Photos of the day — January 18, 2017

Workers make a toffee-like sweet cake called “dodol,” one of the traditional delicacies served during Chinese New Year celebrations in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia; a member of Iraqi rapid response forces fires a rocket launcher during a battle with Islamic State militants in the district of Yarimja in southern Mosul, Iraq; and the world’s oldest giant panda “Basi” in captivity eats specially-made cake during its 37th birthday at Strait Panda World in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China. (AP/Reuters/Getty Images)

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