Today's best photos: from frozen chair lifts to Sudan protests

'The National' selects the most striking pictures from around the world

Frozen chair lifts following a snowstorm one day before the opening of the ski season at the Mount Hermon Resort, at the intersection of the Israeli-Lebanese-Syrian border in the north of the Golan Heights, 20 January 2022. EPA / ATEF SAFADI

Danish golfer Rasmus Hojgaard is silhouetted against a low sun as he plays a shot during day two of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, at Yas Links Golf Course in Abu Dhabi. He finished the round two under par. Getty Images

Walking at sunset in Gaza city. Reuters

An aerial view of Phase Five of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National

An aerial view of a woman bathing in an icy lake near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East. Some Russians observe the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany by immersing in freezing water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers. AP Photo

Protesters use bricks to block a street in Sudanese capital Khartoum, during a demonstration against the killing of dozens of protesters in a crackdown following last year's military takeover. AFP

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