From sinkholes to an ice skating septuagenarian - today's best pictures

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

Lifelong skater Lyubov Morekhodova, 79, travels ice-covered Lake Baikal in the Irkutsk region of south-central Russia. Reuters

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet Republican senators in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington to discuss a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, part of the US' coronavirus relief package. Bloomberg

Investigators in northern England are looking into the cause of the sinkhole under Walmer Street in Abbey Hey, Manchester, on January 21. No one was seriously injured, but 17 homes were evacuated and the residents were housed in hotels. AFP

A visitor studies the Sistine Chapel on the reopening of the Vatican Museums in Vatican City, nearly 90 days after the city-state closed the complex in response to the new coronavirus. AFP

Winter walkies next to Tony Cragg's Terris Novalis metal sculptures of a theodolite and engineer's level stand at Consett, Co Durham, northern England, once the site of the largest steelworks in Europe. Reuters

Six dancers nominated by Australian Ballet and fellow performers for the Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards pose at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Getty

Residents of Ellenbrook, a suburb in Perth, Western Australia, play on swings at Brown Park Recreation Complex evacuation centre after a bushfire engulfed homes. EPA

Children play on the steps of Federal Hall in Wall Street after about 15 centimetres of snow fell on New York City and stormy weather forced mass travel cancellations across the eastern US. EPA

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