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The 32 Most Surprising Photos of the Month

From fireworks in Munich to tiger cubs in London, TIME shares the most outrageous images from January 2015

Phil Bicker, who edited this photo essay, is a Senior Photo Editor at TIME

TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT-WEATHER Ultra Orthodox Capoeira Tommy Caldwell completing historic Dawn Wall free climb A Syrian refugee girl stands behind a door at a makeshift settlement in the village of Ketermaya, south of Beirut Pakistan Daily Life APTOPIX Sea Sparkle TOPSHOTS-HUNGARY-SCULPTURE-LEGO New Year fireworks in Munich BESTPIX Crew Rescued As Ship Runs Aground In The Solent Spain Jarramplas Festival APTOPIX Argentina Pope Carnival APTOPIX Philippines Daily Life The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) is pictured in Sao Sebastiao do Uatuma APTOPIX Obama State of Union Police in Kenya fire teargas canisters at school children Visually impaired students of a school for the blind fight for the ball during a soccer match inside their school in New Delhi SPAIN-RELIGION-TRADITION-PARADE Ukraine Winter swimming enthusiasts in Beijing South Korea Winter Exercise TOPSHOTS-PHILIPPINES-VATICAN-RELIGION-POPE APTOPIX Japan Firefighters TOPSHOTS-FRANCE-US-DIPLOMACY-GOVERNMENT Sumatran tiger cubs and their parents walk around their enclosure at London Zoo in London A woman lifts a dog on a leash along the seafront in Panama City Roger Federer Arrives In Sydney Silvesterchlaeuse tradition TOPSHOTS-BRITAIN-POLITICS-ANIMAL-OFFBEAT

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