed of several epiphanies—and that comes as something of a relief.

Orthodox Christians in Russia celebrate Epiphany with a plunge into icy waters. Birmingham stabbing: Boy, 12, knifed to death ...

Thousands gathered in Johannesburg to celebrate Timkat, the vibrant Ethiopian Orthodox festival of Epiphany, marking a ...

The Ethiopian Orthodox Christian community in Bahrain celebrated the Baptism festival, also known as Epiphany, yesterday at the Al Najma Sports Club, commencing at 4am. Approximately 1,000 followers ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

Across Russia, the devout celebrate Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she ...

However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing ...

A man plunges in cold water to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany as the temperature dropped to about -15 degrees Celsius (5 ...

Russians in the southern city of Anapa took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill, ...

He was the lucky swimmer who retrieved the cross in the annual Greek Celebration of Epiphany which involes a blessing of the waters and throwing of the cross ceremony. After the waters are blessed ...